FramingRule of ThirdsDavid Hockney is a self proclaimed artist/photographer who was born in Bradford, England. In the early 1980's, while Hockney was living in his home in England, he created a style of art/photography that they call "The Joiners". These art pieces are created with a collage of individual photographs formed together to make a single photograph. My personal representations imitate his work because I used many individual photographs to make a collage of the original picture.
To create these pieces, I first had to go take pictures of subjects that represented certain principles of art. I chose to use "framing" and "rule of thirds" for my images. I took an original picture of the entire subject to use as a reference. I then shot multiple other photos of specific portions of the original. Once I added all of these photographs into photoshop, I used the transformation tool to scale and position the sectional images. It took a lot of tampering and changing the layers to get all of the images to resemble the original. I really like how you can see each individual image positioned within the collage.
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While planning out my magazine cover ideas, I decided to choose Outdoor Magazine because I enjoy the outdoors and shooting photography in a natural element. This magazine company was my main focus because of the types of activities and special articles that they decide to publish. Anything from photography Tips & Tricks, to outdoor events and gatherings. To have this magazine actually notice my work would be a dream because their content is very similar to what my interests are.
To create the text on the cover, I used a very basic font that is bold. The bold font tends to pop and catch the viewers eye. For the major subtitles I also used a golden-yellow color to compliment the main photo and color scheme. The gold font looks very appealing when it is contrasting with the red border. I also tried to match the main colors of the text to the main colors of the actual Outdoor Magazine Logo. For the design of the cover, I used one of my personal photographs to catch the viewers attention. The golden hour photograph real goes well with the font and border colors portrayed on actual issues of the magazine. I added a photograph of myself to the bottom corner because the idea of this project was to have a point of interest depending on a person. A strobe light is a large light used in studio settings. The purpose for this light is to give the photographer a larger flash, without a delay, that produces the correct lighting for the subject when taking a photograph. The setting that was used for my portrait on the cover was a bright room with a grey backdrop. The strobe was set up along with a person holding a golden reflector to create a nice warm tone for the subject (me). Along with the strobe, a soft box was also used to aid the lighting of the subject. A soft box is a small box that fits around the bulb in the strobe light. It is used to reflect the light when the strobe is triggered. You can use a soft box to achieve many different types of lighting to make the subject look the best. The gold reflector that I mentioned earlier is a round disk with gold foil. The reflector is used to reflect the existing studio lighting onto the subject but the gold color gives it a warm tone. We used the reflector to balance out the bright white tone of the flash, with a warm tone of the reflected light. Once the reflector and studio lighting was directed onto the subject we used a grey card to check the white balance of the setting. A grey card has three different shades of grey on it and you compare the surrounding light to the specific color you want on the grey card. It is just another way to make sure the studio lighting is perfect.
In The Clouds, Grand Teton View
This photo was taken during one of my favorite road trips through Grand Teton National Park. A few elements of art such as value, texture, and form are complimented very nicely in this shot thanks to the monochromatic adjustment. To capture this image I used a Canon EOS Rebel T3 Digital SLR Camera with a detachable EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II lens. To apply the monochromatic adjustment to my photograph I simply downloaded the photo onto my MacBook Pro laptop, and then used iPhoto to filter the image and deplete the color. Monochrome is the division that I entered this piece under because without color, this image shows amazing texture and value between the snowy mountainsides and soft clouds. An Epson P800 printer with Epson Glossy Photo Paper was used to create this print. OriginalB&W Toned PresetsColor Toned PresetsIn The Clouds, Grand Teton View
This photo was taken during one of my favorite road trips through Grand Teton National Park. A few elements of art such as value, texture, and form are complimented very nicely in this shot thanks to the monochromatic adjustment. To capture this image I used a Canon EOS Rebel T3 Digital SLR Camera with a detachable EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II lens. To apply the monochromatic adjustment to my photograph I simply downloaded the photo onto my MacBook Pro laptop, and then used iPhoto to filter the image and deplete the color. Monochrome is the division that I entered this piece under because without color, this image shows amazing texture and value between the snowy mountainsides and soft clouds. An Epson P800 printer with Epson Glossy Photo Paper was used to create this print. "The Invitation" by, Oriah I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy mine or your own if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful to be realistic to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon To create a composite image, many original images must be placed into layers using "Adobe Photoshop." The first thing that you must do is brainstorm what you want your composite image to look like when it is finished. Then you must choose what images you can edit and manipulate to create what you are looking for. At first, I started with the galaxy pattern background that I got off of the internet, because it was the very bottom layer.. Next I created a layer mask with the full moon image and positioned it to where I wanted. I also used the negative brush tool to crop out the background so I was only left with the moon. I repeated this process over again many times with my personal photographs. Creating layer masks with mountain ranges, NYC, giant boulders, and a photo of myself. The layers are depicted with the depth of each image. The closer to the viewer the image was, the higher the layer in photoshop. When everything was positioned exactly how I wanted it to be, I retouched color balance and sharpness of each layer.
A mandala is a photograph that is minipulated to resemble a symmetrical circle. The original image is duplicated to create the symmetrical effect as seen in the examples above. To create a mandala, first you should download a template that you can use as a reference. Then use the magic wand too to highlight the area around a section in the template. Transfer your highlighted section to a separate tab where your original photograph is. Command + C will copy the area you have selected for you mandala. Then transfer that selection back to your template and paste it into the template. This should only take up one triangle in the template. Center your piece into that triangle so when you duplicate, it will match up and create a perfect circle. Now it is time to duplicate and flip your section. Keep it as close to the guidelines in the template as possible for the best results. Your final product will be a symmetrical circle with a newly formed pattern. The thing that I enjoyed most about this was trying to tamper with colors and make unique patterns. My favorite image is the image of a tree that worked perfectly for this project. The inverted colors gave it a cool effect. The hardest part was trying to choose a photo that would create a good pattern. If I could do it over again, I would choose images that are very natural. straight lines don't look the best in this project.
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