Sunday, July 11, 2010
Margaret Bourke-White
I saw some of Bourke-White's shots in the presentation of women in photography and researched it further. I found out so many interesting things about her. The first shot is a self-portrait she took in 1943, and I thought she just looked so happy and proud. The second is Gandhi, and I love how she captured the atmosphere of study and calm with an image. The third is a picture of the Nazi death camps, and she captured the horror right next to soldiers going about their business as if the pile of corpses was no big deal--that concept seemed perfect for what actually happened there. The fourth shot was children during the Depression, and the details were beautifully sad, inspiring pity. I did not use the fifth shot--one of a Russian ballerina in the 1930s--in my Power Point slides, but it was one of the deciding shots for me. I found so many more politically and socially relevant shots to use, but this one was so gorgeous, so well-lit, that I had to show it off a little. The last one is a shot of a bank vault in 1929, just after the big market crash, and I fell in love with the ethereal quality of the lighting.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
A Re-imagining
This is Midnight, looking out the window. I really like this one of him, and I like the detail you can see -- his whiskers, the reflection on the glass, the details of the screen, and the way the light hits his face. But I thought I'd try to make it a little bit better.
I cropped it to focus more on him. I lightened the whole thing to help the details of his fur stand out more against the background. I also sharpened the image to make him more clear. I then changed the color contrast slightly to bring out the green of the grass to add a little more to it. I like both versions personally, but the second one definitely gives my boy more focus!
I cropped it to focus more on him. I lightened the whole thing to help the details of his fur stand out more against the background. I also sharpened the image to make him more clear. I then changed the color contrast slightly to bring out the green of the grass to add a little more to it. I like both versions personally, but the second one definitely gives my boy more focus!
Name in Objects
I took all of these pics around the house--inside and out. I had to crop the r, the i, and the first n, and I had to resize all of them to make them the same. the second n needed to be mirrored because the boards actually made a backwards letter when I saw them on the deck. I got VERY lucky finding the f and r just as they were!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Logo!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Cropping
I used this in the Unit 1 icebreaker. I thought I could crop out some of the stuff around my cat, Midnight and the box to make him stick out even more. I also sharpened the contrast to clarify the picture as cropping it made it even blurrier.
It's blurrier, but the focus is completely on Midnight popping out of the box!
It's blurrier, but the focus is completely on Midnight popping out of the box!
brightened!!
To try to brighten this, I darkened the shadows slightly while I increased the light variations to make the colors brighter. I also altered the color parameters just a little to make the purple of the flowers stand out more.
Too early!!
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