softening

Reflection: For this assignment we had to add brushes to our self portraits. We had to add each brush in a way that wouldn't be distracting to our focal point and make the viewers eyes move around the photo. For me this assignment was kinda hard. Using photo shop wasn't the hard part but trying to compose the image with brushes was. I didn't really know how to go about placing the brushes in an interesting/flowing manner. Over all this assignment was a little difficult to get the composition right but it was still fun.

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Self portrait:

For this assignment we had to use photobooth to create four different personas of ourselves. Once we had the four different personas we used photoshop to duplictace them and put them together. In doing this we were replicating Tomoko Sawada's work. I found this assignment to be fun because we got to create different personas of ourselves. I think I was succesful because this work replicates Tomoko Sawadas work.

Sequencing:

To begin with, the title of my book is "Polaroid Predicament". I chose this title because I made all of the photos in my book look like polaroid pictures and they tell a story. This assignment was fun but it took a litle while to think of an idea for sequencing. Once i had an idea on what to do it was easy and it worked out the way I wanted it to. Another thing that i had a little trouble with was printing the eight photots for my book. I had trouble because some parts of the photos would be super dak areas while some parts would be super light. In order to fix this problem i had to find just the right balance of contrast for each photo. When i finally put the photos in the book the story really came together. Over all this assignment was fun and I found it succesful.

studio lighting:

In this photo, the light was centerd on the flower that brian is holding. The cameras f-stop was set at 5.6 with a shutter speed of 250. Because i used a black back drop the photo is really dark and only brian is visable. I think this photo would of been better if i used a white back drop because it would of had more contrast. Since the light was centerd basicly in the middle of brian, his hands are the drightest point in the photograph. This photograph was succesful but then at the same time it wasnt because brians hair blended in with the backdrop. I dodged his head multiple times but i still coulndt make brians hair lighter than the backdrop.