Sand Dunes

This was just for fun, not really a project for my class.  No classes till Feb 7 or somewhere around there. 

I made this for a friend with some of that extra poster paper we had from our last project. Probably took a half an hour to make and an hour to print. God damn printers! I never understand them.  I did this all on illustrator which I'm very proud of  because I would choose photoshop any day over illustrator but I need the practice and it didn't come out half bad.

Autumn Color War

Long exposure and movement of the camera.  These were some bushes and b the motion of the leaves you can guess how I moved the camera. I believe it was like a 1 sec exposure.  I love how it ended up looking like long grass.

Low depth of field which really turned out beautifully.  The colors in the background blend well together as blurry objects rather than detailed.

For one the white balance worked well.  This was a sunny white balance giving the atmosphere a warmer atmosphere.  I don't know about you but this picture makes me want to continue that walk down yonder.

Long exposure again and a horizontal movement of the camera.  Started the picture with some golden leaves then moved to the left towards the bushes and creek in the background.  I love how the warm colors overpower and surround the cooler colors in the bottom left corner.  Fall is my favorite season and it sure was good while it lasted.

Stop Motion Movie Completed

This took about 400 pictures, hours among hours of work and frustration.  But its finally done and I'm pleased.  I drew every picture, which was extremely tedious at times, especially when it was 3 in the morning. But anything can be fun as long as you have some music blasting in the background.  Enjoy!  

Storyboard

Here is my storyboard for my upcoming stop motion movie.  A little over 2 minutes and 400 frames.  I'll be illustrating this movie. I would have act it out because I usually jump roof tops on the weekends but maybe next time.  (Click on image to enlarge)

Assignment 4

This was our latest project.  We chose a song and created a poster using the words and the tune of the music to depict it.  I choose "Where is my Mind" by Pixies, it's the song at the end of the movie "Fight Club" --haven't seen it? go see it!  Anyways I chose two lines, "Your head will collapse but there's nothing in it" and "Where is my mind."  I wanted to do more but we had to create this using Illustrator which I just don't know how to use very well, I prefer Photoshop. 

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Ikebana

Oh what joy it is to take pictures in the rain, not.  More like one of the most stressful things ever.  I'm holding the umbrella underneath my chin and trying to hold the camera to get the right exposure and on top of that I'm dealing with hurricane winds blowing the rain everywhere!  However, I love the rain droplets on my lovely flowers.  There was a small garden by the Brandywine River in Wilmington.

.....Let's go Phillies!

Autumn Afternoons

It's my favorite time of the year and its about time.  I enhanced the colors in both images, especially the red in the first, and blurred the corners in the second image.  These were taken at the park behind the Hockessin Library. B-E-A-utiful time of the year I might say.

This isn't for my class, this was just for fun. I would upload my latest project which truly shows how incredible photoshop is but unfortunately it won't upload. I'm not giving up though...I'll find a way to get it up.

Self Portraits

This was our first assignment for my Digital Media class.  We basically just had to take like a 100 portrait shots either using the self timer on our camera or using reflections.  Then we choose our 3 favorite:

I took this picture in the woods by my house.  I sacrificed myself to take these shots in the woods because I got over a dozen mosquito bites.  Anyways, I didn't put much thought into this picture, I just placed it on the ground and froze until the timer took the picture. However, This is my favorite image.  The lighting, the composition, the elements. I give it 4 stars. 

I took this picture in the park in the woods by my house. I'm impressed with my composition and the mysterious feel to it all.  And a low depth of field (sharpened foreground, blurred background) always makes an image look more interesting in my opinion.

I took this image in the lounge of my building.  triple bonus here.  I love the piano, I love taking pictures, and I love food.  I loved how I caught the reflection.  I thought of it as the piano seemed more interesting than the food even though I was hungry.  The chairs on the left add to the piece even though some find it distracting, I find it appealing.

Moonlight Sonata

I have an equal love for music and art so creating this piece was a double bonus on my part.  I am playing on a baby grand in my building's lounge here.  The further the image goes back the more atmospheric it is and the closer the image is the more sharpened it is.  I focused on my right hand and piano keys using a low f-stop presenting this more interesting effect. 

Got Leakage?

Here's some good ol' stop action.  I took this at 7 in the morning because I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd take some pictures and use the advantage of the sun's setting in the sky. Anyways, I took this picture with a shutter speed of 1/800 of a second just outside of my dining hall, Pencader.  Both my teacher and myself found this a rather successful piece.