Tuesday, October 28, 2008

This photo was used in the collage project.  I took it at a shopping center near my house and I really like the lighting.  I went around dusk so the sunset can be seen reflecting in the windows of the store.  Although I only used the Lucky Brand sign in my final image, I like the way this photo turned out compositionally.  

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Collage Picture

I took this picture at a shopping center in my hometown.  I decided to do a fashion theme for the collage project, so clothing store pictures were exactly what I needed for my collage.  I especially like this picture I took of Guess, because of the angle.  I only used the store names in my collage, but since I liked how the store looked in this picture, I used this whole picture in my collage.  I enjoyed using photoshop techniques to make my whole collage more aesthetic.  But I wanted to show one of my original pictures before it was manipulated in my collage. 

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Make-up

This picture was just me experimenting with the collage project. I scanned a bunch of my makeup and I changed their appearance on PhotoShop to make them more exciting.  I also added in a picture of myself using a makeup brush.  Although I don't plan on using this picture as my final, it was good being able to play around with scanner pictures and pictures I took with my camera.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Blurring

I stood outside of old college on the corner of East Main Street and South College Avenue.  My shutter speed was about 30 seconds and I took pictures of the passing cars.  I enjoyed learning about how shutter speed affects photographs.  I'm satisfied with the way they photograph turned out because I think it really shows the movement that occurs on this busy street.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Panning

I really enjoyed this project because I got to experiment a lot with my camera.  It was interesting to learn how to use shutter speeds.  I especially liked panning and stop action shots.  I'm happy that my panning pictures came out as well as they did, since my subject is very clear while the background is very blurred.