What tessellation means to me is like putting your photo in a kaleidoscope and creating all these cool looking shapes and possibly faces. How I created the tessellations was I opened up the template first: 4", 2" 1". Then I went to the photo I chose and cropped out a specific area, then I went to make sure that the cropped photo was exactly 1" by 1". After that, I took that cropped area from the photo and moved it to the template. Once it was placed and made sure it was aligned with the guide lines, I duplicated that layer and flipped it/ rotated it etc. and duplicate. I repeated that for the rest of the tessellation and same with the other two: 2", and 1". What I liked about this was making the tessellations and seeing what it looked like or created with the area I chose from the original photo. My favorite tessellation is probably the first one I made with a part of the cactus plant. What I struggled with was making the 1" by 1" tessellations, I kept messing up the way I'd rotate or flip the duplicated layer. Also there were so many layers to work with, I did get a headache at the end because the tessellations got really trippy looking while in the process. If I had to do it over again, I would find a more interesting/ weird looking thing to take a picture of.
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What I learned about portraiture from going to the duck pond was that natural light outside was good lighting, even tho it was gloomy at first and then the sun slowly started coming out. The thing that I used to decide on my poses was think of the positioning, because there were a few poses that were on the ground and it was a very gloomy morning so the grass was n't the best. How I used the reflector was I positioned it more closer to their faces because there wasn't much light out because it was gloomy, but I still managed to brighten up the image and their face. To retouch the photograph I opened it up in Photoshop and used the blur tool to kind of smooth out the face a little. The salary range of portrait photographers is: average is around $8-$10 per hour, if you have the opportunity to move up to studio managers, they make between $15-$18 per hour. The average charge for taking someone's portrait photographs are $75-$250 per hour/$250-$1,500 per image for a professional photographer.
The food I brought for this project was Sushi, 5 different types. Props I used to make it special were a couple of Japanese plates that my mom had, a white knitted table cloth, chopsticks, a fork, a spoon and a Japanese looking chopping board from Mrs. Moncure. Five things that I learned from the food photography video was: 1. Take the photo at different angles, 2. take the photo from up close or a little far back, 3. work with the color scheme of the props you're using, 4. the background could be anything you find around the house , 5. play around with the lighting to get the right lighting. What I did to make my photograph similar to the professional food photography shots was, took the sushi and sort of wrapped it around the small plate of soy sauce and ginger. Then I decided to place the two shrimp rolls in the middle of the other sushi since it looks different from them. I also placed the chopsticks on the side of the plate to where its open and not just placed on the mat perfectly placed next to each other. The extra sushi I placed on the chopping board in the background along with the fork and spoon. Some careers or businesses that use food photography are like fast food restaurants ,for advertisement. What I think I was successful in doing with the food photography was styling the food and setting it up from the plates to the background. This is definitely something I would definitely do again because I love food and its fun.
The steps I did to make this photo was first, open up Photoshop. Once in Photoshop, I went to the class folder and opened up the template for the number of letters I need for my name. Once the template is opened up, I drag the first letter of my name to the template. Then I just start to adjust the image to the size of the template. And I just repeat this for the other letters. Steps that I struggled with in taking the photos was trying to find the letters in my name within ordinary things and things outside. The steps I was proud of figuring out was while taking pictures, I would try taking the photo at different angles and then compare them to see which one portrays the letter more. What I like best about my artwork is the way you can see the letter a little more clearly now that it's on the template.
My career is a medical assistant/nurse in the hospital. The celebrity I chose was Kendall Jenner, modeling for a big fashion franchise. I chose this celebrity because she is a well known icon, and I look up to her. She does model for many names in the fashion industry and I have a love for fashion as well. The modeling part, well i won't say I like to model, but I don't see myself becoming a model like Kendall. But I do want to be at least in the same industry, with fashion. The steps I did to create this image in photoshop was, first, open up a picture of Kendall, then a photo of myself. I change the image size for both photos to 300 resolution, height(6) for the celebrity and (3) for the picture of myself. After that, I then drag the photo of myself to the side and use the lasso tool to cut my face out then change it to the move tool and drag my face over Kendall's face. Once I've done that
To photograph the moon:
1. Use a tripod! A flat surface will only allow you to shoot straight, and shooting the moon means that you'll be shooting up and constantly re-adjusting the tripod as the moon moves throughout the night. 2. Use a shutter release cord, remote or the camera's self timer if you don't have one, so that you don't move the camera when pressing the shutter release during a long exposure. 3. Use a zoom lens and zoom in as much as you can to the moon. It's okay if it's not a super fancy lens, this was shot using a 15 year old $100 lens. Focus in on the craters and details on the moon. 4. ISO 1250- 1600, so that you can use as fast a shutter speed as you can without losing detail-the longer the shutter speed, the more chances you have the camera will shake even slightly in the wind, resulting in an out of focus photograph. 5. Aperture priority of f/5.6 since you are not worried about capturing any details other then the moon. 6. Bracket your exposure, meaning over expose and underexpose the photograph from what the camera is telling you. Generally the camera will overexpose the moon, so you'll get nothing but a white blob in the sky. Use the exposure compensation button (the +/- button below the shutter release) and change the exposure to -0.5, then -1.0, then -1.5 and so on, until you start seeing detail in the moon. You may go as far as -5.0 exposure compensation to get what you need. 7. Take a fair amount of photos and keep refocusing as the night progresses. The photographs may look focused on the camera's display, but you won't really see if they're completely in focus until you upload them onto your computer screen. |
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