Up Close and Personal

Sidnee Lee I took this photo at the beginning of the year, but during a recent Photoshop lesson we learned different techniques on a black and white series. I chose the antique look to adjust this photo, because I thought that it would define the petals and the textures that the flower has. It also gives an older look that brings out the different tones of purples. I chose this picture because of not only the colors but the focus that it brings to the center of the flower.

Peak-a-boo

Oscar Campos-Morales In this photo I am attempting to do “portraiture photography” which was one of my photo 2 projects. What I really liked about this photo was how the model (Jennifer) listened exactly with what I was trying to shoot, at first I was thinking of what to use an item or idea to not make it seem as a portrait, so I told her to use her phone to cover the rest of herself. In this photo I blurred out the image and brought back in her eyebrows and eyes to add in the interest.

Love

Photo by: Morgan Griffin In this photo I attempted to make a heart shape out of a ring. I got this idea off of pinterest and decided to try it. I used my phone as a flash light and put it behind the ring, set the ring in a book, “The Notebook”. I really think that this picture turned out really good.

Shadow Heart

By: Maddison Keaton Shutter Speed: 1/50 sec F-Stop: f/7.1 ISO: 200 This photograph was taken for our class assignment, Black & White. I utilized the various “prop” items within the classroom to create this: which is a paper heart on top of a fake green plant. As part of the assignment, we were required to use a technique called “colorizing” a photograph. I used channel mixer to make the image monochrome, then I used history brush to bring back the color to the heart. I love the position and vibrant red color of the heart!

spring is here

Kelsey Nore I took this photo for assignment where we had to antique/sepia it myself, rather than just using the auto setting in Photoshop. I like this photo because photos of nature and flowers are one of my favorite subjects to photograph. This was just simple blossoms I found on my high school campus, but with some Photoshop techniques it turned into something more interesting.

Runs Deep

Photo by: Kamryn Taylor This photo I took for a black and white series where we applied different antique techniques. It took me a couple tries to get this picture the way I wanted it but in the end I’m very happy with the way that it turned out. I think my favorite part it the truck I love how rusted it is and it has been sitting there for awhile so things are growing on it making it a great subject.

Seeing the Beauty

Photo by: Kamryn Taylor I took this picture for portraiture and I thought it would be cool to just get her eyes. I love that she is looking off into the distance. She has such pretty eyes that I think that the color pops the right amount.

Live Free

Photo by: Kaia Jerome In this photo, I definitely wanted to capture the short depth of field. I really liked how it turned out, even in the original version. In this version however, I antiqued the photo in to kind of give it an old, rustic look. And Ryan was a great model!

Mama’s Hands

Photo by: Heather Greenwood I took this picture for our portraiture assignment. The goal was to capture a person (personality, who they are, etc.) using other elements such as gesture besides their facial expression. The hands belong to a peaceful and godly woman whose Jesus-like light made an impact on all who met her. I wanted to capture a bit of who she is- the old hands folded in a restful position, the crooked fingers, the contrasting patterns of her clothes. The limited light draws attention to all of these elements and serves to immediately remind me about what she is like.

Green Theme

Hannah Whitehead There was a big hose out in one of the fenced areas at our school. I saw the crack in the hose and decided to get up close and capture the crack in the hose. I also changed the brightness and contrast in photo shop and a couple of other things to get it bright enough as well as clear.

Blossoms in the Rain

Photo by: Beatrice Romero I chose this photograph because the short depth of field is very apparent. I used a macro lens to capture the sharp focus of the flower. I was playing around with different color schemes and hues and finally decided to stick with an antique look to the photograph to create a unique look.

The One Ring

Photo by: Brandon Han One of my friends suggested taking pictures of his ring. I looked at it and thought, “Yeah, I can make this work”. While editing the picture I decided to make it antique looking so I added a channel mixer to adjust the red. Then converted a duplicated layer to smart filters with Gaussian blur. Unsharp mask, reduced noise, and high pass. I duplicated the layer again then turned off the effects and blended it with soft light. After that I added vibrance to it. Lastly, I adjusted the photo with levels and curves. So the result gave a silver ring a golden look to it while making the background white.

Love to Yourself

Photo by: Abby Advincula This photo was used in a portraiture project that I recently turned in. When I took this photo I felt like since this is a portraiture piece and that his face is suppose to cut it off, the heart sign he made with his hands was towards himself like love yourself no matter what face you have, just do it. This was edited with both a spot color technique and a antique technique. I loved learning how to do both techniques a lot. The spot color is only on his face and his hands while I left everything else antique. I loved how this turned out and can’t wait to continue trying these techniques again.