Sunday, September 21, 2014

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.














Friday, September 12, 2014

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.