When taking pictures for this project I had to find a subject and take 12 photos total of the subject all with a slightly different center of focus than its predecessors. After finally getting the pictures that I wanted, I put the main photo of my subject in photoshop first then proceeded to open all of the other photos that I took and simply staggered them throughout the photo to resemble David Hockney's work.
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My composite photo was loosely based off of the popular children's book Where's Waldo. I compiled a few pictures of mine and my best friend's face and scattered and hid them throughout the photo. What I did to accomplish this was I opened up the pictures of mine and my best friend's face in Photoshop separate from the composite itself and then resized the images and edited their colors to camouflage them within the background photo. Due to time constraints given my lack of motivation I resorted to emulating Where's Waldo as my composite rather than spending a lot of time on it. I was rather far behind in work at this point in time so I didn't really have a choice.
I chose to replicate a Sports Illustrated cover featuring Mike Trout. I chose to replicate this cover because my bestest friend in the whole wide world is a baseball player. Essentially all I did to create this magazine cover was I took a couple of images from the internet and put them on the picture of Dylan. Then I created a bunch of text boxes to create the headers and then changed the fonts and styles. My setup was as follows: studio strobe light, a gray cloth backdrop, Nikon D7100, a soft box and a baseball bat. I used many different fonts and sizes to create my magazine. A strobe light is a very bright light that flashes. You would use a strobe light to create a big flash of light when you take a photo and it helps indoors in rooms without a lot of light. A modeling light is a continuous light source that allows the photographer to visualize what kind of light the photo will display. A soft box is nothing more than a light modifier. A soft box diffuses the light into a pleasing soft, even light. A reflector is simply a piece of material that used for reflecting light in a required direction. A gray card is a middle gray reference, typically used to together with a reflective light meter, as a way to produce consistent image exposure and/or color in film and photography. A radio trigger system that establishes a connection between your camera and the strobe light. The system detects when you push the shutter release and then flashes the strobe light.
This image was taken at my school Rancho Buena Vista High School. The compositional rule of symmetry is portrayed in my photograph. I used a Nikon D5300 camera with an 18- 140mm lens. In order to create my photograph I used Adobe Photoshop and essentially just took a small portion of a bigger photo and repeated and flipped it 3 more times in separate quadrants. My image is in the digital illustration and painting division because it doesn’t belong in any of the other ones.
1) A mandala is a buddhist symbol often seen in dreams.
2) Essentially what I did to create my mandalas is I took a portion of a photo using the magic wand tool in photo shop and copy-pasted it to the mandala template in photoshop. after that I duplicated the layer over and over again until I had enough to fill the template and then just edited and rotated the copies to fit the template. For a more detailed explanation please visit http://moncurephoto.weebly.com 3) I enjoyed seeing the outcome of all of the mandalas. They all turned out pretty interesting. My favorite photo was a toss up between my second and third ones. 4) I struggled with staying focused and completing this assignment on time. 5) If I had to do it over again I would definitely get it done on time. 1) Tessellation means a bunch of squares of the same picture re-oriented to create an interesting photo.
2) After putting my photo of choice in photoshop, I added my guidelines and then proceeded to take a portion of the photo and just copy paste and rotate the photos to create the tessellations. For a more in depth tutorial please visit http://moncurephoto.weebly.com 3) I liked when Mrs. Moncure yelled at me everyday to get these done. And then when I finally finished, she kept yelling at me. 4) I struggled with emotionally coping with the separation of me and my one true love DylanTylerCooksley 5) If I had to do it over again I would probably get it done on time. 1) From going to the duck pond I learned that portraiture isn't just about the subject. It is also about the setting. If the setting does not compliment the subject, the picture will not turn out as well.
2) The sheet that I was given in class helped me to decide on my poses. It was very helpful. 3) I didn't use the reflector exclusively as I did not find much of a need for it. For the pictures that I did use it, it made the model appear either brighter or warmer dependent upon the side that I used. |
AuthorMy name is Jared Dowdy, I am relatively new to photography and am eager to share my experiences with the world. Archives
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