For this assignment, we were directed to go on a portrait shoot and experiment with angles. We needed 4 photos in total: one at eye level, high camera angle, low camera angle, and one that we like our best. I asked two of my friends, Cam and Chris, if they wanted to model for me. This shoot was definitely a challenge because I'm so used to posing female models and not male models haha. I really liked how the photos turned out in the end, though. We went to a local park that had a lot of open space and fields which made for a simplistic background and kept out distractions. For my editing, I decided to try something new. I photoshopped the sky in 3/4 of my pictures. This was because the sky was so plain, and I wanted to spice it up a bit. It looks pretty natural and realistic, and I love the pop it gives.
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For this weeks assignment, we were given the task to take 5-10 photos from around our house and be creative with them. I decided to take my guinea pigs, Nutmeg and Cinnamon, outside to graze since it was warm out. Last week, I watched a Zoom webinar hosted by one of my favorite photographers Irene Rudnyk. The lecture was about how to further incorporate depth into your work. She was directly working with portrait photography, but I figured that it would also work with really any subject. I put my camera close to the ground to use the different lengths of grass to make my images 3D, and I love how this effect turned out. For our editing, we had to use either the Photoshop app for your phone or the desktop application. I've had Photoshop installed on my computer for over a year now and love using it because it's so diverse. For my editing, I did basic Camera Raw adjustments and then used Clone Stamp to erase away distractions, Dodge & Burn for light adjustments, and lastly, Selective Color to tone down the bright green and yellow tones.
I decided to be a little creative with the editing of my best image for this assignment. I used Photoshop to only highlight the color of my cat's beautiful eyes, which turned out lovely. Since its now spring and the weather is warm, my mom got some colorful flowers so I thought that they as well would be a good subject. I decided to go with simple editing. For this assignment, I shot with an open aperture of f/1.4-2.8 to focus the attention on only one of the flowers.
Our main task for this assignment was to illustrate different composition techniques that photographer's use to make their photos aesthetically pleasing. There's no right or wrong way to take photos, but these specific techniques will help make your work more visually appealing to the eye of the viewer. The techniques mentioned are some of the most basic and easy to work with/include in your photos. Balance - Equality of weight and definition in a photo. Movement - Suggestion of action. Repetition & Rhythm - Repeated element in an image. Emphasis - Stressed placed on a single area of an image (highlighted). Simplicity (a.k.a. visual economy) - Eliminated non-essentials from an image. Contrast - Stark differences between elements in an image. Proportion - Relation of two things in size, number, amount, etc. Space - Measurable distance between objects/elements in an image. Unity - Relationship between parts and whole composition. This assignment helped me to play more with different subjects and be more creative with my composition and techniques. I also enjoyed trying out new editing styles that I've been experimenting with for the last few weeks. This included extensive dodging/burning and selective color. I'm excited to use these techniques in the near future for other photo assignments.
I'm so thrilled to be taking my second trimester of Digital Photography. Although I took Digital I during the first trimester of my Freshmen year, since then I've actively continued to take photos and use Photoshop/Lightroom. I have my own business (lizzieclarkphotography.com), and its continued to flourish for the past few years. Currently, my forte is portrait photography. Over the past 2 years, I've done numerous paid portrait shoots of people, and I enjoyed it so much. I've also found a new, profound passion for using smoke bombs in my work. I hope that throughout the tri, I'll be able to advance my skills and try new techniques that I'm not used to! A photo of me in Ludington, MI in August. Some of my work from the past year.
Over the course of this trimester, I've grown so much as an editor as well as a photographer. I walked in the doors kind of nervous, especially with Photoshop because of some bad experiences I've had, but now I'm extremely confident about it. I've had lots of experience with photography and my camera, and although I feel like I improved in that field a bit, my Photoshop skills definitely did. I learned so much about all of the different layers, tools, filters, and textures to create anything I imagined. I also had a lot of fun getting to chose different categories for each of the weekly photo assignments, where I could photograph anything I was passionate about. The Pop Art was one of my first edits, and I scanned every single word in the directions to make sure I got it exactly right, so I didn't really use my creativity. The dictionary edit, my last, shows great examples of using different transform tools, layering, and sizing the images. That assignment came with minimal instructions so it was up to you to create a masterpiece. The different categories for the weekly photos allowed me to step out of my comfort zone and try something new. I'd never even heard about light painting before I came to this class, but it was such a fun category to choose and set up a shoot for. I was also not a really big fan of using Photoshop to put filters on my photos, but I loved how the black & white photos turned out. This class has really inspired me to use all of these techniques in the future. Both with my photography and Photoshop skills.
For this Photoshop assignment, our task was to choose 3 puns and 2 words/definitions. We created 2 separate final products using everything we knew in photoshop. This assignment gave us a lot of freedom to be creative and have fun using layering and tools in Photoshop to create some visual puns and definitions. From left to right: "apple of my eye", "hittin' the hay", and "high horse". I really enjoyed this assignment because it allowed me to really be creative in Photoshop. It also helped me to work a lot on my layering and quick-selecting an image before pasting it in the final product. Finding the right sized photos to use did prove difficult for me at some times, but I really like the end results.
For our last photo assignment, our task was to chose a category from a bunch listed and go have a photoshoot. My friend's Amanda and Aidan have been dating for one year now so they decided to celebrate it with a photoshoot. We went to a local park and I look over 100 photos, but these are my favorite :') Shutter speed- 1/500, Aperture- f/1.8, ISO- 100 ***NO ADDITIONAL EDITING WAS DONE*** This was such a fun shoot to do for them. I learned a lot about shooting in sunlight. Although it made for great lighting, I had to position them correctly so that the sun wouldn't cast unwanted shadows on their faces. I love how the background is super blurry and keeps them the main subjects of the photos, and the fall colors make for a gorgeous backdrop.
For this Photoshop assignment, we had to take two portrait photos, one in a studio with lighting and a backdrop, the other we had to use natural light and a bounce card to reflect light on the shadowed side of the talent. I went outside for my natural light portrait to use the sun to my advantage since it was a pretty nice day. In both portrait photos, I wanted to get super shallow depth of field. Final Photoshop result During this assignment, I mainly learned how to frame photos in Photoshop. I already have a lot of experience shooting portraits, and I enjoyed taking some of my first portraits in a "professional" studio environment with lighting and a backdrop. I loved this assignment because I got to shoot my favorite type of photography.
For our sixth photo assignment, our task was to choose a category and go have a photoshoot. This week, I chose nature. These are some nature subjects I found around my house. I thought this would be better than doing wide-angle shots because of the surroundings. I really liked my macro photos so I decided to mix nature and macro together. I really like these and how there is little depth of field. These are more nature than macro because they aren't that close up to the subject. Shutter speed- 1/400, Aperture- f/1.8, ISO- 100
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