Project 9- Fine Arts and Commercial Portraits

Commercial:

I love advertisements that use this color dulling technique because it draws your eyes to the advertised item and makes it seem as if it is the most important thing in the photo.

Fine Arts:

My dad loves to play the bass and has been playing as long as I can remember.  I took numerous photos of him playing and singing then edited the photo I liked best to be black and white, then posterized it in Photoshop.  Because he plays in his office, the background of the photo was really busy so I cut it out and replaced it with a black lighted background.

This photo was taken with my phone and edited in LightRoom.  I boosted the saturation of the green grass and her blue jacket while making her skin softer and well-lighted.  I also added a vignette around her body so that our eyes are drawn to the middle of the photo.  This photo is fun because my subject is usually known to be a very energetic person, so it's such a contrast to have her so relaxed.

Fine Arts Portrait: Lighting and Use of Color

Anna Shakina- http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/347412

Julia Noni

http://www.julianoni.com/

Commercial Portraits: Use of Color and Composition

Sølve Sundsbø- http://www.designscene.net/2012/08/herieth-paul-kel-markey-gucci-i-d-pre-fall-2012.html

Christian Oita

http://www.creativebloq.com/art-magazine-covers-20-incredible-examples-2012-1212728?page=1

project 8- Surrealism and Photomontage

For this project, I attempted to create an image of various animals either on their own or combined into giants.  The cat and squirrel are living beings whereas the dog and elephant are statues.  The background or setting is simply tall grass from a garden.  This project was difficult both technically and creatively (because we were given the tools to create pretty much any image we wanted to) but this challenge also made the project very fun.  

Project 7- Alternative Processes Through Digital Means

 In the past, photographers took photos and engaged in a specific photographic process that gave their photos a particular look, creating a daguerreotype.  Through digital editing on Photoshop, I was able to take an original photo and give it the properties of an aged, framed, black and white photograph.

Cyanotypes are photographic blueprints.  Again, I used photoshop to imitate the look that cyanotypes have.  I really like how nature is used as subjects for this photographic style so I choose to use flowers as my subjects.

Gum Bichromate is also a photo printing process that uses light sensitivity (very similar to cyanotypes).  I chose a dandelion and an African mask I have in my house to use as subjects.  

Surrealist Photography

Vincent Bourilhon

Jerry Uelsmann

Joel Robison

Artists of the Surrealist Movement

Surrealist art is typically art that is seen as the combination of creative images that usually don't belong together in order create a dream-like and abstract effect.  These paintings were typically seen as art that reveal ideas and images from the unconscious.  I like how both of the paintings posted below intertwine images of nature and people to express an idea.

Salvador Dalí

Remedios Varo