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.