David Hockney Inspired Collage
David Hockney is an english painter, photographer, printmaker and stage designer. He was born in July of 1937 in Bradford of the United Kingdom. He is currently 79 years of age and over the years has created a unique style of art revolving around photo collages. Hockney worked out of Los Angeles after finishing school. My work emulates his photo collages because I used many pictures of the same subject taken from different angles and overlapped them to piece together the final product.
To create the pictures, I took 12 shots of the same subject, slightly altering the angle and positioning of every shot. The camera was set at aperture f/8 ISO 400. To create the final product, I cropped each picture to a specific section of the overall shot I was creating and then pieced them to gather in photoshop. I liked the way it looked when all the pictures didn't necessarily line up perfectly and there was an obvious overlapping. Once I covered the entire 11"x14" template with the layers and adjusted them to my liking, I merged all layers and saved my work.
To create the pictures, I took 12 shots of the same subject, slightly altering the angle and positioning of every shot. The camera was set at aperture f/8 ISO 400. To create the final product, I cropped each picture to a specific section of the overall shot I was creating and then pieced them to gather in photoshop. I liked the way it looked when all the pictures didn't necessarily line up perfectly and there was an obvious overlapping. Once I covered the entire 11"x14" template with the layers and adjusted them to my liking, I merged all layers and saved my work.
Magazine Cover
The magazine I decided to emulate was an ESPN magazine featuring Anthony Rizzo from the Chicago Cubs. The reason for choosing this magazine specifically was because I either play, watch, or talk about baseball nearly everyday. In order to emulate this magazine to the best of my ability, I used specific fonts and font sizes along with the placement. I replicated the pose of Anthony Rizzo and added small details such as the barcode to make the magazine closely resemble the original.
The setup I used to shoot the photographs included a Nikon D7100, a grey cloth backdrop, a studio strobe light, a soft box, the subject along with a baseball bat for a prop. A strobe light is a very bright light that flashes. It used to create a bright light typically for indoor use. Indoors there is an absence of a lot of light and the strobe light saves the day. A modeling light is a continuous light source that allows the photographer to visualize what kind of light the photo will display. A soft box simply modifies the light. It diffuses the light into a pleasing soft, even light.
A reflector is used to reflect light to a specific direction. A gray card is a middle gray reference, typically used to together with a reflective light meter as a way to produce consistent image exposure and/or color in film and photography. A radio trigger system establishes a connection between your camera and the strobe light. The system detects when you push the shutter release and then flashes the strobe light.
The setup I used to shoot the photographs included a Nikon D7100, a grey cloth backdrop, a studio strobe light, a soft box, the subject along with a baseball bat for a prop. A strobe light is a very bright light that flashes. It used to create a bright light typically for indoor use. Indoors there is an absence of a lot of light and the strobe light saves the day. A modeling light is a continuous light source that allows the photographer to visualize what kind of light the photo will display. A soft box simply modifies the light. It diffuses the light into a pleasing soft, even light.
A reflector is used to reflect light to a specific direction. A gray card is a middle gray reference, typically used to together with a reflective light meter as a way to produce consistent image exposure and/or color in film and photography. A radio trigger system establishes a connection between your camera and the strobe light. The system detects when you push the shutter release and then flashes the strobe light.
Family Photos
Del Mar Fair
I’m very pleased and proud of this piece. I wanted to use a very vibrant photo that can represent the highs in life. I call this piece “In Bloom” to represent when life opens up to endless beautiful opportunities. These opportunities are what give life color and allow individuals to succeed and lead their own beautiful lives. I believe this piece captures simplicity and detail into what life has to offer. It shows that life doesn’t require much to be beautiful, beauty can be found the most basic and everyday qualities of life. This photograph was taken at RBVHS. This piece shows great detail and is the compositional rule of crop. The camera I used to capture this piece was a Nikon D5300 with an 18- 140mm lens. I enhanced the vibrancy of this piece slightly in iPhoto. This piece is in the color division because of how vibrant and colorful it is. This piece was printed on Epson Glossy Photo Paper on the Epson P800 digital printer.
