Contrast and Kaleidoscopes

The following are four kaleidoscopes I have made using photos from Project 4. I chose photos with vibrant colors and cool patterns to make the kaleidoscopes interesting. After the four kaleidoscopes are some photos that show contrast through texture and color.

The first kaleidoscope I made was of the light I used in one of my diptychs. I liked the colors so created a patter in the kaleidoscope that some what makes you dizzy.

This second kaleidoscope is one of a painting of a mad I had done. I enjoyed how the hair created interesting shapes in white. This kaleidoscope is also a monochrome. 

My third kaleidoscope is a candle taken in the dark. I repeated the image many times to make a design which turned out nicely.

The last kaleidoscope is my favorite. The picture I used was of a colorful zebra figurine from Mexico. I really liked the pattern and how it reflected throughout the kaleidoscope. 

This first photo shows contrast through color. The bright red leaves stand out against the grey blue sky. I edited the colors to get this effect. 

This second photo uses color contrast as well. The bright red of the BLOOD (food coloring die), contrasts against the black and white of the split apple.

Another contrast photo, but this one shows contrast through texture; the clumpy sticky sap texture of the sap against the rough tree bark.

My last photo shows contrast through texture also. The peely/crusty bark of the tree contrasts with the smooth, already peeled bark.

Diptychs and Triptychs

The following four are diptychs that I made out of pictures I took from Project 4. I matched up photos with a common theme and edited them to look coherent to each other. The next four photos after the diptychs are triptychs. I did the same with them; they have a common theme and connect to each other. 

This first diptych is actually two diptychs next to each other. I swapped the half of a picture of my cat with half of a picture of a ceramic cup with a face. I matched up the two photos so the photo as a whole looked like a face (very creepy face).

This second diptych is a picture of a building and a picture of a drawing of a similar building. I made both pictures black and white to emphasis the shape of the building rather than the colors. The two photos are also inverse to each other.

This is another diptych of two lights. The light on the left is the reflecting of a ceiling lamp in a phone screen. The second light is of my digital clock in the dark. The two photos connect through their dark backgrounds and their vibrant colors.

The two photos in this diptych connect through their similar subject matter; hey both are fossils. I made the photos have a sepia affect to really emphasize their age. 

This is a triptych that I made using three apples. I connected them together to make it look like one apple, but slit. The pictures obviously connect through subject matter.

This second triptych is of a candle. I took these photos in the dark and at different angles. I really enjoyed how the light of the flame reflected on the candle.

This third triptych is of completely different subject matter, but I edited the colors so the pictures would have a common theme. Also the photos relate through shapes and lines.

My last triptych are all of trees, but they are completely different trees. The colors I edited the different types of trees show a contrast in mood. 

Project 4 Balance and Contrast

Radial Balance

 Mario Moreno

Symmetrical Balance

Dennis Wojtkiewicz

Scale Contrast

Tom Cuppens

Texture Contrast

Dontaylor

Color Contrast 

Julia Noni

Project 3 Grids and Mood

This first part of the project was making grids out of one or more photos we had previously taken in project. The first grid shows the color compliments of blue and orange. It originally was a copper structure so I edited the colors of the structure before making it into a grid. The second grid shows cool colors. I used three photos of different round objects and then edited their colors so they were a cool blue and cool cream. The third grid is an extra grid I made out of one photo, but I changed the colors and played with angles and position. The third grid is of another sculpture. I changed the colors to be warm and I played with the angles to make a cool patter. The last grid is monochrome. I messed with the size and angles of the picture to make the grid look like one solid object. Then I edited the color to be copper.  

The second part of this project was to create a certain mood in pictures. The first two pictures after the grids show a gloomy, cold, or dark mood. I achieved this look through changing the color and intensities of the already dark/foggy photo. The last two photos portray a warm, cozy, or happy mood. The already warm colored photos were edited to be warmer to fully achieve the intended mood.

 Color Compliments

 Cool Colors

 Extra Grid

Warm Colors

Monochrome 

Mood: dark/cold

Mood:gloomy/alone

Mood: warm/calm/content

Mood: cozy/warm/happy

Color

Don Hudson

The solid blue in the background and the warm yellow of the tower gives this photo a calm, happy, or content feeling. The photographer probably is trying to achieve this mood to portray how the people in the tower are feeling (content, free, happy, etc.). The photographer might have edited this photo by making the sky a mild blue, and the tower yellower. Warm highly to the sky could have been added along with taking the sharpness and vibrance of the photo down a little to give that calm feeling.

Extras with Edits

These are some other photos I took when shooting Project 2. They also show some of the framing techniques. I added some interesting edits to make the photos look somewhat unrealistic.

This first photo shows leading lines and I made it black and white after changing the colors so that  the bricks are different shades.

 This is a close up but I altered the colors and sharpness of the photo to exaggerate the texture and darkness.

 For this photo, that shows rule of thirds and close up, I played with the darkness and colors.

This last photo is a close up, fill the frame, and it also can show rule of thirds. I messed with the colors, sharpness, and darks to make it very vibrant.

Project 2 Framing and Composition

These are some photos I took of the eight different photo techniques. I edited them in Lightroom to enhance the quality. Three of the photos are in black and white, and the other photos I played around with the color and contrast to add variety. most of the photos were taken in downtown Portland, some of the other photos are from a barn near Wilsonville.

Contact Sheet

Rule of Thirds

Frame within a Frame

Close Up

 Birds Eye View

 Bugs Eye View

 Leading Lines

 Diagonals

Filling the Frame

Project 1

For this first project, the two topics I chose to photograph were an old building in down town portland, and my reflection in different windows down town. I chose the building because of the architecture was beautiful and it looked old, which I like. I chose to photograph myself in different reflective surfaces because I wanted a subject that moved around (myself) and the idea intrigued me. I also like to be in control (I can more easily control a portrait of me than another person).

 This first picture is of the old building. I gave it an affect that made it look like it was in an older era and more dramatic to portray its older style.

This second picture is of the top of the same building above. I gave it an affect that was a little hazy and not edgy, making the image mystical and dreamy. I liked this effects because it went with the idea  of the sky and the "great beyond", which is a mystical concept and the sky fills the majority of the picture.

The third picture I took of the old building was from below looking up. I messed with the colors to make the building look bright and new even though the building is not. It is a contrast to the other images of the building. 

Looking up again to the old building, I captured part of a tree near by, the sky, and the building. I cropped the image to get a new shape, and I also changed to colors to be a little bit warmer and sepia-like. This again gives the building an old look.

This is a picture of an antique machine through the glass of the stood window and I am in the background (my reflection). I made this photo black and white to signify the age in which the machine was made in, and the affect made the image have an interesting jumbled look to it. 

This is an image of myself taking a picture of my reflection in a store's showcase window. I chose an affect that gave the viewer a dreamy sense because it went well with the inception kind of mood. 

This is yet another reflection of myself in a glass door. I picked an affect that made the image a little sharper to have a change from the other reflection images I chose, and it just plainly looked best with the photo. I also cropped the photo so that I would have a little more interesting perspective. 

This is my reflection in another showcase window that had a maroon background. This is why the image has a pink tint. Since the image already had some sort of effect to it, I just left it as it was and didn't add anything.