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.

Project #6 Multiple Image Technique

The following images are a verity of multiple exposer, panorama and HDR photos I have taken in downtown Portland. Using the manual method, taking multiple photos, and then stitching them together in photoshop a was able to create some interesting panoramas. I also used the manual method to create HDR photos in photoshop using multiple exposures of the same image. and layering them. I overlapped several images in photoshop to create multiple exposure images.  

PANORAMAS 

This is a panorama of several images of a crack in an old brick walkway with plaster. I liked to texture and movement of the crack and could only capture the whole thing by making a panorama. To edit this picture I played with the contrast and colors of the moss.

This is a vertical panorama of a railing leading up a stairway. I liked the shape and, once again, could only capture the whole thing by making a stitch of multiple images. To edit the image I took down the vibrance and slightly changed the exposure.

My last panorama was of the steel (I think) bridge downtown. I was able to capture the elongated shape through multiple stitched images. I made the image in black and white to focus more on the stricture and I messed with the exposure and contrast.

MULTIPLE EXPOSER

This image was originally meant to be a HDR images but since the two photos didn't match up they created an interesting overlap. To edit the image I adjusted the colors and exposer. 

The mix of a rusted textured building under a corner of a wall with some branches sticking off made a very interesting overlap. To edit the photo I messed with the curves and exposer of the branches and I made the rusty building more vibrant and contrasting.

The last overlapping image is personally my favorite. The mix between a lamp post and the grid windows of a building made a very cool design. To edit the photo I enhanced the vibrance and contrast for both the building and the lights in order to get colors to come through. 

HDR

My first HDR image I used three different exposers to put the light of the sky and the dark of the lap post together. After combining the images I adjusted the exposer, the gamma correction, the detail, and the vibrance, but not so much to make the image unrealistic.

This second HDR image I used two combined images to capture the lights and darks of the buildings and water tower. To edit, I used the gamma correction, vibrance, contrast, and exposer.

The last image is an HDR of two images of a steel wall. After putting the images together I noticed that the darks were still fairly dark, but I liked how the light part popped out yet still had detail. To edit the photo I changed the vibrance to be a little higher and also the expose to be a little darker.

Final Emulataion

Basic Photoshop and Camera Controls

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.