Final Project

Individual

We all have labels on us

Be unusual

 

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Final Photo #1 and draft artist statement

Individual

We all have labels on us

Be unusual

Portraits and the Human Figure - Working in the lighting studio

Original: attempt at Butterfly light setup

Edit: removed blemishes, boosted clarity and contrast, smoothed skin using luminescence sliders

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Edit: increased exposure and warmed up temp, boosted clarity and contrast, removed blemishes, smoothed skin with luminescence sliders

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 Edit 1: lightened shadows, darkened highlights, removed blemishes, freckles and line in dress, boosted clarity  and contrast, smoothed skin using luminescence sliders.

Edit 2:  added Gaussian Blur to background. disliked this effect so I posted both photos 

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 Edit: cropped top off, used graduated filter top-down to lighten, removed blemishes and space between screens at top, boosted clarity and contrast, blurred and reduced noise in background using adjustment brush, smoothed skin on leg using spot removal, smoothed skin using luminescence sliders.

Weekly photo review

This is a self portrait done by artist Chuck Close

I chose this photograph hoping that I would be able to figure out the lighting of it. I decided that i think the brightest light is on the right and there is probably a reflector screen on the left. I think there may be a light on the backdrop and it looks like if there is one it's pointing up from the floor behind him. I'm not sure if they're correct but that's my guess. Otherwise I like this photo a lot. I love his expression, sort of a why are you taking this picture expression which seems silly because it's a self-portrait. The subject is in good focus while the backdrop seems blurry and the shirt is not distracting because there are other areas of dark shadow in the photo.

Weekly Photo Review

This photo was taken by Andrey Antov and was submitted to Digital Photography Magazine in the Best Shot category. What I really like about this shot is the almost awkwardness of the depth of field. The spider is in perfect focus as is the greenery in the bottom left corner but there are really blurry bits of greenery in the bottom right side. Also the entire top of the mushroom is in focus while the stem seems blurry. I think the spider being over at the side instead of centered gives the image a better balance. I like that the top of the mushroom and the spider are the brightest colored things in the picture.

Retro Assignment

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Edit: used Cross Process 2 and vignetting  

Weekly Photo Review

Independent photography done by Petrovsky & Ramone. http://www.petrovskyramone.com/

I really love how they put air, water, fire, and earth all together in this one photograph. I'm also a sucker for anything with the word love in it. The word is nicely centered in the photograph with contrasting colors on either side which help it stand out. I wish the foreground was a bit lighter but the darkness does allow the fire to create its own light and shadow. My eyes focus on the fire but the rocky cave does a good job almost vignetting the photo.

"On Assignment"

Edit: Increased exposure and sharpness. graduated filter on top left corner to bring out blue of sky and one on bottom to darken grass that was too bright with the higher exposure

 Edit: Graduated filter on right side to brighten. increased saturation, contrast, sharpness and edited temp to make the image warmer. Also removed foliage in lower right hand corner with spot removal tool.

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Weekly Photo Review

As far as I can tell I believe this was taken by an amateur photographer. I found it posted through flickr to a collection put together by someone else. I love the color balance of this photo. It has a mix of cool blue, neutral white and warm pink throughout the entire image. I also like the depth of field. The front blossoms are in wonderful focus while the rest of the image is blurry but still recognizable as other blossom bunches. the only thing I think could be improved about this image is the light. I would like it more if the front blossom bunch had a little more light on it to make it look brighter and bring out the pink a bit more.

Weekly Photo Review

 Photo by Timothy Burkhart and Stephanie Bassos. This photo was taken on the same film by two separate photographers. Bassos used an entire roll of film and photographed only people then Burkhart reloaded the same film and photographed only places. This photo is the original it has not been edited.
I personally liked this photo better than the others because I thought the way the leaves and the buildings overlap is very interesting. The girl and the building occupy the same space but somehow it still feels balanced to me. Maybe because she/it is offset by the sky/wall/car. I think the color and lighting of both exposures manages to come out nicely.




you can find the photo attached to the tumblr blog it came from here

Architecture

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Motion

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Edit: adjustment brush used on bottom corners to darken

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 Edit: Adjustment brush used on right side

Weekly Photo Review

This is an Ansel Adams photo that i found quite beautiful. The website i found stated that he took multiple different shots on different background settings before finding a piece of driftwood that made the photo look appealing. The lines of driftwood complement the lines on the rose's petals. I think the dark background and shadows of the driftwood make the highlights in the rose really pop. He took 6 different shots of this exact photo with different exposures to get this perfect shot. This photo was taken just before ansel adams decided to explore a career in photography over a music career.

Landscape Project

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Edit with 2 graduated filters. Higher exposure filter from bottom up. Lower exposure and higher contrast from top down.

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Edit with three graduated filters. One on each side to lighten trees. One on bottom left corner to compensate.

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Edit with 2 graduated filters and crop. Higher exposure from bottom up and lower exposure with higher contrast from top down

 I'm sorry there's three. I couldn't choose just two.

Abstracts - Iced tea bottle

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Abstracts - Cat Ear

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