Monday, March 9, 2009

Currently working on...

PHOT 120: Image and Idea

currently working on...

For this particular class, we are instructed to develop a self determined body of work over the course of the semester. At the end of the semester I will then exhibit my work in a gallery. So far my idea is rather complicated and I'm still playing around with different ideas. My original plan is to create a photo (somewhat like the ones below) that gives off an old effect by displying it through a 100 year old glass window. I have the window and it incredibly dirty and very old...wood frame is chipping, paint is peeling, etc. Really, any photo can have an old effect using this window as a frame, BUT the trouble I am haveing is not being happy ENOUGH with the example photo i have taken already (below). Those photos are what I'm leaning towards, but I'm not sure it's what i want to do.Right now I am playing around with different ideas of having my little sister in multiple shots. I used photoshop and lightroom to get these results.


First I started out setting my tripod in the perfect spot and not touching it throughout the entire photoshoot. Then i continuously took photos of my sister using a clicker so i would have the same background. Throughout the shoot I had her change clothes to give the outcome a more interesting look.




After I picked out which photos I was going to use, I went into lightroom and did my best to give each photo the same shade and perfect contrast. Then I used photoshop to bring each photoin as one using the wand. Because the clouds didnt match up in each photo, I used the wand around my sister and placed her in the correct spot by zooming in the photo and placing her perfectly.



Once I felt I was done, I opened the photo back into photoshop and messed around with the lighting and came up with the photo below.


This isn't my final project, but it is along the lines of what I plan on doing...we'll see.

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