Project No. 4

Due 2/26/13

COLOR CORRECTION

For this assignment we had to do color corrections on photographs in photoshop. By changing the saturation, contrast, brightness, tones, etc... I was able to accomplish this

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This photo was taken in Rhode Island. I played around with color selection in photoshop, as well as enhanced the color, contrast, brightness, and gamma correction.  The colors in the original photograph had a more yellow and orange tint to it so I wanted to bring out the reds and greens in this piece instead. I used contrast and vibrance on this piece to make the photograph pop out at the viewer more. Especially since the two main colors are opposites, the contrast helps enhance the visual appeal of the photograph. The contrast also helped define shadows in the photograph more as well, they are now darker and less subtle. 

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This photo was taken of my mom and grandma from a while back. Because it is such an old photograph, the colors have faded and have some marks all over. I first blurred the background so I would be able to get rid of the white specks. I then played around with selective color in photoshop so I would be able to get the colors to look more lifelike and real. chose to adjust and bring out more blues and magentas, since the piece has primarily yellow, red, and orange tones to it. I then adjusted the contrast, brightness, and levels to make the photograph seem more life-like and less of an ages picture. I wanted the coat that was white before the photograph was taken to now have it's white color restored. I also adjusted the contrast because since the dark bushes behind the people are so dark, I wanted the people to stand out more and be the focal point of the photograph, rather than be washed out with the rest of background. The contrast between the dark bushes and the bright colored people help make both people pop. 

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This photograph was taken in the Dominican Republic. I played around with the photo's levels to make it not as dark. The original photograph had the parrot extremely dark, where they are normally filled with bright colors. I wanted to make the colors be shown more so I played around with contrast, brightness, saturation, and vibrancy. I wanted to make the piece brighter to get rid of the darkness. I then used saturation and vibrancy to restore the colorful colors the parrot has. I then adjusted the contrast to make the bird stand out more.

Quarter Term Portfolio

Due 2/12/13

We had to choose 3 photos that we took or manipulated as pieces part of our midterm portfolio. 

For this piece I used a photograph I took in the fall at The College of New Jersey. I really liked the composition of this piece and how you are able to see the leaves, and litter that the lake is filled with. I manipulated the photo by boosting the colors to make the Minute Maid wrapper stand out more when put up against the deep blue colors. I also put a lot of contrast on the photograph in photoshop.

I choose this piece because I believe it looks the most realistic out of all my manipulated photographs that I pieced together in one composition. The floor originally was from a photograph I took in Long Beach Island on the boardwalk. The alley and buildings were from a photograph I took at Rhode Island School of Design. Lastly, the graffiti walls were taken on a road in New Jersey. I tried making the floor and the buildings look as much as possible life-like and realistic. I added shadows and used the stamp tool in photoshop.

For this piece I used a photograph I took of a lake at The College of New Jersey. I manipulated the photograph by boosting the colors and contrast to make the water look more of a vibrant, icy blue color.

Project No. 3

DUE 2/12/13

For this project we had to create an internal composition and an external composition. An internal composition consists of you putting together images and then putting guide lines in after. You are building your image your own way. An external composition is when before creating your picture you have guide lines put in and your composition must follow those vertical and horizontal lines. 

INTERNAL COMPOSITION

For this composition I put together 3 different photos. The first was the buildings and alley. This photo was taken in Rhode Island. The next photo I incorporated was the floor between the two walls. That photo was taken on the board walk in LBI. The last photo I included was a graffiti wall at the end of the alley. That photo was taken in NJ. 

With Lines. 

EXTERNAL COMPOSITION

For this composition I put together four different photographs. The water consists of two different ones, an ocean and a lake filed with leaves. I tried to blend the two together to make it seem as though it is one body of water. The sand is another photograph taken at a beach in the Dominican Republic. The leaves are all from the same photograph. I added the shadow on the sand to make the leaves seem more part of the picture and not just added for the sake of adding. 

With Lines.

Project No. 2

DUE 2/5/13

For this assignment we had to combine different images to make a different or slightly different photo as an end result. We had to come up with three different end result images and for one of them only use photos we had used previously in Project Number 1. 

For this photo I combined multiple photos together. The girl, flowers, tree, and sky are all from separate photographs I took. Originally there was only one flower but I made duplicates of it in order to add more into my piece. 

This piece started out with only a photograph of the water and rocks. I then too the trees and grass, seen in back,  from another photograph and combined it with the water. I then added the tree seen to the left and the bridge that is on the right. The canoes came from a different photo as well. I changed the color of one of them to red so that it was not the same color as the green one. 

For this piece I used photographs from Project No. 1. I used a photograph of a girl and gave her a tint of blue. I then took a photograph of a hallways with multiple arks in the ceiling and cut it and placed it on the girls head in order for it to seem like the girl is wearing a hat. I put shadows on the girls face below the hat so that the it will look like she is wearing it.