Light Room Preset
B&W Toned Presets
Color Presets
Sports Photography
Mood Portraits
Composite Photography
Black Spiderman - Logic (ft. Damian Lamar Hudson)
Lyrics:
I'm just as white as that Mona Lisa
I'm just as black as my cousin Keisha
I'm biracial so bye Felicia
Praise Black Jesus now call the preacher
Maybe Jesus was black
Maybe Jesus had dreads
Spiderman should be black
I vote for Glover instead
Lyrics:
I'm just as white as that Mona Lisa
I'm just as black as my cousin Keisha
I'm biracial so bye Felicia
Praise Black Jesus now call the preacher
Maybe Jesus was black
Maybe Jesus had dreads
Spiderman should be black
I vote for Glover instead
Flying Man
Invisible Man
Mandalas
A mandala is a complex and abstract design in symmetrical circular form. To create these mandalas, I opened the mandala template from the class folder as well as the picture I had chosen. I selected one of the 'pie' slices with the magic wand tool and dragged it onto the photo. I selected which region of the picture I wanted to use and copy and pasted it onto the template. Then I duplicated the layer and flipped and rotated it to fit into the slot next to it creating 1/4th of the mandala. I merged the 2 layers and then duplicated the layer. From there I flipped the layer horizontally to finish the top half. Then I merged the two layers again and duplicated it one last time. I flipped the final half vertically, lined it up, and merged all visible layers. My favorite mandala I created was with Jared. The face he made in the picture created a funny final product for the mandala. I struggled with lining up the layers. For some reason some of the layers would not line up correctly creating a white line through the image. If I were to do it again I would take more pictures specifically for this project. I didn't have a lot of good pictures to choose from.
Tessellations
Tessellations are closely fitted shapes and arrangements which create a unique pattern. In order to create the tessellations, I first created an 8" by " workspace. I then created 3 templates in photoshop with guidelines at each 1", 2" and 4". I chose my selected picture and opened it into photoshop. I cropped the image to a specific area in which I wanted my tessellation at a 1:1 ratio. I then resized the image to either 4", 2", or 1" depending on the template I was using. I then dragged the image into my template and placed it into the top right corer. From there I duplicated the image until there were enough layers that covered the 8" workspace. I flipped each layer either horizontally, vertically, or both depending on the location of the layer. After all of the adjustments were made, I saved my work as a photoshop file on my desktop just in case I wanted to edit it later on. Then I merged all visible layers and saved it as a JPG file. I thought the final product of this project was very cool and interesting. It's a very soothing feeling to have such symmetrical images.
Portraiture
From taking these portraitures at the duck pond, I learned a lot about lighting and angles. To decide on the poses I used, I chose the poses on the handout provided that I thought would be the funniest for Jared to do. I attempted to use the white side of the reflector to add light to the photos but I don't think it helped too much. I removed any blemishes from Jared's face by retouching the photograph. A position that use portraits are wedding photographers. The wedding planers or the couple getting married hire the photographer to capture their special day. Wedding photography can cost anywhere from about a thousand dollars to multiple thousands of dollars depending on the photographer experience.
Food Photography
Name Project
This was a very fun project. The outcome is really cool and the process was enjoyable as well. In order to get the picture I took about 50 minutes to go out and look for items out in nature that could represent letters and captured them. I downloaded the pictures and cropped them to get the best view of the "letter" possible. I turned every picture into black and white. Then I used a 5 letter template in photoshop and dragged and adjusted each picture onto the template. Finally I merged all the layers and save my project as a JPG. I struggled with flipping the N around. In the original picture the N appeared backwards so I tried flipping it around in photoshop. I finally found the setting to flip it horizontally. I was proud of finally finding the N. It was definitely the hardest letter in my name to find. I really like how it turned out. It's very unique and represents me. I like how it's specific to me. Something I could have adjusted to improve my project was how close I was to the "letter" when taking the picture, The Y got very narrow when putting the picture together and the bottom of the L widened when stretching the picture to fit.
