Thursday, May 28, 2015

Clone Reflection




            The strongest technical aspect of my work would have to be the way I edited them to look like there are multiples in the picture. I made sure I was careful to not erase certain parts of the picture to make them look unrealistic. I also made sure I was careful enough to line everything up just perfectly. The technical aspect of my work that I could improve on was not moving the camera so much. For the most part all of my pictures lined up just perfectly but some so the props I used like in the last picture of my sister doing laundry, she had moved the towel a little bit which made things harder.
            The easiest part of this activity was setting up my camera to have it take a series of photos. I used my tripod so that I was sure to not move my camera to much and that the pictures were taken all the same way. The difficult part of this activity for me was using photoshop to color in the people on different layers. It was hard because you had to be extremely careful with what you were doing and so you didn't erase anything else besides what you needed to be there.
            I demonstrated cloning in this activity by having an area where I was able to take a series of photos of my siblings doing different things around the house. I set up my camera on a tripod so I was able to capture everything exactly instead of having some pictures possibly be crooked. If I could do this art activity again I think I would change where I was or even what I was doing. Also, I would set up my camera in a different way and to see what other things I could have done.


         

Clone Contact Sheet


Friday, May 15, 2015

Scale Reflection




            The strongest technical aspect of my work was being able to line up the picture the right way to make it look like my siblings were sitting in the car or even standing in the cup. This is the strongest aspect because it was easy to tell them where they need to be in order to make the picture look realistic. The technical aspect that I could improve on is fixing the levels and curves better. Some of my pictures are darker and they look funny when you changed the levels and the curves because they were either to dark, light, or zoomed to far.
            The easiest part about this art activity was setting up the camera and the person in the picture to make it look like they are doing something that seems to not be really possible. It was the easiest part because when you found the object to use and make it look realistic, you were able to adjust what you were doing and make it look possible. The difficult part of this activity was finding out what you were going to do and how you were going to make it work. If you found one thing and you didn't have enough distance it was hard to make things look like they were bigger than the object behind it. It was hard to come up with ideas and make them seem like they were going to be a real picture.
            I demonstrated scale in this activity by using my siblings as the background object and finding some of their toys as the front object. I used them in a way that they would look like they could really fit into what i was trying to do. I had to zoom in on certain pictures to make it look like they were actually sitting in the car. At times I had to get up closer to the object to make it look bigger and have my siblings go farther back than they originally were to make them fit. If I could do this project again, I think I would change where and how I portrayed some of the pictures. I would have also found other objects in which they could make it look more like scale.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Blur Motion Reflection


         
             The strongest technical aspect in the photo on the bottom is the way it has created an illusion. It is showing a way that the flag pole is in front of me but at the same time it also looks like it is behind me. The technical aspect that I could improve on is waiting for a moment to take the picture. If I had waited longer I may have been able to capture a cooler effect with the light and had to illusion in the background like the second picture look nicer.
             The easiest part of this activity would be finding a good way to move the flagpole to get a cool motion and illusion behind it. It was the easiest because in previous picture you can see what looks cool about the movement and you can recreate the same motion multiple times if you need. The  difficult part of this project was giving yourself enough time to take the picture. If you didn't give yourself enough time, you could end up with only a small amount of light or a lot of light.
             I demonstrated blur motion by changing the settings on my camera to make it capture the light slower while it was still able to move the light in my final picture. Also, I used the flagpole to move the light to create the blur that I show. If I could do this project again and differently, I think I would try to find another way to move the flagpole to create a better illusion. Also I would try to use different colored glow sticks and played with the colors more.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Blur Motion

                                                 Blur Motion