FAVORITES

I chose this photograph because i think it is a strong portrait of Eva, and i like the blending of the two photos. 

This photograph is strong because it is so focused on the flower and the bee. It took me a while to find a good angle and to get the bee to stay still. This photograph is very detailed because you can see the patterns on the bee and the delicate details of the wings.

I like this photograph because it is very dark, but the small branches on the burnt trees add enough contrast for it to still be satisfying to the eye.

I also like the effect on this photograph, and it is a very serene picture.

This photograph is one of the less strong ones of this series. I chose to include it because i like the patterns and how it gets darker as the stems get smaller and they go to the middle.

This is a very interesting photograph and is a little confusing if you don't know what it is. The goose bumps create an interesting texture which makes this photograph more strong.

This is one of my favorite photographs because it took me a while to edit it and fade it, and in the end it came out just how i wanted it to. It looks like an older photo, which makes it more interesting to look at.

SHADOWS

The shadows on this succulent is less noticeable. You can still see how light is reflected on the upper leaves, but there is more contrast on the lower levels and in the middle.

This photograph of the city shows shadows on only part of the buildings. The different shades also add to the contrast/shadows of this photo.

I like the lighting on half of Benji's face, and that his eyes are especially dark with how the light darkened parts of his face. There is also a light shadow on the wall behind him from his figure.

I decided not to darken this photo because it already had a lot of contrast and i think it was interesting how the light naturally made some plants look more prominent.

There are two aspects of shadows in this photo; the shadow of my arm as i was taking the picture (in the lower right corner), and the shadows from the different textures and heights of the wood. I love how focused this photo is on the wood, and it is easier to see the shadows because of the sharpness of this picture.

This photograph was taken near Drew, of one of the trees. The lines and cracks in the sidewalk also add to this photo.

When i took this photo, it was a sunny day, which already made the shadows of the windows appear on the ground. I played around with different shapes and shadows, but i chose this photo because of how delicate the hand looks and how even it's minimal appearance adds a lot to the photo.

I took this photo from the window in a parking lot downtown. I added to the darkness and the contrast in this photo to make the shadows more clear. I like that the buildings in this photograph seem to get lighter and they become father away.

The flowers on the wall at Drew made an interesting shadow, and there are also interesting ones that were not made from the flowers. The flowers are very delicate and, even though it is a shadow, you can still see a lot of the details in the plant.

I decided to choose this angle for the bike shadow because you could see some of the tire, which makes it more obvious it is a bike. And, you can still see the shadows from the pedals and chains, which makes the photo more interesting.

PORTRAITS

This portrait is of Cortland. I darkened it and put it in black and white. I also layered it with a close up of his face, smiling.

For this photograph, I layered a pretty picture of Eva smiling and posing with the camera and Eva looking down. This is the most delicate photo in this collection.

This photo is kind of creepy since i darkened it and layered it with the same photo to give it more movement.

I layered these two photographs of Grace to show more than one angle of her face. I also edited this photograph by putting it in Sepia effect and fading the color.

This photograph of Oren is one of my least favorite. I copied and cut out his jacket, and pasted it into the photo, right next to him. This was a less successful experimental portrait.

This photograph shows a lot of movement of Jacob. I layered the same photo four times, and make the original position the darkest, and make it fade as he went higher and higher into the photograph.

This is also one of my least favorite. I experimented a lot with cutting and pasting the lockers, and i also tried to give this photograph a bit of a destroyed look. I am not extremely pleased with how it turned out, but it shows a process.

For this photo, i cut out and pasted the word "Nike" several times, and lined them up on the bottom. This photo is more simple, but i love that his face shows so much emotion.

I also love this photograph of my friend. I darkened it and put it in an effect, and layered it to the side so that you could still see her whole face, but it looked really different than all the other photos. This is the only really close up one of a face. 

I layered two of Rose's poses to show more movement and different angles of her face, similar to Grace's. I also darkened this photo and put it in black and white effect.

PLAN

For this project, I am going to portray emotions and for some photos, stories by layering photographs of people. I have not decided whether these photographs will be black and white or not, but these photos will be simple and use negative space. The emotion shown in this collection will be similar to Ansel Adams, but some will also portray a likeness to Sally Mann's photographs of her children.

NATURE/BODY PARTS

I took this close up photo of Eva's eyes because i think that eyes are a really beautiful facial feature that can say a lot about a person. Her lashes are very long, and i edited it so that one half of her face is darker than the other.

I layered a photo of a chest and collar bones with a photograph of dandelions. I decided to layer these photos because both are somewhat delicate, and also the skin is a more simple photograph that becomes more detailed with the dandelions.

Again, I really enjoy photographs of eyes. I edited this photograph so that it was more focused on Cortland's eye. 

This photograph was taken in my Grandmother's house. It is not a body part, but i put this photo in this collection because it includes the nature/plant part and many of the shapes are similar to other objects in this collection. For example, the plates are the same colors as eyes. I like the coloring in this photograph.

