Line Color Texture Project

Color 1:
Pink Flowers

Color 2:

Garbage Bag

Line 1:

Rack

Line 2:

Pant Line

Texture 1:

Woven Purse

Texture 2:

Mushroom Tree

The subject of the two color photos were some pink flowers in my backyard and a bag made out of ice cream wrappers. The line pictures were a rack that my mom uses to put bread or other stuff she bakes on, and the other picture is some pants hanging out to dry on my neighbor's porch. The first texture picture is  my mom's purse and the second is mushrooms growing on a tree. 

I changed these pictures mostly by turning the vibrance all the way up and by adjusting the Levels and Curves so the dark parts were darker and the light parts lighter.

My favorite picture is the one of the drying rack, my first line picture. I think that the black lines of the rack and it's shadow are really strong, and they stand out against the reddish orange table. The lighting is neat and you're not really sure what it is if you didn't know.

I discovered that I really like to get in close to objects that I'm photographing. I liked the subject matter to take up the majority of the photo so it looks cool but you can't tell what it is too easily.

If i did this project over again I would take more initial pictures so I would have a wider selection when picking and choosing them.

Line, Color, Texture

Line

1) The subject is a canyon.

2) This is a birds eye angle

3) Somewhat symmetrical, with the walls on either side of the river.

4) The curving layered lines of the rock trace the river below and give a sense of height.

Color

1) The subject is a flower

2) This is a close up shot

3) Symmetrical, in a way, the flower is in the center, with leaves around it.

4) The bright purple color really pops against the green background.

Texture

1) The subject is a mushroom.

2) The shot is close up, and high angle

3) Symmetrical

4) The fine lines on the inside of the mushroom create a sense of texture, you can almost feel it just looking at the picture.

Editing Photos

Low Angle

Vibrance +100
Curves - Output = 35, input = 58

Establishing Shot

Brightness +73
Vibrance +100
Curves - Output = 219, Input = 198

Extreme Close Up

Vibrance +100
Brightness -67
Curves - Output = 209, Input = 167

High Angle

Vibrance +100
Brightness -23
Levels - 26 from left

Medium Shot

Vibrance +100
Curves - Output = 56, Input = 100
Brightness -38

Close Up

Vibrance +100
Brightness -49
Hue +180

Eye level

Vibrance +100

Long Shot

Vibrance +100
Brightness -57
Curves - Output = 15, Input = 45

Learning Shots and Angles

Close Up

This photo is a close up of a burger. It makes it look much bigger than it actually is by getting in really close.

Medium Shot

This shot shows the subject from the waist up with some stuff in the background, making it a medium shot. It looks like a "normal shot".

Birds Eye View

This is a birds eye view of a city, taken from somewhere up high. it makes everything look smaller and more "ant like".

Eye Level

This shot of flowers is taken at "eye level" (if flowers had eyes) and shows the world from the subject's height.

Rule of Thirds

This picture shows the rule of thirds, with the grass and fence seperating the forground and background into two parts, and the bush creating a third.

Symmetry

The reflection in the water is symmetrical to the actual building, in addition to the reflection being split down it's line of symmetry.

American Photography (part 1)

The video we watched gave a brief overview of the early history of photography in the United States. It greatly influenced the culture of the time period, particularly though newspaper photographs, which brought the news closer to home and really grabbed the reader's attention in a way that headlines couldn't.
Another thing that photography did was expand our view of the world. Scientific photographs allowed us to see planets and microscopic organisms that we hadn't ever seen before. This lead into huge advances in many scientific fields.
I thought it was cool how important photographs were to celebreties, which is something I hadn't really thought about before. Photography allowed them to expand their careers by bringing their image into the home and making them seem like real people their fans could know personally.
I would like to know other styles of photography other than the ones mentioned in the film.

What is Art?

'A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.'
~ Albert Camus


Art is expression. It is emotion put into worts, images or sounds. Art is what shows everyone else how you see the world. It is opinion and it is not right or wrong, it simply is. Art is whatever you want it to be (that's cliche, I know, but it's very true). It exposes your thoughts and feelings, a reflection of your mind.


There are different types of art, pictures, paintings, music, video, anything can be an art. It's only limited by your imagination. Sure, there's a bunch of principles like Color and texture and Shape and Line, but those are just the building blocks. those building blocks teach you the rules of art, but it's only when you start breaking them that real art is made.