Photoshop Brush/Softening Assignment

Trough out the process of creating this finished worked I learned many things about composition and about photoshop when working with brushes. Looking at magazines I was always curious as to how prints made its way upon an image so now Iam grateful for having my curiosity cured. With working recently with the brushes on photoshop I now have some amount of experience with photoshop and the brush tool. 

Sequence Book

As you might be able to tell by my effort, I enjoyed this assignment more than any other assignment given to me through out this semester. My theme for this sequence book was " he loves me, he loves me not " a child's game where you pick petals off of a flower to determine if a person is interested in you or not. It is pure foolishness & that is part of the reason as to why I enjoy it. Once again I have used a beautiful model, Kayleigh Ferguson to show off the outcome of this game. The process of making this book was delightful and I wish make many books such as this one in the future. Also, during printing I have noticed that my eye for contrast as well as previous experiences with printing in the dark room has helped me develop my printing skills that I possess now. I used the drawings within the book to create the entirety of the book's stature. As a photographer, Iam very pleased with this book's outcome and will keep it forever.

Four By Four

In attempts to re-enact a well known asian photographer, this image is a product of a previous or so to say a similar idea of imagery. The four personas I protray here in this image, comes from my own self. We have the trouble maker, the tired over-worked young women, the little shy girl, and the confused day dreamer. I hope you are able to relate the titles with the four images shown below, fore I tried my very best to make it clear enough to relate them. I enjoyed creating this image and finishing this project. It was fun to dress up and take on different arrays of myself. I find it neat that we were able to take a simple photograph, duplicate in a fashion to where the layout is appealing to the eye. Although this being our last assignment for the first semester of black and white photography, I intend to continue with this style and process.

Photoshop Inquiry Assignment

Soliders from the Civil War united with what appears to be a friendly Native American, can take place with using the proper tools found within Photoshop . I chose these two pictures and brought them together due to the fact that Iam somewhat fascinated with native americans and their culture and with the information given to me about them I can say that they are deeply associated in war. With bringing these two images together I used the Native American photograph as the base and added the two soliders into the photograph by using Photoshop. With the lazer tool I was able to completely outline the two soliders and transfer the outlined soliders as a solid image onto the image of the native american man and save it a one full image. Photoshop is great and Iam glad I get to work with it.

Studio Lighting

Within these four images there shows a model shown in studio lighting, but to choose one to critique I would have to towards your attention to the image that is shown second. To describe this photograph I can say that the model is place the majority of the center but still retains a bit to the right. The model is shown with a white flower behind her left ear which shows contrast with her dark hair. Also as her appearance she is dressed in a white v-neck shirt and is wearing a gold necklace. Being the main focus of the entire picture the models gives an expression which portrays seduction and interest in a way. In another way the model can give off a sense of purity and innocence. With taking this photo the message that comes from it is an intense stare which can lead either way of innocence or seduction. How the lighting is set up in this image really compliments the model's outer and inner beauty. As for the print, the shades from black to white do not seem to separate themselves from one another. The whites are seen as shades of gray, however after printing this image numerous times I found that leaving the tones in a such such of this gives the picture what is needed and makes it serene.

Stop Motion

In this image there appears to be a white truck in motion moving north on a neighborly avenue. From the point of where the photo was taken the truck is in the act of moving in the opposite direction. Also in this picture I see two other white veichles and a city trash bin as well as a couple tree which reside in the distance. The truck is the main orgin of this work. This picture was intended to be a figurative piece and not an abstract one. I really do think this image when it comes to the tones found within it. I had used a filter on this print and it truly allowed me to separate the black and whites from each other and left very little in between tones. Everything in this photo was intentionally put in focus to show the stop motion shown on the white truck. Communication is not a big subject on this photo either, I mainly wanted to focus on the stop action of the fronted truck to protray movement. This photo can be taken as a light or dark manner, it does not matter much as to which. This photo was taken outside on Boise Avenue.

Sprinkle

It might take awhile, but this is of a lawn being water by a traditional sprinkler. The water drops are frozen in motion and show up as white drops on the print. In the fore ground of the right corner you can see a blurred image which was a plant that is obviously out of focus. This work was meant to be interepted as a figurative and not an abstract one. As for the organization of this photo, I cannot say that I like it or that Iam proud of it. The droplets amaze me but as for the rest of this photo according to placement I certainly do not like it too much. There are too many in between tones and not enough distingush between whites as well as blacks. The majority of this photo is in focus which I did indeed intend. My thought of taking this photo was to show the movement of the droplets coming out of the sprinkler. There was not a full drawn out story as to why I have captured this image. I was mainly focused on the movement. This image was taken outside on my lawn on a partly cloudly day.