I layered these two photos so that it becomes very complicated. It is hard to tell what is in this photo at first, but it is a hand and a palm tree. I also edited this photo to make it darker and i made it in Sepia effect, but faded it so that there wasn't much color.

I took this photograph of skin when the person had goose bumps, and I love how simple this is but it is still an interesting subject. 

At first, this photo was a joke, but i grew to enjoy it. A neck is a weird thing to take a picture of, and not many people would think of that. That is why i decided to include it in this collection.

I also put this photograph in Sepia effect, and faded it and darkened it so that it did not have much color, but also showed more depth. I like that the fingers aren't perfect, and you can see where the nail and skin has been picked at.

I took this photograph on a walk. The plants are all going in different directions, which creates interesting perspective.

This photograph is of a belly button. It looks really different when it is not in context with the rest of the body. I darkened it so that only parts of the belly button could be seen. 

PLAN

1. I will finish what i started with the last assignment and take pictures of body parts and, if people are comfortable, features that people are insecure about. I think that this will be a very interesting project, even though it might mean taking more time.
2. I am going to take pictures and layer two at a time. I will either do two really similar photos except slightly different to create motion, or just choose two that create contrast or go very well together. I might want to focus on combining portraits/people and plants/nature, but i might decide to do other things as well.
3. For the third project, I would like to focus on minimalistic/simple photos all of food. I will make the pictures of food look more simple by making the brightness really high so that it appears a lot more delicate. The colors in these photos will also be more pastel, or just one bright color. I love taking photos of food so i think i will enjoy this project a lot.

NEGATIVE SPACE

I used a chair for the foreground of this photo so that only part of the background actually showed up in the picture. I darkened this photo and put it in black and white to add more of a city or dark feeling. 

This photograph was taken on the way to school. I enjoyed the shapes and the negative space the domes created, but i didn't want to include the entire building, so i allowed the photo to primarily be taken up by the sky.

In many of these photographs, I was just playing around with angles and how certain pieces of furniture interacted or affected the view. This negative space created by the blinds is more detailed. I put this photo into Sepia affect, and in order to make it a little darker, i turned down the saturation. 

This photograph was taken in a darker room. I cropped the photo so that you couldn't see quite as much of the wall. I like how the shades make the photo so much more geometric. I also darkened this photo and put it in black and white. 

I took this photo on my way to school, and i like that, even though the bottom of the photo is not black, there is still negative space. I also put this photo in Sepia effect and turned down the saturation so that the color of the ground was less prominent than the color of the sky.

The foreground of this photo is a chair with an elaborate design. The background is still the city, like all my other photos, but you can basically only see the one building. The negative space in this photo is very detailed because of the design.

This photo was taken on Geary street, of another Church. The color of the church and the other building were much more bright, but i turned down the saturation and the brightness so that I did not have to put it into a black and white or sepia effect. 

This photograph was taken near Union Street. The geometric shapes of the building on the right lead the eye to the center of the photo, where the clouds stop. There is also a lot of perspective in this photograph with the buildings getting smaller as they go into the distance. I lowered the brightness and the saturation so that the sepia effect was not as bright.

SUNSETS

This photo was taken coming back from a volleyball tournament. The contrast of the city and the sunset in the sky makes the photo look bolder, and i like the added movement of ropes on the bridge. 

 I pass by the beach every day, which is great opportunity for sunset photography. I chose this photo because of the group of people, which gives much more to look at in this photo than just a sunset. This photo was very yellow before, so i added more sharpness and contrast to make the sun stand out, and i changed the coloring to more pink and blue.

 This photo was taken in the city. I was walking to my friend's house when I noticed the beautiful view and the sunset. I love the perspective of the houses getting smaller, the ocean in the background, and the telephone polls running from the middle of the photo to the side.

 I love the use of negative space in this photo, and that you can see the sky more and more through the trees until you get a small view of the ocean and the sunset. I also edited this photo to make it sharper and made the blue coloring brighter so that the sky was more visible even with the trees blocking some of the view.

I think that this photo was taken actually on the way to school. We had to go to school earlier that day, so the sun was just rising in the sky. I'm always amazed when clouds turn pink in a sunset or sunrise. I also like the NE in the mirror that is brought out more with the blue in the sky. I like that it is apparent the photo was taken in the car, because it makes the photo feel less set up.

There isn't anything in this photo that is specifically different, but i love the coloring in this photo and the amount of ocean and hill that i put in the photo. I brought out the pink and blue in the photo, similar to my editing technique in the other photographs. 

This photograph is different than the other ones because it is primarily documenting the blue sky, without anything interrupting that scenery. The ocean is at the bottom of the photo, with a hint of pink fading into the light, but deep, blue sky. 

This photo was also taken while going to school, and passing by the beach. I like that you can see the construction work, and that there is also a mountain in the back ground. It is very small, but there is  also a little ship in the background. I like the soft coloring of this photo, which was also a theme in my other photos. In all the photographs, i attempted to make a them softer and added to the brightness of the pink and blue coloring.