Assignment Theme Project

My theme is about reflections. Often times reflections catch our eye with a bright burst of light and get annoying. My project shows that not all reflections have to be annoying. 

An everyday reflection we witness as students, but ignore the light property the lock and cover produces.

The sink reflects what is above, but also bends light due to its shape of the nozzle.

Corner of the grade 8 hallway there is a room. I see Ms. Lindroos there a lot. But anyways, that room has a mail handle thingy that gives off a golden yellow reflection.

The remains of the winter break a disco ball. Made of thousands of mirror piece giving off a light show as light hits the ball.

The plastic cover of the fire extinguisher gives a clear reflection to light that is directed to it.

The sink handle of the science room gives a bended reflection due to its mould of shape.

A ball that emits electricity has a reflective property due to its smooth metal property.

The gas nozzle and base are made of metal, reflecting light as it hits it.

Progression of Bokeh

 

Interaction

Infrared Photography 

“The use of infrared is to see the unseen.”  The human eye cannot see infrared lights. At first, infrared photography was mainly used for World War I and World War II.  They were proved to be useful because they “showed the distinction between vegetation and camouflaged people and buildings.” During around the 30s and 40s filmmakers picked up the infrared technology its psychedelic effect. Also, the use of infrared photography expanded to forensic evidences to detect what the normal eyesight cannot see.

http://photographylife.com/introduction-to-infrared-photography

One way to create infrared photography is by using a special filter on a camera. How they work is they block out certain wavelengths of light.

http://photography.tutsplus.com/tutorials/an-in-depth-guide-to-infrared-photography-setup-and-capture--photo-9533

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111223125145AAV29I1

Another way the achieve the infrared effect is by using Photoshop. With Photoshop you can manipulate colours and mimic effects like infrared photography. There are tools in that program that are created to make an image like it is an original infrared photography work.

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/infrared-photo/

Finally, using a camera with infrared filter built inside is the easiest way. Like the special filter, the camera blocks out certain wavelengths of light and accepting other wavelengths.

http://www.ipi-infrared.com.au/start-here/how-do-infrared-cameras-work2

What I did to create the infrared photography was use Photoshop because I did not have the tools to create true infrared photography. I followed the tutorial and made it my own by using my own channel mixes rather than exactly as the tutorial said. I learned how much colour and darkness/lightness could be manipulated using the channel mixer. I also used my own capacity fill rather than what number the tutorial said to use. I experimented around seeing the effects of blending modes, which caused various changes.

Sources used for tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDw0iy_FOgw

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/infrared-photo/

http://www.popphoto.com/how-to/2013/03/how-to-simulate-infrared-photography-using-photoshop

The process I used varied between the tutorial guidelines I followed. The easiest one was, by using a pre setup filter in the channel mixer settings and picking “black and white infrared.”

My theme focus was grass. As shown in my photos, there is a grasshopper, patch of grass, and the cleat cleaner brush outside for grass. I chose this theme because grass surrounds us and due to it being around us so much, we tend to ignore them. My goal was to get awareness to our everyday grass surroundings. 

Model Project

I followed most the steps. I first selected around the model and deleted the background and refined the edge. I then used the patch tool to remove the black bags under people's eyes. Afterwards, I used the spot healing tool to take some blemishes out. I didn't add make up because my models were male, but i did make the cheek bone a bit darker. Later, I brushed the hair with the brush tool to give their hair more of a flair. Finally i changed the background with pictures i found on google, and gave a box blur to some of the photos to give the perception of depth. I focused more on giving a natural look because i think everyone is beautiful the way they are and don't need to be airbrushed to oblivion to look like good.

Manipulative Photoshop

The process of the this photo was taking a close up shot of a tennis. Then I photoshopped it. What I did was create a layer in the shape of the tennis ball and using it to mask a photo of the Earth I found on Google Images. I then used the 'Overlay" effect to blend the Earth with the tennis ball a bit. Then I added a crown I found on Google Images. I use the inner shadow effect and made the shadow white to make it blend with the sun to as if it was there. The reflective shadow is as bit unrealistic, but i have no control over that, unless if i myself make the 3D model. This photo represents being king of the world in tennis. Or at least that's what i choose to believe.

4 Self Portrait Picture

I like this photo because it shows the reflection of themselves from something they enjoy. This woman enjoys cooking and herself is reflected from a cooking utensil, a pot. The photographer is also in a kitchen environment which also relates to her enjoyment of cooking.

I like how creative this photo is. The half face of Lincoln combined with the right placement of the man's face and the perfect angle. I couldn't have possible though of something like this. It's like a mask, but with perception.

This photo is also creative. The camera is perceived as a gun. For photographers, a camera is basically a gun to them. They shoot and capture moments rather than taking lives and injuring people. The fact that the person is holding the camera to his head like a gun, to me, symbolizes that this man is capturing the moment of sadness and despair, set tone with gloomy black and white.