Project 4

Balance and Contrasts

Diptychs

Fences

I connected these two photos so they lined up and brought out the green in the left hand photo and the pink in the other in order to show a contrast in colors. The two photos are cohesive when put together despite being two different photos.

The Differences in Humans

I took these two photos on the same wall to make it cohesive, but chose these subjects to demonstrate opposites.

Fall

 These two photos show the colors of fall. One is a fill the frame technique of bark, and the other is zoomed out of the same tree. The colors of the bark are transferred over onto the bark.

Triptychs

Cora

I took these photos on a bridge after my friend Cora and I had finished shopping and getting coffee. She is always smiling and so I tried to show her in just three photos. 

Jessie the Dog

I took these while getting my Christmas tree. Jessie, a dog at the farm, followed my family begging us to play fetch. From left to right, this triptych is a cycle beginning when Jessie prepared for one of us to throw it, to her bringing it back, then back to her begging again. 

Kaleidoscopes

Black and White Roof

'Tis the Season

A Cliff's Edge 

Street Sign

Scupltures and Wires

Trees

 

Project 4

Contrast in Scale

Photo by Scott Speck

Contrast in Color

Photo by Naomi Robinson

Contrast of Texture

Photo by Christopher Frederick Jones

Symmetrically Balanced

Photo by Oliver Delgado

Radial Balance

Photo by Marco Virgone

Project 3

Grids and Mood

For this project, I experimented with making different grids and used a variety of different colors.  I edited images and altered the colors and put the photographs together in a pattern in order to create unique grids. Also, I tested out different editing techniques to portray specific moods in certain photographs. I worked with warm colors, cool colors, complementing colors and monochromes. 

Warm Colors

Cool Colors

Color Complement

Monochrome

Extra Grid 

Demonstration of Mood

For this photo, I increased the background's exposure to accentuate the cat's face. I edited the cat's colors to a darker red and brown to make the photograph more intense and to demonstrate an ominous mood. I think the way the cat is looking down at camera furthers the mood of the photograph.

Extra photograph edited to demonstrate mood

I took this photograph downtown of these two homeless artists on the street. This picture is powerful in demonstrating the tragic issue of homelessness. I edited the colors to make them dark and almost monochrome and took the saturation down. The idea of homelessness is an upsetting subject to many and I think the concept of the picture along with the gloomy, grey colors creates a dismal mood. 

Project 3

Colors

 Photo by Mikko Lagerstedt. 

This photograph is dark and has an eerie feel to it. I think that the fog helps portray this mood along with the emptiness of the road. The photographer edited this photo to be monochrome to further the ghostly feel.

Project 2

Photography Techniques

For this project, I took pictures around downtown Portland in order to get examples of the different photography techniques. In total I took about 150 photos. I frequently changed the settings on my camera from close-up to manual. A lot of my photos are in black and white because I love the effect it gives on the photos.

 

 For my first photo I took a picture of a Portland sign. I cropped it to make it so the sign was on a third, then made the photo black and white.

Rule of Thirds

As my second photo I took a picture of a statue outside of a restaurant. It's shadow was on the wall behind it, so I took a picture in between the statue's legs in order to frame the hands of the shadow.

Frame Within A Frame

I took my third photo in a hotel called The Nines in downtown Portland. There was a restaurant in the hotel and I took a picture of the table settings. I thought the reflection of the glass so I cropped it in order to make the subject the glass.

Close- Up

My next photo is also in black and white. I stood on a chair in a library in order to get an above view of the books. 

Bird's Eye View

For my fifth photo, I took a picture of a large building looking up with the sky taking up half of the picture. The building looked like glass and I thought it was cool that the reflection of the clouds was on the surface of the building.

Bug's Eye View

I also took this photo in The Nines hotel. There was a staircase going down and there were blue, glass structures in between the stair cases.

Leading Lines

This next photo was taken in Pioneer Square downtown. I took it from an angle in order to show diagonals with the street names of the sign. 

Diagonals

My last photo was taken at my kitchen. I went through my cabinets and found the sprinkles. I set my camera on close-up and did my best to get close and focus. I thought the colors really stood out well.

Filling The Frame

Extra

For fun I edited a few extra pictures I had taken which fit the photography techniques.

Rule of Thirds

Close-Up

Fill the Frame

Project 1

Different Angles

Subject 2

Tomato Plants

September 19, 2014

Portland, OR

Edits: vintage and black and white

I adjusted the contrast and shadows in the first two photos

Project 1

Different Angles

Subject One

Emmy Oulman

September 17, 2014 

Portland, Oregon

Edits: vintage 

The second two photos have a blur that frame her face

My Summer

August 10th, 2014

Trillium Lake, OR

I went to Trillium Lake for a day with my sister, two of our friends and my cousin. We went swimming and just relaxed. I visited places like this around Oregon for most of the Summer, until I went to Colorado for the last week in August.

August 25th, 2014

Crested Butte, CO

This was taken driving to Almont, a town in Colorado, from Crested Butte. I visited these little towns with one of my friends. We stayed in her grandmother's cabin and did different activities, like zip-lining, each day.

 July 16th, 2014

Portland, OR

This was taken from my friend's house from her balcony as the sun was setting.