Rainy Day
Layermasks
This is me with my family. On the left is my beautiful mother Nancy. On the right is not my dad Robert. Just to be clear he's not my dad. An acquaintance at most. And next to me, my step-brother, Dale. He's an okay guy I best. He's got a dope drum set and we made bunk beds together.
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This is me 10 years from now. This picture is a little outdated however. This was from when I played for the Giants. That year our record was 5-157. The 5 wins we did have I personally scored every run in the game. Even some points for the other team. Anyway, now I am the catcher for the undefeated Alaskan Eskimo's. I started this team on my own with a small loan. The team is so good Mike Trout is hitting 7th. Players pay me to join the team. We've won the World Series 2 years in a row now and the team was created earlier this year. I have a beautiful wife and 2 kids. I tell them I don't have a favorite but we all know I like Trevor more.
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The first thing I did in creating these picture was finding a picture to impose my face on. Then I had a partner take a picture of me while replicating the picture as best as possible. Then I opened both pictures in photoshop and resized them both to 300 resolution. I used the lasso tool to move my face on to the picture. I then resized and adjusted my face until it matched up with the person I was trying to become. I used the black and white paint to trim the image to fit correctly with the picture. Finally, I adjusted the skin tone using color balance and brightness to match the person I was becoming.
HDR Compostions
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Leading Line
Framing
Rule Of Thirds
Symmetry
Crop
Super Moon
To photograph the moon:
1. Use a tripod! A flat surface will only allow you to shoot straight, and shooting the moon means that you'll be shooting up and constantly re-adjusting the tripod as the moon moves throughout the night.
2. Use a shutter release cord, remote or the camera's self timer if you don't have one, so that you don't move the camera when pressing the shutter release during a long exposure.
3. Use a zoom lens and zoom in as much as you can to the moon. It's okay if it's not a super fancy lens, this was shot using a 15 year old $100 lens. Focus in on the craters and details on the moon.
4. ISO 1250- 1600, so that you can use as fast a shutter speed as you can without losing detail-the longer the shutter speed, the more chances you have the camera will shake even slightly in the wind, resulting in an out of focus photograph.
5. Aperture priority of f/5.6 since you are not worried about capturing any details other then the moon.
6. Bracket your exposure, meaning over expose and underexpose the photograph from what the camera is telling you. Generally the camera will overexpose the moon, so you'll get nothing but a white blob in the sky. Use the exposure compensation button (the +/- button below the shutter release) and change the exposure to -0.5, then -1.0, then -1.5 and so on, until you start seeing detail in the moon. You may go as far as -5.0 exposure compensation to get what you need.
7. Take a fair amount of photos and keep refocusing as the night progresses. The photographs may look focused on the camera's display, but you won't really see if they're completely in focus until you upload them onto your computer screen.
1. Use a tripod! A flat surface will only allow you to shoot straight, and shooting the moon means that you'll be shooting up and constantly re-adjusting the tripod as the moon moves throughout the night.
2. Use a shutter release cord, remote or the camera's self timer if you don't have one, so that you don't move the camera when pressing the shutter release during a long exposure.
3. Use a zoom lens and zoom in as much as you can to the moon. It's okay if it's not a super fancy lens, this was shot using a 15 year old $100 lens. Focus in on the craters and details on the moon.
4. ISO 1250- 1600, so that you can use as fast a shutter speed as you can without losing detail-the longer the shutter speed, the more chances you have the camera will shake even slightly in the wind, resulting in an out of focus photograph.
