Ericka Photoshop Brushes

This Project was a continuation of the original photoshop project that we finished the past week before Spring Break. In this project we had to incorporate brushes into our work.

I chose to use splatter type brushes because I really liked how it was presented to me when I first saw it on the brush website.

I chose to make the Brush color orange because I wanted it to match with her scarf. I also chose to use Black splashes because I 

wanted to keep the color balanced.

Photoshop Smoothing Face Project

On this project we had to do portraits of a student in our class. I chose to use Ericka for this photo-shoot because I had been looking forward to working with her and had not had the pleasure of working with her. This project was composed of taking a portrait picture and smoothing out the texture of her skin. It was a fairly simple project and I enjoyed doing it. My favorite part of the project was the photoshopping because I had not used it too much. I look forward to doing another project like this in the near future. 

Elements and Principles of Design

 In this assignment I covered the elements and principles of design. The first thing I did was do some research on both the elements and principles of design to see which one suited me better. I decided to do the elements of design instead because the idea of lines and texture and space caught my attention more. I used a picture of ducks that I took at balboa park to show texture because you can see the contrast of texture between the ducks and the water which I thought looked pretty obvious. I used the the picture of spray paint because it has a lot of color in the picture it shows many different types of colors al in one scattered spot which I liked a lot. For line and space I used a picture that I took at La Jolla beach. I think that this picture shows line because of the light coming through the clouds which I think gives it a sense of divinity. This picture also shows space because of the open area given off by the sky and the ocean. 

Heavy Metal! Photoshop Project

Reflecting on my Photoshop project I am very pleased with my work. I can honestly say this was the most fun I have ever had using Photoshop. I think this time it was different and more enjoyable for me because the theme of the project was something that represented me and showed a side of me that I love to express. One thing about me is that I love Heavy Metal music along with Thrash Metal music. The theme I chose for this image shows that side of me. The background consists of numerous bands that I love and grew up listening to, the skull figure I just added because I thought it looks awesome and just adds to the picture. The meaning behind "EST.1983" represents the year that the first Thrash Metal album was released. The album was Metallica's debut album notoriously named "Kill Em' All" which has been a huge influence on me. The watercolor effect I thought was cool too and I will be using it more often alongside with Photoshop as I now have a deeper understanding of it.

Photo Journalism

My Photo Journalism photo was one of the pictures that made me feel as if I where a reporter caught up in the heat of the moment. It was a Saturday afternoon and my sister and me were at a Starbucks. Fortunately my sister had her Canon Rebel on her because she had just come back from a photo shoot and we had decided to stop for some coffee. All of a sudden we see tons of people outside marching down the street. We realized it’s a no on prop 8 peaceful protests. I knew that this would be the perfect opportunity for my Photo Journalism picture. My sister gave me a camera and we both started running fro the crowd, we began shooting as many pictures as we could.  When we got back home we realized we took over a hundred pictures, all where very powerful images. I decided to use the one I chose because it shows how today’s youth stands up for what they believe in. This picture I believe shows how much we have changed as a society. 

Obama Photoshop Project

I wanted to do something different with my Obama Photoshop Project. I knew that everyone would be making him look like a hero and glorify him through there Photoshop projects. I personally have nothing against our soon to be new president, I actually preferred him over John McCain. I had overheard people talking on how they where going to make Obama look “awesome” and do him a justice on there Photoshop projects. I didn’t want to do what everyone else was doing so I decided to take my project in a whole different direction. In my project I made him into an outlaw as if he were in the old west. I decided to make him an outlaw because outlaws are looked down upon in a society and are anything but praised. This is made my project go off into a whole other direction because it gives it a new perspective, which was what I was trying to accomplish through out my project.

Sarah Moon Photography Critique

Sarah Moon was born in France in 1941 where she studied painting and drawing in her earlier years. She then worked as a model in Paris and in London which seemed to influence her later work in life. Most of her work is with fashion photography, but she still manages to capture an essence with the work. This image in my opinion works well because of the way she uses her lighting. In the left side of the picture it starts fading to black which in my opinion makes the image very powerful. Also the blurriness adds to it because it makes it more interesting and catches your eye. I think that Sarah Moon is trying to show and unreal reality through this picture. An unreal reality in a way to show something that looks real but also looks like a dream at the same time, at least thats what I get from this picture. In my opinion I think that this is a successful photography. I think this because its interesting to look at and it keeps your attention and also catches your eye. I wouldn't want to change anything from this picture because every factor such as the lighting and shading make it stand out much more.