Self Portrait

I don't like taking self portraits so I tried to make it as anonymous as possible. I positioned myself infront of a light and made the photo black and white to further hide myself. By increasing the contrast I also made my face very dark.

Portraits of Others

Mike uses light in all of his photos. He also uses water and relection. In the photo I took of him there is a relfection on the glass of the door. Also in some of his earlier work, he chhose to use black and white so I tried to incorporate that.

Winslow alaways takes his photos from an interesting perspective. His photos often have an urban background with lots of movement and interesting lines and angles. Although I don't have many leading lines, I tried to use shapes and depth to convey what his photos usually do.

Sebastian uses light in many of his photos. I think that this is his style because of the lights, the shadows, and the interesting shapes and dimensions they form. The pipe behind his head reminds me of a musical instrument as well as the movement on his left sleeve.

Lotus always emphasizes eyes in her photos. While her photos use darker colors, I thought her hair provided the darkness, her eyes the joy, and the white background provides an interesting value like her Richard Avedon photos.  

Frankie always uses light in her photos. In one of her photos of Benji she had his face fading into the darkness. I tries to do the same in my portrait of her. Her subjects always are making an interesting face, or she takes the photo from an unique angle.

Veronica often takes photos with flowers in the background. She uses colors to contrast, but I chose to use black and white because of the light on her face and the contrast it would provide for the leaves and tiny flowers.

My Favorite Photos

This is one of my favorite photos because of the composicion. The hand pinching the sun is something unexpected. The light and colors in the photo blend together. I like the layer of wood and the warmth and love conveyed through the photo.

 





This is one of my favorite photos because of the light haziness of it. I successfully executed the negative space excersize while capturing an interesting scene.

This is my favorite photo. The double exposure was very successful. The paint peeilng off of the wood went with the colors in the sky and the palm tree seed looks like the sun or the moon. I think this is the most interesting photo I have created and I think it had endless layers to peel apart.

I love black and white photos. I always struggle to keep photos in color, but most of the time I can't resist. This photo is very graphic and yet there is a lot going on that makes it more unique. 



I like the simplicity and perspective in this photo. It is so dimensional and modern. I remember really focusing on the angle from which I took this photo and I was able to capture what I wanted. And, of course, it is black and white.

I have always loved to experiment with texture and contrast in my photos. I really love how the light is shining on the bark and the crispness of the subject of the photo. I like that the background is out of focus and I really love the darkness and contrast in this photo.

New Series

I took this photo in Florida. The decays caused by the surf was very interesting to me. The texture in this photo attracted me.

This is a self portrait I took a long time ago. I made it black and white and played with the level of brightness and contrast. The sun coming in from behind the subject makes the photo more interesting, adds depth, and contributes to the scale of variety of shades of color.

Thh composition of this photo is what I like the most. The perspective is almost akward. Not only does this photo utilize the skills we learned about foreground and background, the light in this photo was enhanced to add depth to the photo.

I focused on the texture of this photo and the subject's potentially for light reflection. I think that all of the contrast in this photo adds to the entire effect of the slippery surfaces photographed in this image.

While editing this image I contrasted the colors. When I did this, it made the photo appear to be more three dimensional. All of a suuden the snow seemed to be thicker and more realistic.

While editing this photo I had the goal of making the shadow below the subjects chin apparent. While I did succeed at making the shadow visible, I also made the wrinkles in the background fabric more visible. In a perfect world I would like those to fade away and have the background be completely white.

I love all of the detail in this photo. The textures are so crisp and yet the background gade away. I think the composition and the editing of the photo was very successful.

The perspective gave this image an incredible dimensionality.

I spent a lot of time editing this photo. I went back and edited the contrast and brightness several times.

I was able to give the water the appropriate darkness I desired in this photo. The editing process was successful, but I wish I would have taken the picture from a diffrent angle.

The texture in this photo is perfect. I am still not sure whether the brghtness is too bright on the fur. There might be too much white.

I like the detail in this photo. I think it is successful and not too busy because the subject is brighter than the background. 

I like the dimensionality in this photo. The values in the water made the editing process successful.

I wish I could have increased the values in this photo. Although I played with the contrast and brightness I could not achieve the desired color scale in this photo.

 

I love the light and dark in this photo as well as the crispness of the subject. This photo and the editing process was successful.

The contrast in this photo turned out nicely. I tried to push the limits, while making it appear realistic and not too edited.

 

The editing process and composition was successful, but I wish there wasn't so much going on in this image. The background is too busy and takes away from the coloring of the subject.

I like the movement and angles the subject creates. I am not sure whether I increased thwe contrast too much. I definetly tried to go a little extreme on this picture.

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