Second Semester Photo Emulation

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Partners: Mckenzie Hutchinson and Maddie Ehl

Depth of Field

I used a very shallow depth of field in this picture I took of Esther. I used depth of field to be able to focus clearly on her face and her smile. I wanted to incorporate the leaves and the tree in the background, but not have them be the main focus. I took this photo in the courtyard at Lincoln High School.

In this photo I used the technique of free lensing. This photo is a picture of the fibers on my sweatshirt. I really enjoyed this photo not only because of the free lensing, but I liked the contrast between the white and black fibers and how the front ones are extremely focused and the ones in the back are blurred. 

In this photo I used a deep depth of field. I really like this picture because of how you're kind of seeing through the leaves to the trees. I also liked the contrast of the two different colors of green and the shadows on the leaves. 

Assignment 5 - creative controls using motion

Slow Motion

 

In order to get this shot I had my brother swing back and forth on a swing we have across from my house. I took many, many shots everytime adjusting my aperture and iso differently until finally I got this shot. I think this shot was my strongest because the blur of the person and the stillness of the background really captures slow motion.

 

Freeze Action

 

In order to get this shot I leaned over the ledge of the fountain in pioneer square and tried different controls on my camera to try to get a really fast shot that would capture the water falling from the fountain. I think this shot was my strongest because I felt like especially on the end fountain I really captured the essence of the water falling in that moment.

 

Panning

 

In order to get this shot I had my brother run back and forth and each time he did I adjusted the controls on my camera differently. It took me a long time and many many shots to get this, but I finally acheived a successful shot. I think this is my strongest shot because though you can tell the subject is moving, he is more still and in focus unlike the background that's very blurry.

 

Total Motion

 

In order to get this shot I took multiple pictures of both of my brothers jumping up and down while adjusting the controls on my camera until I came up with shots that not only had the subject blurry but the background blurry. Then I went into photoshop and layered these photots into one. I think this is my strongest photo because although everything's blurry you can still see the motion of the people jumping and I also really like how your eye is drawn to the red in the middle of the picture.

 

Types of Motion

Freeze Action

Pet Photographer

Panning

Digital Photography School



 

Slow Motion

Robin Garfield

 

Effective Camera Shake

Alina

 

 

Total Motion

David Seung

 

 

 

 

 



Project 8 Stop-Motion Animation

Our stop motion video could not be found and uploaded from youtube to our blogs for some reason. It does not show up when searched. But here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlu4gS5avk

Our stop motion video features chalk drawings on pavement. We called it "seasons" because it transfers from season to season.

Project 7: Photo Effects

This is my tilt shift photo. This was taken on top of the vista bridge looking down over Portland, Oregon. I edited it by boosting the contrast and saturation and obviously playing around with blurring different parts of the photo. The idea with the tilt shift technique is that you can blur the foreground and the background to create an effect similar to an actual tilt shift camera.

This is my Daguerreotype. This picture was taken looking up at a church in downtown Portland, Oregon. I edited this picture by "grunging" it up as much as possible, changing it to black a white, and placing a template over the picture to create the scratches and splotches seen. Then I added a frame around it. The idea with the Daguerreotype technique is to mimic that of an actual Daguerreotype photo that used to be taken decades ago. The point is to mimic an old effect and make it as "grunge" as possible.