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.

My Summer

This summer I went on a backpacking trip in the Wallowa Mountains with my family. We hiked over 40 miles in four days and saw some spectacular views. The third day we went on a day hike up Eagle Cap and got lost on the way back down, lucky we made it back to camp. I love being out doors and exploring. Being in nature is one of my most favorite things to do, whether it is hiking or just sitting out side.