5. Aperture priority of f/5.6 since you are not worried about capturing any details other then the moon.
6. Bracket your exposure, meaning over expose and underexpose the photograph from what the camera is telling you. Generally the camera will overexpose the moon, so you'll get nothing but a white blob in the sky. Use the exposure compensation button (the +/- button below the shutter release) and change the exposure to -0.5, then -1.0, then -1.5 and so on, until you start seeing detail in the moon. You may go as far as -5.0 exposure compensation to get what you need.
7. Take a fair amount of photos and keep refocusing as the night progresses. The photographs may look focused on the camera's display, but you won't really see if they're completely in focus until you upload them onto your computer screen.
Halloween
Elements of Art
LineThis photograph is of the back of the quad by the basketball courts.
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ColorThis photograph was taken inside the library of books on the shelves. This photo represents color because of the variety and contrast of colors among the spines of the books. The main focus is on the first 9 or so books which I placed strategically to contrast one another.
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ShapeThis photo was taken at the basketball courts and captures the key, the free throw line, as well as the 3-point line. This photo well represents shape because of the variety of different shapes shown in the picture. You can see an arch, a half circle, and a rectangle.
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FormThis photo was taken out by the water fountains in the 200 wing. It captures form well since the focus is on the bench and the shadow gives it a three dimensional look.
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TextureThis photo was taken out on the track at the football stadium. This photo makes it very obvious that the track has a rough surface.
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SpaceThis photo was taken in front of the east goal post at the football stadium. It represents space because you can see that the field is vacant and it shows the three dimensions.
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Value
Elements & Principles of Art
Line
Color
Shape
Form
Texture
Space
Value
Balance
Proportion
Rhythm
Emphasis
Harmony
Variety
Unity
Fast Shutter Speed
All photos were taken in Priority mode. The shutter speed was set to 1/1,000. There were multiple stations set up for capturing different images showcasing the effect of a fast shutter speed. After the stations, water balloons were dropped, popped, and thrown at volunteers. The most difficult thing about capturing these pictures was the timing. It was fairly difficult to time when the balloons would pop. I quickly found that if you held down the shutter release, multiple pictures would be taken in rapid succession.
Three things I learned from using a fast shutter speed were that it can be difficult to time the picture, you can capture images that its even hard for the naked eye to see, and it 'freezes' time.
Three things I learned from using a fast shutter speed were that it can be difficult to time the picture, you can capture images that its even hard for the naked eye to see, and it 'freezes' time.
Respect Yourself
What does it mean to respect yourself? The answer is up to you. How much each individual respects themselves is entirely up them. But what exactly is respecting yourself? To respect yourself is to give the credit you deserve. It means to love yourself and your life the way it is. A wise man once said, “You ain’t never gon’ be happy till you love yours” – J.Cole. This statement is very true. You need to love yourself before you can love others.
My picture represents this concept of loving yourself. Many women around the world are very self-concerned about their appearance and their weight. This can create a lot of women to look down on themselves because they might “not be good enough”. My photograph focuses on the ribbon around the waist which represents woman worrying about their weight. The first step in respecting yourself is loving who you are in your own skin.
My picture represents this concept of loving yourself. Many women around the world are very self-concerned about their appearance and their weight. This can create a lot of women to look down on themselves because they might “not be good enough”. My photograph focuses on the ribbon around the waist which represents woman worrying about their weight. The first step in respecting yourself is loving who you are in your own skin.
Light Painting
These photos were taken with the lights off in a very dark room. The tripod was set up on the top of the desk and positioned so there was enough room to create the pictures. The camera was set to manual mode so we could change the shutter speed to 6 seconds. The app used in order to create these light paintings was myLightPaint.
Some struggles that I dealt with were the brightness of the light, and the ISO on the camera. We tried taking pictures of our partner moving their head to make it look like they had 2 heads, but they photo was just left blank.
What I learned from light painting was how well the camera can pick up light and movement when the shutter speed is so low. Another thing I learned was how to manually set the camera up to the settings I needed. I also learned how frustration and patience can be a factor in trying to take good pictures.
