Narrative Still Life

Original + Vignette

 Black and White + Vignette

 Duotone (Purple and Black) + Vignette

1. I picked each object in this picture to represent an individual aspect of my life. The baseball because I play ball here for Cal. The guitar pick and FOOL bracelet because I play music in a band called FOOL. The keychain has a plastic raisin and a piece of leather, trinkets from my grandparents house that I carry to remind myself of them. The keychain also has a Fitness 19 card because I spend a lot of time training there. The lock is there to show that I am also an average high school student. All these items rest upon a notebook which I have begun to carry to school which I use to doodle in and cultivate any creativity I have.

2. I really like the lighting of the image. The side lighting isn't too harsh and adds very aesthetically pleasing shadows.

3.The photo uses shape and value very well. The objects pop because of their 3-D nature and contrast of lightness and darkness. I use emphasis in my photo with the side lighting directly on the baseball making it pop more than other items.

4. I could have worked on having a better setup. I didn't use an interesting background.

5.I hope most of my items will stay relatively the same. I don't think baseball will still be very prevalent in my life. I also won't be using a school locker anymore.

Quiksilver Advertisement

1. I used my hat because it was the easiest product I had on my person.

2. I wanted to keep my advertisement simple and sleek and I think I have achieved this. I did this through a simple design, straightforward slogan and uncluttered design.

3. I used front lighting with a diffuser and went for a black on blue color scheme.

Advertising Analysis with Santos

Words to Photo

Still Life

DSLR Black and White:

DSLR Color:

 iPhone Picture:

My still life represents what I carry on an average day.
I used diffused lighting in my iPhone picture but I used direct lighting in my DSLR picture.
I could have improved my composition by getting more of a direct overhead view.

Bringing Action to Life

1. My favorite part of this image is how you can easily picture Aiken doing this in your mind. I also like how the images flow together.
2. The most difficult part was making the layer masks flow together and not exposing too much of certain pictures.
3. The easiest part was getting the pictures because all I had to do was tell Aiken to do something cool and then use the burst mode on my phone which is really simple to use.

Shooting Water

Station 1

-It was not very easy to get a good shot. It required a lot of timing between the dropper and cameras man.

-I liked this station because the end result looked pretty cool. Not being able to zoom in hindered our end result though.

Station 2

-This station was pretty easy to get a good shot. It did not require much timing, just creativity.

-Shooting without the flash made it easier to use the camera and gave the shot a nice dark lighting.

Station 3

-This station was pretty easy to get a solid shot because the iPhone's burst mode was very easy to use. 

-Despite the ease of use, the iPhone shot with a poorer photo quality than the DSLR.

Station 4

 -This station was also very easy because it also required no timing. And using an iPhone is very easy.
-Our team got creative with the colors and then i decided to try an overhead shot to change the POV.