Long Exposure

This style of photography is called a Long Exposure. More specifically it is a night time time lapse.

To get me started, I had to make sure I had a tripod, as well as a camera with a full battery.

Living next to a somewhat busy street was used to my full advantage for this project. I set up my tripod on the corner of the street with the camera pointing to the traffic, I began adjusting my settings.

Being on full manual mode, my f.stop was at a 16, and my shutter speed was at "BULB" mode, making it easier for me to capture the cars passing by whenever i was ready. The "BULB" mode allows you to have the aperture open as long as desired, letting the light "burn" into the frame.

After taking several test shots, I felt that holding the shutter down for about 9 seconds was long enough to get what I wanted without my image being over exposed. The head and tail lights of the cars passing by creates the long line effect. After the shooting process, I then used Adobe Photoshop as my editing tool. I then selected the stream of lights and made that election a layer. Flipping the selected image and warping the position, I was able to create a curved reflection. I used the "vibrance" and the "hue" adjustments to make the colors of the lights pop out more, creating my final product.

Pop Art

This style of photography is called Pop Art. In this category, there is more editing than there is of 

photographing. For this project, the class was assigned to take 9 different facials to create the canvas.

Once the head shots were done, I downloaded the images to the computer and opened them in Photoshop. Editing each frame was a long and frustrating process. 

Each individual frame had to be cropped at the same size. After adjusting the basic settings (brightness/ contrast, etc), I used Filter > Artistic > Cut Out settings to create the "pop art effect". Before doing this step, I had to isolate the background and desaturate my image. 

Background > Duplicate background > Group > New Layer. In the “new layer”, I selected a color of my choice, then selected the rectangle tool and traced my image. Moving my “background copy” above or in front of the colored layer and selected the “screen” mode made the image of just my face the color I select. Flattening the image and then choosing a different color with the paint bucket tool, I was able to paint the area around my head. Finally, once every individual frame was properly edited, I created a new canvas so I could then place all of my different images to one format.

HDR

This style of photography is called HDR. To get me started, I had to use a tripod in order for me to make sure that my frames would be the exact same in every shot. I decided to pick a flower and place it in the trash can holder so the wind wouldn’t move the flower. I felt that the trash can holder would create an interesting dynamic and a great contrast with the flower. To create the HDR effect, I took a picture of my flower on every bar throughout the exposure scale, starting at 0. (for example, if you shoot at +1, you have to also shoot -1 and so on).In Photoshop, I merged the selected photos using the "Merge to HDR Pro" tool. This aligned all of my frames together and allowed me to enhance the exposure and adjust the shadows and highlights to make my picture "pop" more.

Panoramic

This style of photography is called "panoramic photography". In order for me to get started, I had to make sure that I had a camera (obviously) and a tripod. The area that I live in made it difficult to make my shot interesting. Practicing the tips and tricks I have learned from my photography class, I made a panoramic of a stop sign, as you see. To get this frame, I took several shots of the sign slowly moving upwards after every frame. After completing my series of shots, I used Photoshop to stitch the frames together. Selecting "photomerge" followed by choosing the "reposition only" button, Photoshop layered all of my images together to create this long vertical image. 

Double Exposure

This style of photography is called "double exposure". To get this project started, I decided to have one of my classmates take a portrait of me infront of a projector screen. After downloading my self image, I had to find a different picture that I could use to create the double exposure. In this case, I used an image of sea turtles, as shown. While using Photoshop, I layered the turtle picture over the picture of myself. I then selected the eraser tool and erased the rest of the turtle frame around the outline of me. I wanted to show myself through the sea turtles, so i lightened the opasity of my top layer. Flattening the image, I have created a double exposure photograph.

Multiplicity Project.

The style of this photograph is called "multiplicity". Creating the final product is not an easy task. To get started, my model and I chose an area to shoot at with a clean background. To make this project work properly, I had to use a tripod to stablize the camera so the background around my model Bianca would stay the same when editing. I adjusted my settings first so i could get a well balanced shot. As I stayed in the same place during the shooting, Bianca moved to different spots accross the frame, as shown. When done with the shots, I used Photoshop as my editing user. I blended the images together to create the impression of her being in several spots at the same time. 

Simply Me.

Admiring photography ever since I was a young girl, I have never known much more about a camera other than to point and shoot. My life with a camera changed when I was enrolled in a photography class my junior year in high school. My teacher, Ms. Young taught me all there is to know about a digital camera. With her help, I learned how to shoot different types of photography such as panning, and stop action as well as learning how to effectively use Photoshop when editing our frames.

                My strengths in photography are depth of fields, close ups, editing, and angles. My greatest frames come through portraits of faces, and nature. Although I have learned so many new techniques, I still need to work on lighting, and balancing my settings for proper exposures.  Until I accomplish my goals in photography and hopefully become a professional photographer as an adult, I will continue to show my life through the lens.