I would like to take pictures of fireworks using this method.
Some struggles that I dealt with were the brightness of the light, and the ISO on the camera. We tried taking pictures of our partner moving their head to make it look like they had 2 heads, but they photo was just left blank.
What I learned from light painting was how well the camera can pick up light and movement when the shutter speed is so low. Another thing I learned was how to manually set the camera up to the settings I needed. I also learned how frustration and patience can be a factor in trying to take good pictures.
I would like to take pictures of fireworks using this method.
Shutter Speed
To change the camera to Shutter Priority, the dial on the top needs to be changed to the S.
When the shutter speed is changed, it changes how long the shutter is opened, therefore allowing more light and more movement to occur when the shutter speed is higher, causing a blur affect with rapid movement. The lower the speed, the more still everything seems. At 1/3 shutter speed, the photograph was very blurry giving a motion effect and leaving the faces almost unnoticeable. At 1/30 shutter speed, the photograph was less blurry and the faces were more noticeable. At 1/60 shutter speed there was very minimal blur. The blur occurred mainly in the feet where it seems was where the most rapid movement was. The photo was out of focus however and didn't produce a very clear photo. The photograph taken at 1/250 shutter speed was very still. There was very little to no blur at all. Finally, the photo taken at 1/1,000 shutter speed seemed as though time had frozen. There was no blur whatsoever. It gave the effect that everyone was frozen.
Shutter speed should be used when trying to capture the motion of movement or when trying to take a still picture of something in motion.
When the shutter speed is changed, it changes how long the shutter is opened, therefore allowing more light and more movement to occur when the shutter speed is higher, causing a blur affect with rapid movement. The lower the speed, the more still everything seems. At 1/3 shutter speed, the photograph was very blurry giving a motion effect and leaving the faces almost unnoticeable. At 1/30 shutter speed, the photograph was less blurry and the faces were more noticeable. At 1/60 shutter speed there was very minimal blur. The blur occurred mainly in the feet where it seems was where the most rapid movement was. The photo was out of focus however and didn't produce a very clear photo. The photograph taken at 1/250 shutter speed was very still. There was very little to no blur at all. Finally, the photo taken at 1/1,000 shutter speed seemed as though time had frozen. There was no blur whatsoever. It gave the effect that everyone was frozen.
Shutter speed should be used when trying to capture the motion of movement or when trying to take a still picture of something in motion.
Notes:
- Shutter Speeds are both a technical and aesthetic choice a photographer needs to make before releasing the shutter
- The shutter inside your camera controls the duration of time the sensor is exposed to light
- Capturing blur or motion in your photograph can emphasize movement and add drama
- A fast shutter speed is often utilized to freeze the movement of a subject
- A slower shutter speed can be used to show motion and visualize movement
- Shutter speed is expressed as seconds or fractions of seconds
- A general rule to prevent unintentional camera shake you should avoid handholding your digital cameras at shutter speeds slower than ½ x focal length
- Using a tripod can help eliminate camera shake when using slower shutter speeds
- A visual blur and suggestion of movement occurs because the subject is moving against a static background
- Layering motion of different subjects moving different directions at different speeds can set up interesting dynamics within a photograph
- Fast shutter speeds can make normal subjects appear to freeze in the air
- When photographing people running relatively close to the camera a shutter speed of 1/1000 second or faster should freeze most motion
- The distance the subject is from the camera, the speed of the subject, and the focal length of the lens will affect whether the subject is sharp or blurred
- Slower shutter speeds can help convey the idea of motion and movement
- Slow shutter speeds combined with panning can help isolate the subject from a busy and distracting background
- A tripod combined with a long exposure can capture the fireworks’ trails.
