Assignment 8

Assignment 7: Slideshow

Assignment 5: Image manipulation

For the first image, I used the "Dark Stroke" option in brush strokes to give me a higher contrast and blur effect.

For the second photo, I went into "Stylize" and chose the "glowing edges" option. I then set the edge width to "1", the edge brightness to "20" and the smoothness to "11".

For the 3rd picture, I chose the "custom" option in "other" effects. I then went into the "hue and saturation" option and set the hue to +180, the saturation to -44 and the lightness to -14.

For the 4th picture, I used Photoshop. I went into Filter and selected the "Film Grain" option. I set the grain to 4, the highlight area to 0 and the intensity to 10. I then used the "magic wand" to select my green t-shirt and created a layer for it. I then selected my t-shirt layer and changed the vibrance to -100 and the saturation to +100 to create a less saturated color for my shirt. I then set the hue to +55, to give my shirt a blue tint instead of a green one.

For the last image, I also used photoshop and set the gradient map to grayscale. I then set the brightness to 32 and the contrast to 22. It's a simple black and white photo, but I do like how the brightness and contrast complement the almost gradient-like background.

Assignment 6: Panorama

Assignment 4: Portrait

I chose this picture because I like the formation of shadow on Ryan's lower neck. There is a visible shadow behind him,but I find that it's not that noticeable due to the fact that Ryan is wearing a black jacket. I also picked this photo because of the darker contrast. There is no excess of light in this shot, which is apparent if we look at Ryan's darker skin tone in this picture.

http://picasaweb.google.com/100900612259280329877/Assignment4Portrait#

Assignment 2: Stop motion photography and motion blur.

Getting a stop motion effect was quite simple. I enabled flash and set the camera to stop motion mode ( optimized shutter speed). To get motion blur, I simply enabled continuous mode. As you can see, continuous mode not only makes the motion blurry, but if the shutter speed is set correctly, it will also distort whatever is moving. As you can see in two of the photos, I'm almost invisible except for my 3 sets of legs. Awesome.

http://picasaweb.google.com/100900612259280329877/Assignment2#

Assignment 3 Part 2: Environmental Portrait

http://picasaweb.google.com/100900612259280329877/Assignment3#

Assignment 3 Part 1: Research

Alfred Eisenstaedt was an American photojournalist of German descent. He was born in 1898 and died ,at the age of 96, in 1995. Eisenstaedt was most famous for his photography through a 35mm Leica Rangefinder camera. His use of the 35mm lens is considered to be avant-garde by today's standards, as the 35mm only became popular much longer after he started using it. Eisenstaedt was born in Germany and served in the German army in WWI. After being wounded in 1918, he became a freelance photographer. Due to the oppressive nature of the Nazi regime, Eisenstaedt moved to the US in 1935. His career took flight during this period and peaked during his coverage of V-J day (the end of WWII). I like this photographer because his pictures, due to his use of angles and the 35mm lens, look more modern than they really are. His environmental photography put a lot of emphasis on the facial emotional state of the models despite being sometimes surrounded by grandiose backdrops.

Here is an example of what I mean:

Assignment 1: Self portrait and camera procedures.

I own a PowerShot SD780 IS, which is a 12.1 megapixel digital camera made by Canon. The pictures are stored in a 8gb Kingston SD card and can be uploaded onto the computer by inserting the SD card into the camera and plugging the camera into the computer using the specific USB cable. The SD card can hold 2505 fine high res images, 5116 normal high res images; 12927 fine low res images and 24562 normal low res images. The images are stored in a .JPG format.
The camera came with a manual, but as with most manuals, ours is lost.



As you can see, I do not like taking pictures of myself.
http://picasaweb.google.com/100900612259280329877/Assignment1#

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Dear Lord, this blog layout is horrendous.

Why can't we simply use Tumblr like everyone else?