Project 4: Dips, Trips, & Kaleidoscopes

Contrast In Size

Contrast In Color

Contrast In Texture

Contrast In Value 

Diptychs & Triptychs

For these, I wanted to show contrast in texture, and value. Also, I wanted to create a sense of symmetrical balance by either splitting the picture in half and copying it. Or trying to mimic the shape of the object on both sides. 

This shows contrast in texture, some being very geometric, and the other half being more organic nd asymmetrical.

This shows contrast in color and value, because  the building is desaturated and the grass is bright green and  saturated.

This shows symmetrical balance with the tree on both sides, I just duplicated one half. And it also shows contrast in value and texture. I added a vignette and contrast in black and white.

Extra Diptychs & Triptychs

Kaleidoscopes

I liked this kaleidoscope because it looks sort of eerie, almost like an eye. The texture of the statue downtown was really smooth and reflective. I like it next to the hard black, adding value.

I liked this kaleidoscope because this shows radial balance in the color of the angles in the sculpture.

Project 3: Grids

Warm Colors

I chose the photo of balloons and saturated the color with a warm hue to show the exaggeration of warm colors, and then I made 4 rows with a flipped the balloons to create a swirly like pattern.

Cool Colors

I chose this photo of water droplets and then I made each photo a cool color, and made sure these photos would fade from green to purple (all the cool colors).

Complements

I chose this photo of a dramatic statue and made a color block for two rows onto up of a complement color for two rows and then added the last two rows of the original color.

Monochrome

I took a photo of a tree's leaves and made a kaleidoscope-like pattern with an overall muted orange color, so I kept it monochrome. 

Color Showing Mood

The goal for this photo, is showing a playful and happy feeling, like a sense joy. 

Color Wheel

An Example of color setting mood is Daniel Beltra's photo of an aerial view of an oil spill. Even though the incident is horrible, the colors and pattern of the oil in the water creates a sense of mystery and adventure with the saturated tones of aqua and teal contrasted with the complementary color of orange. The shot is so abstract, yet so real. This photograph is truly showing a mystical sense to reality with an adventurous feeling. 

Project 2: Framing and Composition

For this project, I had identify different techniques of framing. This includes Rule of Thirds to  Filling The Frame. While traveling around downtown Portland, I looked for unusual angles that demonstrated the required crops and tried to find the most unique things that popped out at me. When choosing the final edits, I chose the photos with the most dramatically changed photos, and most accurately cropped and composed photo. The first photo (Rule of Thirds), I saw these two geometric doors next to the Portland Art Museum. These doors are beautifully colored, and I edited the light to be more dramatic and dark. The second photo (Frame Within a Frame), was a fire truck's chrome tire that reflected my feet and the colors swirled around the edges of the tires. I then edited the color and vibrance with intensifying the saturation and sharpening the picture with changing the hue a bit. The third photo (Close Up) is of a statue at the Portland Art Museum. I edited the photo by desaturating the color, intensifying the blacks, and adding a slight blue tint (almost unnoticeable). The fourth photo (Birds Eye View), is also of a statue in the art museum's courtyard. I edited the color of the shadows to be a blue-green color, and saturated contrast color of the statue, I really like how it turned out. The fifth photo (Bugs Eye View), is of an interesting angle of a building that I was fascinated by the architecture. I then edited it by tilting the photo, tightening the crop, and adding the the hue of deep blue and magenta. So it really pops out. The sixth photo (Leading Lines) was the geometric pattern of the museum's courtyard floor. For editing, I desaturated the color and darkened the background to create more dimension. For the seventh photo (Diagonal), I captured the diagonal line of the museum's outside structure. For editing, I effected the hue and created a vintage-like filter. Lastly, the eighth photo (Filling The Frame), is of the top of a stair well downtown. For editing, I intensified the saturation and made the color pop.

Rule Of Thirds

Frame Within A Frame

Close Up

Birds Eye View

Bugs Eye View

Leading Lines

Diagonal

Filling The Frame

Extras

Project 1: Second Subject

While walking around my front yard, I noticed a pot of vibrant colored flowers, and wanted to capture the beauty of the petals in these shots. When editing these images, I brightened them, pumped up the saturation, cropped them, and added a center focus. Overall, this subject juxtaposes the first subject.

Project 1: First Subject

While walking downtown, I noticed construction workers had placed three cones along the side of the street. However, one of the cones had fallen over, and this caught my eye. After editing these photos, I adjusted the saturation, the coolness, and added a blur to the background.

Intro: My Summer

Over the vacation, I went on a road trip to Southern California. This picture was taken in Laguna Beach by me. It expresses the marvelous colored sunsets. I had an awesome time going to the beach and capturing these beautiful moments.