- Water movement can be emphasized with long exposures
Daguerrotype & Cyanotype
Inventor: Louis Daguerre - 1839
The daguerrotype is a photograph process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor. |
Inventor: John Herschel - 1842
The cyanotype is made of potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate. It is a non-silver process and leaves a permanent blue and white color. 1: placed objects on paper to prevent sun from shining on certain parts of the paper. 2: let the sun shine on the paper for a dedicated time 3: remove the objects out of the sun and rinse the paper in water |
The Sad, True Story of a Chip, a Napkin and a Penny.
Based on a true story...
It was just a normal cloudy day out in the woods. Out there adventuring were three loyal and good friends: Chip, Napkin and Penny, They were out exploring the wilderness just like they had done every weekend for months. While they were roaming on this particular day, Penny had a great idea. They had been through the same part of the woods every weekend and he wanted to explore a little more that day. Chip and Napkin were both on board with the little detour. So out they went, exploring the deep depths of this treacherous woodlands. Little did they know that no chip, napkin, or penny had ever survived the climate that this section of the woods endures.
It was late and they didn't want to admit it, but they were lost. It was cold, dark, and everyone was dirty and tired. They had nowhere to go, nowhere to sleep, and no warmth. Chip was going stale, penny was getting rusted, and napkin had been used. Over their heads, a storm was brewing. Three best friends were scared for their lives, and there they were, facing what surely was death to come. Everyone was tired for it had been a long day. They bundled up and tried to get some sleep and hope for the best through the night.
Napkin provided Penny and Chip protection and warmth while they slept. He was such a great friend. Through the night, Napkin continued to stay up and protect his friends with everything he had. It was starting to rain and Napkin began to get damp. The wind picked up and the rain thickened, but that didn't matter to Napkin, he was going to do whatever it took to provide protection for his friends. The night carried on and the weather continued to get worse. Napkin could only hold on for so long as he had suffered for hours. But unharmed underneath were Chip and Penny sleeping peacefully thanks to their hero Napkin.
The morning came and Chip and Penny had woken up completely unharmed. The light was shining and the birds were out, but it wasn't the brightest of days. Napkin had done what he set out to do. He protected his friends and they had survived through the night. Chip did not get stale and penny still had his shine, but poor Napkin did not survive the horrendous weather he had endured. Napkin was a hero. He sacrificed himself for the safety of his two beloved friends. Chip and Penny carried his body away and found their way back to the path they originally left. They gave him a proper burial and ceremony to honor his heroic act. They would never forget their friend and forever would be thankful.
Aperture Priority
In this project, I learned to adjust and take advantage of the levels of aperture. Above, you will notice a series of photos that demonstrate the use of aperture. All three of these photos were taken with the focus on the bottom right box. The photo on the left was taken with a aperture f/1.8. This is the lowest setting for depth of focus. This is why the boxes in the middle and left were out of focus. In the middle photo, the aperture was f/8. This allowed for the box in the front to be in full focus while the box in the middle was in somewhat focus while leaving the box in the back out of focus. The photo on the right was shot in f/16 aperture. This aperture has the largest depth of focus of the three.
Digital Camera Basics
DSLR - Digital Single Lens Reflex
Exposure
Aperture
Shutter Speed
ISO
Modes on DSLR
Have the camera strap around your neck at all times and hold the camera by the lens and hand grip if possible
- Digital camera that uses mirrors to direct light from lens to viewfinder
Exposure
- Amount of light collected by the sensor in the camera during a picture
- If the shot is exposed too long the photo is washed out
- If the photo is exposed too short it is too dark
- Almost all cameras have light meters which measure the light in the given shot and set an ideal exposure
- The three primary controls your camera uses for exposure are aperture, shutter speed, and ISO
Aperture
- A hole within a lens, through which light travels into the camera
- Cameras are designed like human eyes
- Is expressed in f-numbers. Ex - f/5.6
- F-numbers are known as “f-stops”; they are a way of describing the size of the aperture
- A smaller f-stop means a larger aperture and larger f-stop is a smaller aperture.
