Blog Entry #5 - Alliespeare

For this picture I used a Canon Rebel, and shot at a shutter speed of 500 because the studio lighting made sure the shot had lots of light. I chose to Photoshop the face of Allison Clement into this famous picture because I liked how her face was similar to the original painting and I found that it was a good example of how lighting effects a photo-shopped image. I used 3-point studio lighting to gain the same effect of the original, by making sure the light was brighter on the left side of their faces to replicate the original lighting. I found this image off of the internet, and i was inspired by the popularity of the image, which I had seen many times before. Though the colours are for the most part dull, his face looked more on the yellow side so I adjusted the saturation. For this Photoshop to look more realistic, I made Allison's neck almost non-existent like the original, and used a "canvas" filter, to make the faces look as if they were painted on rather than photo-shopped in. The painting I chose for this project is called the Chandos Portrait and it isof shakespeare, who is the most famous playwright from the British Renaissance. What I like about the painting is that the author is unknown, so it is a mystery as to if it was a man or woman who painted it.

Blog Entry #4 - Use of Outside Lighting With Other Light Sources

PLAYING WITH LIGHT

This Project we were given involved Inside and Outside lighting. I took this picture in the English hallway, and to create the inside lighting on the top of her forhead, I asked her to stand under a light. I then used the light from behind her coming from outside. I used the silver part of the reflector to refelect the white light coming from outside onto her face. The light used from the sun also lights up the back of his head. Although you cannot see the sun, you can see a bit of light coming over her shoulder or off of the side of his face or his head. Using the inside and outside light I was able to mix light colours and contrasts to creat a nicer light. I think I used the light well, because there are no shadows on her forehead or the rest of her face. I then angled the reflector up to create less shadow under his eyes. Overall, using both types of light made the picture look and feel more real.

Blog Entry #3 - American Gothic

Grant Wood - American Gothic (Original)

For this picture I used a Canon Rebel, and shot at a shutter speed of 500 because the studio lighting made sure the shot had lots of light. I chose to Photoshop the faces of Allison Clement and Sam Fuller into this famous picture because I liked how they were both similar to the original people in the portrait and I found that it was a good example of how lighting effects a photo-shopped image. I used 3-point studio lighting for both of the faces, and made sure the light was brighter on the left side of their faces to replicate the original image. I found this image in a book, and i was inspired by the long neck of the woman and the grumpy and disgusted look on the mans face, which brought emotion in the entire image. Though the colours are for the most part dull, the background with the yellow house and red barn shows a nice contrast to the clothing worn by the couple. For this Photoshop to look more realistic, I made Allison's neck a bit longer like the original, and used a "canvas" filter, to make the faces look as if they were painted on rather then photo-shopped in. The painting I chose for this project is a Gothic painting by Grant Wood, who was an American painter, born four miles east of Anomosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest.

(Ms. Zanini, I know this isn't from the renaissance era but the reason I chose it was because I thought it would work better for my Photoshop and you mentioned that a Gothic painting would be okay so I took the chance)

Blog Entry #2 - Name Banner

For this project it was our job to find letters in the natural environment and take pictures of them to spell out our entire first and last names. This is my favorite project so far because it gave me lots of ideas to take other pictures, and now when I look at some objects I think of them as letters instead of real objects. I am now more aware of the different letters objects can make, such as the simple "T" from a brick. As I was shooting outside in my neighbors yard looking for letters, I noticed many letters such as the ladder to make an "A" and the side of her bench to make an "R".  For the pictures in my neighbors garden, there was lots of natural light available, which allowed me to make the shutter speed faster and I didn't require the use of a tripod. From there, I started noticing the amazing pictures I could get in my neighbor's garden, and started taking pictures of everything I saw. For each of my other letters, I tried to use unique combinations of line and color to make them different from everybody else's. For instance, when I had sushi for dinner, I noticed that the two pieces of salon roll together made a pretty nice "B" shape. I used the ambient light in my house to brighten my picture. My favourite picture I took was the piano pedals, because you would not expect to find an "E" there of all places. This project really showed me how to respect all of the things in the natural environment, and taught me better how to look outside of the box to find a letter in everyday life.