Final Portfolio Slideshow

Going in to this year in Digital Imaging, I wanted to learn better techniques for taking photos, and to improve photo editing skills, and I have come out of the class with the knowledge that I had hoped for. I learned various composition techniques and strengths behind colors, which should improve my photography in the future, and have also mastered programs like Lightroom and Photoshop. I really enjoyed the Basic Photoshop assignment, but I found more difficulty in the portrait assignment. I think some of the sunset and building photos were the stronger photos in my final portfolio, as well as the leaf close-up. The quality of the photos on the link is for some reason very blurred, but they look normal in the shared folder.

Project 11 - Stop-Motion Animation and TimeLapse

Project 10 - Magazine Mockup

Izzy Messar (Cover)

Alex McVey (2 page - photo spread)

Alex McVey

Alex McVey

Izzy Messar

Izzy Messar

Izzy Messar

Alex McVey

Izzy Messar


                                                                   

Izzy Messar

Project 9 - Fine Art and Commercial Portraits

Portraits Contact Sheet
















                                                                           



For this project, I took portraits of two subjects, attempting to capture both fine art and commercial portraits. Many of these images portrayed commercial portraits, including photo number 3, but I believe that the strongest fine art photos are the before and afters of numbers 4, 7, 8, and 12.



Fine Art Portraits

Commercial Portrait - Magazine Cover

Project 9 Commercial Portraits and Fine Art - PreWork

I chose the two fine art portraits because I really liked how the photographers used lighting in both of the photos. They have a similar mood, and both images are able to display a lot of emotion. The two magazine covers have great composition and color, making the images stand out. The first magazine has the two contrasting colors of blue and orange, causing the subject to stand out more. Many magazine covers have the main focus be a portrait, and some even use certain aspects fine art in their covers. However, most of the time magazine covers have more realistic looking photos with a lot of editing, with the models usually hired. Fine art is generally more of a natural, black and white monochrome look.



Fine Art Portraits

By Arnold Newman

By studiomark

Magazine Covers

By Jerry Avenaim

By michael snedic

Project 8 - Multiple Image Techniques

In this project, we learned how to take photos using different perspectives, and editing it them for HDR,  panoramas and multiple exposures, in Lightroom and Photoshop. For the HDR, I took a photo of a waterfall, which had strong composition but lacked contrast in color, making it a good choice for the HDR, which I created by following the procedure in Lightroom. For the panorama, I used the app on my Iphone, and then added a few edits in Lightroom to enhance the photo. Lastly, for the multiple exposures, I took several photos of a skyscraper downtown from different angles, and in Photoshop rotated them at different angles, and adjusted the exposures and opacity.

Original

HDR

Panorama

Multiple Exposures

Project 7 - Alternative Processes through Digital Means

Original

Cyanotype

Original

Daguerrotype 

Original            

Personal Choice - Fire

Project 6 - Surrealism and Photomontage - Final

Sunset Lights

Project 6 - Surrealism and Photomontage

Surrealist Photography

Surrealism:
Surrealism is an art movement, that involves paintings, writings, and photography, which takes everyday objects and uses them in a dreamlike way.

Salvador Dali

Brassai

Germaine Krull

By Mohamed Rias

By Silvia Grav

By Chema Madoz

Project 5 - Basic Photoshop

Semester 1 Final

Project 4 - Kaleidoscopes, Diptychs, and Triptychs

Kaleidoscopes

Diptychs

 Triptychs

Project 4 - Contrast and Balance Photos

         Radial Balance Image




















       Contrast in Scale Image




















          Contrast in Texture Image