- Small apertures increase the depth of field, bringing main subject and background into focus
- Large apertures soften background details
- Depth of field (DOF) is distance to which objects behind and in front of the focal point appear to be in focus.
Shutter Speed
- Known as “exposure time”
- Stands for the length of time a camera shutter is open to expose light into the camera sensor
- If the shutter speed is fast, it can help freeze action completely
- If the shutter speed is slow it creates a “motion blur”, where moving object appeared blurred along the direction of motion
- Shutter speed are measured in fractions of a second when under a second
- Slowest shutter speed for handheld photography is 1/60. Anything lower should be on a tripod
ISO
- Level of sensitivity of your camera to available light
- Lower ISO = less sensitive it is to the light
- Higher ISO = more sensitive to the light
- With increased sensitivity, your camera sensor can capture images in low-light environments without a flash, but it adds grain to the pictures
- Bright and sunny - 100 ISO
- Cloudy - 250 ISO
- Indoors - 500 ISO
- Night time w/o flash - 1600 ISO
Modes on DSLR
- M - Manual Control over aperture and shutter
- A - Aperture Priority
- S - Shutter Priority
- P - Camera sets shutter speed and aperture
Have the camera strap around your neck at all times and hold the camera by the lens and hand grip if possible
Camera Obscura
Camera obscure is a very old and original way of viewing pictures. The way camera obscure is taking the light completely out a room and creating a very small entry point for the light, This causes the image of what is outside to be portrayed on the inside. But there's a catch. The image is updated down. The reason for this is explained in the picture above. The easiest way of explaining it is that the light from the bottom of the object travels up toward the entry point and continues up causing the bottom of the image to be at the top and vice versa.
Surrealistic Self Portrait
My self portrait is a good representation of who I am and where I’ve come from. In my picture I am holding my baseball essentials. A ball, a bat, and a glove. This picture was taken in my driveway of my mom’s house. This spot is important to me especially when it comes to baseball. This is where I first learned to play. I have been playing baseball since I was 3 years old. One I could walk, I could throw a ball. Baseball has always been my number one passion and will continue to be for the remainder of my life. My father was a big influence to me when it came to baseball. He taught me how to hold a bat, how to throw and catch a ball. He has pushed me all these years to continue competing and improving and i am very thankful for it because it truly is what I am passionate about.
The reason for taking this picture was because this is where I first learned to play. Right in the front of my house in my driveway, tossing a ball with my dad is what virtually every day consisted of. Unfortunately, these days are behind me. Every once in awhile I find myself again playing catch with my dad, but for the most part, those days are over. He still continues to push and support me while attending most of my games. This place and these moments hold a special place in my heart and this is why I chose to take this picture in this location.
In editing this picture I used the app Snapseed. I learned many new features in the process of editing this photo. I learned to add contrast to the photo and add brightness where needed. I added a lens blur in order for the picture to focus on me. I added HDR scape so detail the picture further. I also added a grainy film over which gives me a feeling of the past. Finally, I added a double exposure with a picture of a baseball field. Overall this picture ended up just the way I pictured it and definitely does all the explaining it needs to without the words.
The reason for taking this picture was because this is where I first learned to play. Right in the front of my house in my driveway, tossing a ball with my dad is what virtually every day consisted of. Unfortunately, these days are behind me. Every once in awhile I find myself again playing catch with my dad, but for the most part, those days are over. He still continues to push and support me while attending most of my games. This place and these moments hold a special place in my heart and this is why I chose to take this picture in this location.
In editing this picture I used the app Snapseed. I learned many new features in the process of editing this photo. I learned to add contrast to the photo and add brightness where needed. I added a lens blur in order for the picture to focus on me. I added HDR scape so detail the picture further. I also added a grainy film over which gives me a feeling of the past. Finally, I added a double exposure with a picture of a baseball field. Overall this picture ended up just the way I pictured it and definitely does all the explaining it needs to without the words.