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.

Artificial Motion

(Picture from the Internet I did not shoot)
The motion would look real but the background doesn't work. If the car was placed on a road the motion blur would make it rather believable.

Jeremy Can Fly Momentarily

Jeremy Santos taking the opportunity of a hot day to jump on the dry high jump mat out by the track. He then proceeded to lay there for a bit basking in the warmth.

Green Screen

1.The most difficult part was coming up with an idea for a picture and what to edit it into.
2.I like how I was able to include Peter in the picture.
3.I should've moved Jeremy further from the screen to reduce green glow and overflow.

Warhol ft. Peter Van Poon

Surreal Photograph

I used layer masks and the brush tool the most.
The best part is the blending of the two different kinds of water and the even lighting.
This assignment was very hard as it took me about 6 tries. It was hard finding another image with good lighting and colors to blend.
I could have changed the hue/saturation to make it blend better.

Speed Challenge Quiz

Mac Stone TED Talk
-I liked his varying points of view, such as the underwater shots.
-I admired how he always had a subject in every shot that was very clear and distinctive.
-I also admired how he would plan and set up shots for months.

-I like the silhouette affect of the students on the sky.
-Because it has a melodramatic feel to it while still being relaxed.
-I cropped the image and changed the hue/saturation.
-It was challenging setting up the image and trying to find a good angle.
-One element of art I used was leading lines formed by the bleachers. One principle of design I used was scale and perspective.

Landscape Bottle

-I learned more about layer masks, clipping masks, and hue/saturation layers.
-My final file had about 25 layers not including all the layers in the folder.
-I liked this assignment because it was step by step and had repeating steps.

Abstracted Blog

 Filtered:

 Original:

1.My favorite image is the one of the flower. I like how the background is out of focus. The browns of the flower also stands out.
2. The shoelace shows good use of lines.
3. Background, foreground, balance, and texture are used in my favorite image.
4. My favorite filter use might be the shoelace with the plastic wrap filter because it makes the laces look wet so it is still a realistic/believable image.

Exploring Landscapes 2

1)I used the rule of thirds in this image. I emphasized more land than sky.

2) My main principle of design was the use of lines. The buildings and baseball field form two lines that draw the eye to the PE students and hills.

3) This photo was taken around 2:00PM. This time gave some intense shadows in the foreground and the background is lit up, which I think made the picture interesting.

4) In this photo the PE students in the foreground compliment the hills in the background.

 ^Edge Burn Technique^

^Channel Mixer^

^Color Lab^

^Desaturation^

^Gradient Map^

1) I think the Gradient Map method gave the best result. It had a larger value range.

2)The Color Lab and Desaturation methods had a smaller value range than the other two methods. I preferred the Gradient Map and Channel Mixer methods.

Landscape Details

1. The lenses were pretty fun and cool to use. The macro lens was a little hard to get into focus but it seemed to work good enough.
2. My favorite shot was the one of the bush. I liked how the leaf was used as a line to lead the eyes.
3. The top photo of the lock shows the rule of thirds the best.