Balance and Contrast

Harry Lieber- Radially Balanced

Yungki- Contrast in Value

Achill Geo- Symmetrically Balanced

Corey Arnold- Strong Contrast In Scale

Zeb Andrews- Contrast in Texture

Grids

For this project, I utilized light room in order to enhance the moods in images, so as to create a certain feeling in the photo. I also created grids using contrasting colors because it draws the viewer to the picture and attracts their view.

This grid is made up of a single photo whose color I changed to black and red, and rotated, to make a checkerboard grid. I like this photo because the contrast between the red and the black it very intense and draws my eye to it. 

This photo is a single picture of a bridge I took,  whose colors I changed, and formed into a circular pattern. I changed the colors of the bridges to create the color circle, and then used that to create a larger color circle that incorporates a lot of tones. It also draws my eye because it appears to be slanted because of the positioning of the bridges, and forms a broken up square, which draws my eye. 

This is a picture of a tree took, which was really contrasted against the cloudy sky. I then took the photo and rotated it and darkened it to form a circular pattern. However, I left a slight space between the photos because it reminded me of a target.

This grid is composed of 9 grids of a 9 grid lampost grid. Then I changed the contrast and blacks of each of the photos and mixed them up to create a random series of different colors which slightly confuses me, which I like. I also really like the original pattern of the lampposts and it creates a very cool pattern.

This is a grid of 9 photos of a single flower at different positions of the flower, put together to recreate the flower. Then I changed the color of the flower to make it a happier picture. I really enjoy the way that the pictures fit together from different angles, because it puts together a single image using different views, yet you can still see what the overall image is.

This is a monochrom grid constructed from images of the sky I took in the hoods of different colored cars. Then i changed all the images to a brownish color because it makes me think of a desolate, destroyed town, which I believe fits the image content because the hoods of the car warped and twisted the images, giving it a very absurd look.I then shaped the image into a square facing inwards, as if the viewer is looking up, surrounded by all these, dark, ominous buildings.

I really like this grid of a statue because it reminds me of monkeys in a barrel in the way that they are connected  I really like the square pattern formed by their hands, and the act that it is not a symmetrical grid.

I really like this picture because of the tone I gave it. I gave it a blue tone, and darkened it a lot to give it a very weird look. It makes it seem very unreal, sort of as if it were in a dream, which I like because it fits the image content of Alice in Wonderland. The colors make me feel kind of alone and lost which is what Alice was feeling when she get lost in Wonderland. 

This is another grid composed of a single picture, colorized and shifted to create a cross pattern. The colors of a purple-red and yellow provide a lot of contrast which helps the pattern of the crosses come out. This is one of my favorite pictures because of how intricate the pattern is. At first you can see the cross, but then you can see the square surrounding it, or the many litte patterns of the cross with circles around them, there are just so many different patterns you could see in this, which is what I like about the photo because it allows for a lot of diference in interpretation.

The Color Wheel and the use of Color in Mood

The Color Wheel with Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Colors

Ponytail Falls, Zeb Andrews

This photo of Ponytail falls by Zeb Andrews is composed of different hues of blues and white which makes the photo seem very calm and collected. It also makes it seem kind of removed from the world, and gives it a surreal, spirit-like appearance. This gives the viewer the sense that this photo is hidden, and this is a look into a secret place. The editing of the photo, increasing the blacks and the shadows, adds to it sense of cool and calm because it sharpens the picture and shows the blues and whites in sharp contrast.

Project 2 Framing and Composition

For this project we experimented with eight different types of photographic framing and composition techniques: Frame within a frame, Birds eye view, Bugs eye view, Rule of thirds, Filling the frame, Diagonals, Close up, and Leading lines. Within each of these techniques I took pictures of three separate subjects throughout downtown Portland, and Washington Park. Here are my favorite photos of each technique, which were then edited in light room.

Rule of Thirds featuring a bike in the Rose Garden

Filling the Frame of an archway in downtown Portland

Birds Eye View of a bridge in Pioneer Place

Bugs Eye View of a stone lampost in the Rose Garden

Diagonals of a house in downtown Portland

Leading Lines of a walk way in the Rose Garden

Close Up of a mushroom in Washington Park

Filling the Frame of garbage found in downtown Portland

   

Best of Project 1 30x2

For this project, we focused on two subjects and took thirty photos of each from various angles using different camera functions. The two subjects I focused on were a yellow flower with a spider on it, and a scene from Alice in Wonderland, painted on a wall.

This is a photo of a spider that I took using the macro setting of my camera. I edited it in light room and changed the brightness to give it darker, richer tones. I really like the depth of field of this photo and the contrast between the flowers and the leaves.

This photo is of a flower with a drop of dew in the center that i took with the black and white setting on my camera. I edited it to contrast the lightness of the petals and the dark grass behind it. I like this photo because of its focus on the flower, and the contrast in it.

This photo of a caterpillar was taken using the selective color mode for my camera, so as to pick out the brightness of the mushroom. I edited it to make the color brighter and richer, and make the dark colors stand out which is why I like this photo. 

This picture of the Queen of Hearts was taken with a very low brightness setting, which gives it a darker, nighttime look. I edited it to help the red of the Queen stand out, as well as the black around her to outline her. I really like the dark quality of the photo, with the contrast of the bright red, which I think really represents the subject well.

This photo of Alice was also taken using the selective coloring mode. In light room I increased the contrast and the vibrance of the colors and also changed the brightness to that Alice would stand out from the background. I really enjoy how even though Alice is the subject of the photo, she is the only subject that isn't in color.

My Summer

This summer I had the wonderful experience of participating in a 4 week, full-immersion, Arabic program at Pomona College in southern California. I lived at the dorms at Pomona College while studying Arabic in a complete, 24/7 Arabic environment. We spent a couple hours every day studying Arabic, then we participated in cultural activities and sports, all in language. It was an awesome experience and I met a lot of great people from all around the country and learned a lot about the Arabic language and culture. Plus, I got to tour Los Angeles and chill in southern California for a month with some really cool people.

Me At Pomona College with the other Arabic Students