can-did can do

So I decided to do candid, because I think there is so much emotion in a candid shot. What the scene is, the person is doing/thinking. So here are some photos:

this is a self portrait that was a candid shot. Flash was used. Color adjustments were used. Exposure adjustments and brightness and contrast adjustments were used.  I was messing around nothing too serious.

This was a random shot from over the weekend. She held the feather up to her eye and I decided to snap a shot. Color filter was used and I messed with the exposure and contrast. 

Another random shot from over the weekend, not too much editing here, haha just the essence of matt. tried decreasing the exposure around the edges.

A picture of a friend at a friends house. He was the only one that knew I was taking a picture so I blurred out the background using both gaussian and motion blur. I Played with the curves in the photo as well as making it more sharp and having the focal point be on him.

this was a candid shot I took of my friends. I loved the background and the movement in this. I decreased the exposure around the edges as well as making it more red on the edges giving it a different feel. The sky was too white so I needed to add something to it.

This is just a picture of Steve the security guard at MIAD. I just took a snap shot of him doing his daily work decreasing the exposure around the edges and desaturating it.

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PhotoGraham In the DrkRm

For the photogram, I drew the design based on a floral pattern I found. I used the transparency I drew on in the beginning to create the final piece. I cut the photogram into a tree and on the left side is a strip of petals I used in the dark room. Basically, the theme and look I wanted to create was a look in to spring and I think the floral pattern underneath the extending tree and the strip of petals, a viewer can see I was going for a theme of nature.

texture

this photo was a demonstration on texture. I scanned a scrap-booking template and used it over the original photo. I could have darkened the snow. Although I like the obvious contrast between the pattern and snow. I also added a grain filter to it.

layerslayerlayering

this photo used around fifty layers. I used three different pictures together. I adjusted the color and burned around the edges. The opacity levels were different for all the layers.

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montage

This montage truly represents some of the aspects that represent me as a person and how others view me. The person walking along the path into the sky shows that other people see me as being independent and walking with my own goals. The person holding their arms on out the mountain shows that people see me as being open to new opportunities and friends. The barbed wire and fire help show that people may think I am angry or have inner lying battles as well as being an unexpected and spit fire type of person. The feet on the beach show that people know I am willing to love nature and the beach, especially Lake Michigan. The picture in the lower right corner is a nut with a filter on it. I chose a nut because people think I am very random sometimes, and I'm a 'nut'? Haha, and the colors I chose to make this montage and filters helps bring out the vibrance just like in my life!

ISO stuffz

All the ISO's used in these pictures was turned high, probably at 800. 

The top picture: I don't like the trees in the background and how fuzzy everything looks. I desaturated the colors a little. White balance was on daylight

#2: The picture looks a little grainy from the high ISO. The white balance was also on daylight. it's just a self portrait I wanted to use. I made the blacks pop out more!

#3: I really like this one from the unique perspective of the leaves that are creating the shadow on her face. The picture is grainy, I know! I desaturated it a little and made it more Green to bring out the leaves. White Balance on daylight

#4: I love this one! White balance on daylight, High ISO, I made the background in the upper left corner completely black by burning it and by also using selective coloring and making the blacks pop out more. I sharpened her eye too. 

we get bored when we are done with things in class!