Project 8 - Surrealism and Photomontage

           This project was mainly focusing on cutting up different photos in photoshop and piecing them together to make a design or image that seems surreal or unrealistic. The following images are put together by cutting out and masking the main objects and then refining the cutting with the brush tool. Some of the objects in the images are from the same photo but have different effects on them.

This first montage is my favorite and was the hardest to put together because of all the different photo pieces I had to cut out. First I made the background a textured wall, then I added pieces of a chair and the hands in the lower and right part. After that I layered the eyes and the jaws to create a surreal situation. 

 The next montage I made was much easier because I didn't have to cut out as many pieces. The person in the background is my friend Gaby and I made her have a cartoonish affect. Then I added my cat three times with different effects.

 This third montage is my second favorite and it took a little longer to make then the previous one because of all the precision it took to make the photos fit together. I tried to create a creepy surreal effect, and I changed the colors to make the image fit together.

Finally I have the simplest montage which is also the most realistic. It is a combination of two photos and could be seen as one image because the lighting fits together so well. I liked the calm mood this photo contains. 

Project 7 Alternative Processes through Digital Means

For this project I tried simulating the look of an old daguerreotype photo, making a digital cyanotype, a gum bichromate, and a tilt shift effect photo. Again all of my photos are from downtown portland or around my house. Non of the daguerreotype photos are actually old but I used Photoshop to edit them in a way to make some of the, look antique. I had fun experimenting with different effects and colors for all of the photos.

Cyanotypes

This cyanotype is of an old building in downtown portland. i really liked the architecture and old look. To edit the photo, besides adding the cyanotype effect I messed with the colors and contrast.

My second cyanotype is of a woman and her child looking into a pond. The cyanotype effect made this photo look somewhat dream like, to me, and I edited it by changing the exposure in certain areas and messing with the colors. 

 Gum Bichromate:

This gum bichromate I wen t a little crazy with the colors, making it very unrealistic but I thought it was cool. To make all the colors I just added different layers and painted on them after creating a cyanotype. The photo was also edited by changing the contrast and colors.

 The other gum bichromate photo I created looks similar to the last, but the content is of a pig carving. The non local layers of colors make this photo look very abstract. The colorful layers were added after I made the photo look like a cyanotype and edited the exposure, contrast, and colors. 

Daguerreotypes

This first emulation of a daguerreotype is of a bowl on a cabinet in my house. To edit the photo I made it black and white and then tinted it. I then added a picture of a real daguerreotype over it and let my photo show through to get the vintage look. I also messed with the contrast and curves.

This first daguerreotype look alike is of an old house near Lincoln High school. To make the photo look old I layered a very washed out picture of a real daguerreotype and let my photo show through after adjusting the color to be sepia and taking down the detail.

My second daguerreotype look alike is of my cat after I made her look possessed by darkening her eyes. I used a picture of a real daguerreotype from online and let the picture of my cat show through, again after I adjusted the exposure, colors, tint, and darkened the edges. 

 Tilt Shift Effect

 lastly I tried out the tilt shift effect on a photo I took in Project one from the top of a building. The effect of blurring around a focal point and enhancing the saturation to make the photo look like a miniature setting didn't really work, but it was fun to test out.