Panorama

The top panorama is the one I ended up turning in, and it was taken from the road across the vista bridge, on the street where I walk to school every morning. I uploaded the photos into light room, then merged them in photoshop, and saturated the sky to make it stand out more. The photo below used the same methods, and I would have chosen this image of the waterfront as my favorite, but because my friend was in the shot, I felt it ruined it a bit, so I didn't end up using it. 

Magazine Cover

The image that was used on the cover, would normally come off as artistic, opposed to commercial. although it technically could work either way. It could be commercial if you were trying to sell tattoos, or display them as an advertisement, because all the focus is on her body art. It it artistic from the perspective that it in black and white, and the rose is handcolored. The vertical framing works well with the cover, because it naturally fits the screen.

Portrait Favorites

This was one of my snapshots for the "family and friends" section. In all the photos I took on the deck, they all looked really relaxed and happy. Because my sister and her friend had just woken up, they didn't really care about not having makeup, and when they weren't self conscious about people seeing them, they were more natural. (They didn't know I was going to put them on the internet). Part of what is so interesting about this photo, is how intricate the background is. It saves it from becoming too drab, and almost looks photoshopped in, because of how ordinary they look.

Favorites Portraits

I think this would be considered a commercial photograph, and even though it could pass for a classic portrait, something about it seems more commercial. I don't know if it is the lighting, which I especially like because we were in pure darkness, and it was all flash, so it almost seems purer and in higher definition. All my favorite photographs are ones where the people are natural and almost caught off guard. The colors and contrast and shadowing all just work really well together. 

Portrait Favorites

This is one of my favorite photos, and it is a classic portrait because it features her head and shoulders, and although her legs are in the frame, since only her face is in focus, it draws attention to it. I chose the black and white for simplicity, and all in all I really like how it turned out. When I took the photo, she had just turned and wasn't posed at all, and her surprise can almost pass as vulnerability. The lighting is simple, and the contrast isn't too intense to detract from the picture. 

Simulated Daguerreotype

For my daguerreotype I wanted it to have a modern look, to contrast with the vintage edge, so I chose my all time favorite photo i have taken in this class, and dragged it into photoshop. I took out all the color by using the "curves" tool, then added an orange tint to imply age. I went on the textures website, and found a basic, flat metal, that had an mild texture, and used layering in photoshop to apply it over the original image. I shifted it around, until the pattern was obviously blocking, but instead an added accent, then used the burn tool to create a half inch border around the beater, and the edge of her face.

Best Backlighting Photo