Project 4: 2.26.13

For this project I had to color correct 3 images using Photoshop and non-destructive edits. This was achieved by using filters, changing the brightness/contrast, and adjusting the brightness and color levels in the image.

Before

In this image I auto corrected the contrast, then lowered the lightness and added some saturation to the image. Then I added a violet filter with 26% density. I did this in order to achieve and intense but harmonious looks between all the colors in the image.

After

Before

In this image I lowered the contrast and increased the brightness manually. Then I brightened up some of the trees in the background using the curves tool. Using the color balance I increased the blues, magentas, and cyans in the midtones.

After

Before

In this image I auto corrected the contrast, then made the shadows in the image look darker and more striking by changing the presets in the curves tool in Photoshop. Then I added a warming filter with a density of 30% in order to give the image a certain atmosphere and make the image look more cohesive.

After

Quaterly Portofolio Pieces

   This image is more abstract and moody, thanks to some changes I made with the hue and contrast. I find the perspective in this image very interesting and the lines of the staircase add a very linear movement to the image. The different highlights- on the floor and around the edges of the stairs add a bit of random but interesting and playful movement to an otherwise very serious image.

          For this composition I used two images to create a more coherent and harmonious composition. the picture of the NYC Postal Office with the cabs in the foreground, and a sunset. I wanted to go for a really subtle image, where it doesn't seem too obvious what the manipulation is. The warm orange colors add warmth to the image, which is really pleasing, and the intense hue that builds up in the left corner leads your eye to that corner, and the bright orange cabs lead your eye back to the foreground.

       
             In this image I used a picture of a brick wall outside of Holman Hall, and a graffiti cartoon man that was found on the a different wall also outside of Holman. I tried to make it as if the cartoon man was originally a part of the wall. I used different techniques such a s distorting, blurring, and warping the layer in order to create a seemless combination of two images.

Project 3: 2.11.13

For this project I had to choose an image and create both an internal, and external outline for it. This was to create a good composition with points of interest. The images could be altered in order to fulfill these requirements.

The above image is my original image, and the bottom is the altered image so that it could work with the external outline with a rule of thirds grid. I cropped the image and as well as moving the building on the right closer to the middle.

The above is my original image, and below I manipulated it by changing the position of the boat and by adding a seagull. These changes were added as I worked on the internal outline and as I figured out where the lines in the image led me.

Project 2: 2.5.13

For this composition I used two images- the picture of the NYC Postal Office with the cabs in the foreground, and a sunset. I wanted to go for a really subtle image, where it doesn't seem too obvious what the manipulation is.

In this image I used a picture of a brick wall outside of Holman Hall, and a graffiti cartoon man that was found on the a different wall also outside of Holman.

 

For this image I had to use pictures used in the last project. I chose the digital painting of a figure texting,  and the picture I took of two people walking. While going through my pictures I noticed that in this image the guy walking is checking his phone, so I decided it would be interesting to add a 'ghost'image of the person he is texting or talking to, also texting back.