Project 4:Contrast and Balance

Asymmetrical Contrast in Texture and Value

This is a photo of the black building in downtown Portland, some overhanging branches, and the signature Oregon overcast sky. The solid smooth nature of the black building contrasts with the rough but dainty branches as well as the light empty sky.

Asymmetrical Contrast in Value and Content

This bright red Harley caught my attention while on a walk because of its bright red color and that it was parked in front of a stone wall covered in English ivy. To make the color distinction more obvious I unsaturated all but the red seen in the bike. I also deepened the blacks used a lower exposure in order to bring out the texture of the backdrop.

Asymmetrical Contrast in Scale

This photo shows the last berry remaining on one of the dogwoods in my garden. I did hardly any editing to this photo because I liked the colors best in their natural state and simplicity.

Project 4:Pre-work

Contrast in Scale and Value

Herzog and de Meuron

Contrast in Texture and Color

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Contrast in Scale and Value

Fan Ho

Radial Symmetry

uiethma

Symmetrical Balance

These Tings

Project 3: Color and Grids

Monochrome Grids:

This grid is comprised of two bird's-eye view photos, one with four flowers in a square, and the other with one of the flowers moved into the center, creating a triangle. The photo was taken in black and white and while editing I used gradients to even out the shadows cast by the light. I arranged the photographs to create a ring like pattern, but added blank space in between each photo to enhance the sense of squares, combining multiple shapes in one grid.

This monochrome grid is of the railing on a set of concrete stairs in the Pearl district. I added more shadows, highlights, and blacks in order to create more contrast. I rotated the same photograph in all different directions, playing off the geometric shapes and leading lines, and then put them in a four by four grid.

Complimentary Color Grids:

This is a bird's eye view of two orange gourds and four orange flowers placed on blue construction paper. I arranged the grid to look as if the flowers are creating pathways in between the gourds, as if this is not a grid, but rather a large scene. The gourds are also placed in a pattern that forms a kind of  % sign in order to add more geometric shapes.

Color Harmony Grids:

This grid shows the sunrise on the Oregon coast. I reflected the photo three times and then laid it on its side to make it seem almost like tree bark or fabric. I also increased the saturation of the pink  and turned the blue more purple. As a finishing touch I added more contrast and depth to the blacks.

This is a picture of an orange flower placed inside a yellow flower and then inlaid several times. I reduced the strength of the yellow and brought out more orange tones. I also made the shades softer so as to blend the yellow and orange more seamlessly.

Mood Photo:

The mood expressed in this photo is one of desolation, but not complete abandon. It is a place not many visit or think about, but it is still a working port that has been running since the french first arrived in Louisiana. The industrial look of the photo gives it a natural look of dejection, but with the clouds and the addition of more warmth, it gains back a sense of hope.

This photo has a colder, lonelier mood. The clouds gathering above create a sense of impending turmoil that will disrupt the peace of the currently serene oceanside. I edited in more exposure and added darker shadow to increase the contrast in the clouds and shoreline.

Warm Color Scheme: 

This leaf exemplifies the warm tones of autumn. When taking this photo I centered the main vain in the leaf to add symmetry to the photo. I kept part of the backdrop to show that the leaf was still on the tree and to give the idea that all of the surrounding area is also of a warm tone. I also brought out the orange in the photo to blend the red and the yellow of the veins. 

Color

A color wheel displaying primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.

by moem-photography

The complementary colors of the red mushroom and and green grass are used to set an upbeat, cheerful mood due to the vibrancy of their hue. The photographer most likely increased the light and saturation in this photo to strengthen this effect.

Project 2: Framing and Composition

Contact Sheet

Rule of Thirds

This photo was taken in my sister's room on her bed. I placed her two childhood stuffed animals on the right side of the bed because of their well-worn, well-loved look. On my camera I used color select to highlight the blues and greens and make the creams and beiges white. On Lightroom I added more shadows and exposure to make the sheets look more textured and the stuffed animals have more of a vintage look.

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Close-Up

Although eye close-ups may be a photography cliche, I have always loved them for their ability to convey the emotions and character of the subject. For this photograph the subject in question is Stephanie Hamilton when we went on our first photo shoot for Project 1. My editing choices were to emphasize her characteristic freckles and add more depth and clarity to her eyes. I also added more exposure and shadow to intensify the photo.

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Fill the Frame

This photo was taken with a large amount of glare from the sun, yet I still took several shots with no attempt to counteract the glare because of the ethereal woodland vibe that I saw as fitting due to the fact that the subject was a maple tree. I cropped out a large portion of the photo that include a leaf and a glare spot I decided were too distracting. This made the photo quite wide and not very tall which I am rather fond of.

Diagonal

The diagonal I chose as my subject was some broken branches sticking out of the sand that I came upon on a beach walk in Lincoln City. While editing I chose to make the colors more cool toned with more exposure. I also added more contrast and shadow to the wood in order to bring out its natural texture.

Frame-within-a-Frame

I chose this photo for my frame-within-a-frame because of the simple statement it makes with its muted colors and clean lines. Minimal editing was done to this photograph, chief among them was cropping out some elements that took away from the simplistic look.

Bird's-Eye View

Maya Friedman is the subject of this photo taken from an elevated walk-way in the Pearl. I had initially asked Maya to stand on the other side of the fence that served as a railing to the walk-way in order to get a frame-within-a-frame of her looking through an opening. When half a dozen people decided that they wanted a photo like this too, I decided it was too crowded and stood up which resulted in this shot from above. When it came to editing I chose to increase the black level dramatically because of the way it gave the sidewalk more texture and went with Maya's dark hair.

Bug's-Eye View

This is another photograph taken while on a beach walk in Lincoln City. The grass dunes have very long stocks which made them a prime subject for bug's-eye photos because it is much easier to get under them. I chose this photo in particular because of the way the wind gracefully bent the blades. In Lightroom I added more color and contrast to the stalks while deepening and dramatizing the overcast sky.

Leading Line

For this photo I got low to make the line of the hose lead out from a more eye-level area to the spicket and the top part of the frame. During the editing process I made the photo black and white to eliminate distracting background colors and put more emphasis on the hose itself because of the now dark shadow that runs alongside.