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Latest Series

In this series, I took pictures utilizing negative space and trying to highlight the main subject of the photo by altering the lighting and color scheme. Black and white colors dominated this series since I wanted to try and make it my style, but I also left a few photos in color as I felt they highlighted the subject even more. Playing around with the lighting and saturation is something I definitely want to continue experimenting with.

Next Series

In my next series, I will be experimenting with street photography in black and white. Black and white has worked well for me in my photos, and I have really grown attached to using it in my pictures. I will try to utilize depth and negative space to exemplify my photos. While editing my photos in Photoshop, I will experiment with hue and saturation alteration, as well as experimenting with different curve filters.

Photo Series

The front of the school. Made black and white in order to embellish the darkness of the building to the sky.

 

A side view of the school.

A house on Sutter. Edited the color pattern in order to make the house stand out more.

                                                                              

Picture of the street.

                                                                             

Another shot of the street, but in color, with edited hue and saturation.

Darkened streetlight in order to make it resemble a silhouette.

Street shot darkened in order to convey depth.

Heavily edited photo in order to express negative space.

                                                                                

Another street shot conveying depth.

Depth emphasis on the sidewalk.

This week, we were tasked with experimenting with our own style. I wanted to experiment with taking street photography in order to create a melancholic mood as well as expressing themes of depth and negative space.

Plan for the Week

My three ideas for my next series include:

1. Experimenting with motion, by altering shutter speed to create a mysterious mood.

2. Trying to imitate the photographer I studied last semester, Josef Sudek, again, to create a melancholic atmosphere.

3. Utilize negative space with people this time, perhaps to create a humorous mood. 

Negative Space

This week, we were assigned to experiment using negative space. I used the sky quite often when using my shots, but also experimented with sidewalk and walls as well in order to exemplify the main subject of my photographs. I also played around with the lighting, contrast, and saturation in order to exemplify the subject as well.

Sketchbook Style Experimenting

This week, I wanted to experiment with a style of repetition and depth. I also edited by using curves to edit the saturation and lighting, something I have just gotten into the habit of doing with my photographs.

Sketchbook

     For this week's assignment, we were supposed to experiment with already taken photos by adding captions and layers in order to create/add meaning.

 In this photo, I was trying to convey a humorous tone in light of the dark effects.

 Originally, this photo was an experiment with depth, so I thought 'endless' was an appropriate word an order to express the theme of depth.

 This photo had an overarching melancholic mood, so I decided to use words that related to melancholy.

 While practicing Richard Avedon's style of photography, I tried to capture real emotions from my subjects, and I thought "I love you" was a an appropriate phrase for this particular facial expression.

 One of my favorite Clint Eastwood quotes of all time from his movie, Dirty Harry. This as shot from one of my 3 story panel stories.

 From my microworlds photoshoot, I just thought that this would be a funny caption for this David vs. Goliath match up.

 Again,from the microworlds experiment, I thought this would be a funny caption for this man v. frog match up.

 From my 3 panel story photoshoot, the evils of littering are highlighted by the fiery background and the word, 'litterbug'.

 This photo highlights my love for the San Francisco Giants, and 'loyalty' seemed to me as the appropriate word.

One of my favorite quotes of all-time, I mixed it with my love for rubik's cubes in order to relate the two of them.