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.