Project 4 - Balance and Contrast

Diptychs

I decided to put these two photos together because

they are both circles, but one is a closed circle and

one is an open circle. These two photos are very

similar but different.

This is one of my favorite Diptychs because

I put a picture of a stuffed animal on one

side and the same kind of dog on the other side.

I edited the backgrounds to make them both

black backgrounds.

These two photos ended up looking super

interesting together because they show

two personalities of the dog. 

Triptychs

These 3 photos put together show

a winter outfit where I edited the colors 

to all be the same and put them in order of

how a body would be.

These three photos are from a snowy drive back

home during thanksgiving break and were interesting

together because they look so different, but are from the 

same day.

The photo in the middle was taken of a pretty

sunrise one morning and that same night I took 

the photo on the top and on the bottom.

Kaleidoscopes

This photo was originally a red door inside a fence. 

I used 3 of the photos and made the red brighter to stand out.

This was originally a small part of a fence and I

repeated it enough times that it started looking

like a big fence.

This was a photo of a rose that I cropped to

only have half of the rose and then rotated

them to create a full rose in the middle.

This was a picture of a vent that I cropped and rotated

to make a cool design. I edited the photos to

make them all different shades of purple.

Balance and Contrast

This photo was taken by Daniel Adams. 

It shows contrast in scale because the flower

is closer to the camera than the women.

This photo was taken by Tammeco.

It shows contrast in color because 

of the significant difference in color.

This photo was taken by Heather Knight.

It shows contrast of texture because

of the smooth wall with different textures

on the box.

This photo was taken by Peter Huang.

It is symmetrically balanced

because it is the same on both sides

of the photo, even though the buildings

are not the same they are similar sizes.

This photo was taken by Philip Taaffe.

It is radial balanced because you can turn it any

way and its still the same photo.

Project 3 - Color and Grids

Warm Colors

I took a few different photos of a tree and then tried

lining them up to have the big picture also look like

a tree. I made sure all the colors were warm mainly red orange and pinks.

Cool Colors

I used a picture of a pink rose and edited it to be

a dark blue on top and little by little becoming a

lighter blue. I used this for cool colors because of

the blue and the only reason I didn't make them all

the same blue was because it wasn't as interesting.

Complements

I took two totally different photos that were compliment

colors (red and green) and flipped them different ways

to make the grid more interesting. This isn't my favorite grid

Complements

This grid was a yellow flower that I edited to make

the outside purple, because these two colors are

compliments. I enjoy this compliment grid more than

the other.

Monochrome

This is my favorite one I made because it makes

a cool design. Also i really enjoy the different shades

of purple used to make it monochrome. I flipped the photos

to make the cool designs. Also this picture was grey

at first and i edited them to be purple.

Grid

This was just an extra that I thought would end up

looking cool when flipped. They make an 8 shape.

 Mood
For both of my moods i made them a little more blue
 but i took these photos on the car during the
 ice storm. They make the mood almost sad and cozy
 because of the blue color and the texture makes it seem like
 a crazy winter day

Mood

Color and Mood

This photo by Zian Dinh sets a relaxing mood by having calm colors. I think the photographer decided to take a photo with this venue because a beach sends a relaxing feeling to most people. When editing the photo I think the photographer brought down the brightness to have more clam colors.

This photo by Tracy has a sad and calm mood. The photographer most likely took this photo because of the rain dripping down the window. By darkening the photo the colors make it look like a very dark and calm day. She most likely edited the colors darker to also bring out the yellow from the street lights.

Project 2-Framing and Composition

For this project we took photos using different framing and composition techniques. When making the contact sheet we decided on three photos from each techniques. We had to edit at least one photo in each category, then with the remainder slots we were allowed to edit any of the photos we wanted that were left. We took photos of objects downtown using the different techniques. In general I made most of the photos brighter and edited them to make the details stand out more. I decided on most of these photos because they fit the framing techniques the best and also looked very detailed and bright after being edited.

Contact Sheet

Rule of Thirds

Frame Within A Frame

Close Up

Close Up

Birds Eye View

Bugs Eye View

Leading Lines

Leading Lines

Diagonals

Diagonals

Filling the Frame

Project 1

My two subjects for this project were Sophia's Dog Sammy and a statue of a deer in Downtown Portland. I picked the deer because I love seeing deer around my neighborhood, but you are never able to take up close pictures of them. I picked Sammy because there are lots of cool picture you can take of a dog especially when you have a treat in your hand. The Reason I decided to use this first photo was because it really shows the personality of Sammy. She is a very curious dog and always looking for something outside to chase. The first photo I made her fur a brighter orange and made all the objects around her brighter so they pop. The reason I did the 2nd photo was because it’s a cute picture of Sammy smiling and I decided to make this picture black and white because there were not any colors in the photo that caught my eye. With this edit I think it makes her eyes glow. For the 3rd photo I made the color of Sammy brighter so her fur would be more orange and it made her tongue pinker. I picked the 3rd photo because it explains all dogs always begging for food or a treat. For the 4th photo of Sammy I picked it because the original was very dark and I wanted to make it look brighter and more like an old photo. What I did for this photo was made it brighter and then darkened the colors a little and added a frame around it to make it look like an old photo. For the next subject the deer in downtown Portland I decided in this first picture because its a view looking down on the deer where you can see what people from tall building are looking down on. When I started editing this one I knew exactly what I wanted. I wanted it to look like the color of a deer. I started editing by just messing around till I thought the colors looked more like a deer than they did before and it worked. The next photo number 6 I decided on because it shows you a close up of half the deer’s face. I decided to make this photo black and white at first and then I started playing around with it more and when the photo turned a little blue I stopped because it made the texture pop out on the deer and even behind on the max tracks. I picked the 7th photo because I thought it was a cool angle from right below the deer’s head with the large building in the background and the green tree over it head. When I started editing I could not decide what would make this photo look cool and as soon as I changed it to make leafs on the tree a brighter green that’s when I stopped. It made the deer stand out more with the bright colors behind. The last photo I picked was because it was a cool photo that you could see the whole deer but it didn't have a very pretty background. When I started editing everything started to make the background look worse. When I found an edit that made all of the background and bricks the deer was standing on very neon it turned this photo into a really cool one because there are lots of colors that pop and draw more attention to the dull color of the deer.

Summer in Sunriver Oregon

During the Summer I spent a lot of time in Sunriver hiking, biking and swimming. We went on two very interesting hikes on inside a lava cave and another in the lava lands. They are two hikes I would suggest to everyone to try if they are visiting around that area. Spending time in Sunriver was really enjoyable because everything you do is outdoor and spending time in nature during the summer was very exciting. especially being with family.