Playing with photoshop

I overlaid two pictures and used a filter to make the pink flowers appear as pink light coming through this tree.

By gradient mapping this fire pit, I made the fire and the ring around it orange, while all else is green.

This is a slight variation on an infrared photograph. The green levels are changed. making the flowers green, leaves pink, and all else black and white.

I really like this picture because the tree is roughly the same hue as the stop sign, making everything flow together.

Blurred motion

This is my friend Allan's arm waving in front of a locker. I like this picture because the movement of his hand causes it to appear ghostly as if it is not there.

At first glance, this bus does not seem to be motion-blurred. If you look towards the back of the bus, you see that it begins to stretch out and twist.

This is Allan again shaking his head, his ear remains clear, while his face is smeared out.

Double-take (double exposure photography)

For this photo, I lined up two sidewalks so the side walk would be clear, while the trees and sky faded into each other. One path had trees on the left, while the other had trees on the left. This created faded trees all around with clear trees in the middle, as well as "phantom shadows" on the sidewalk.

People think of fire as destructive, while seeing flowering plants as a sign of life. I liked the contrast in these two ideas with the diversity in color they presented when put together. It is easy to see both the flowers and the flames, but at the same time it is impossible not to notice the other.

Another contrast I liked was the ground and the sky. The shoe is low on pavement, while the light is in the sky and unaccessible. The foot seemed almost like a beam of light to me, which is why I placed it under the bulb.

This is my favorite picture of this set. It looks like these two are walking away rom a swing on a path. To me it suggests growing up and taking the path of life away from the playthings of childhood, but while keeping the same people around as you grow up together.

The white underbelly of the whale allowed me to make the whale behind visible through the other. I lined up their flukes to create a similarity that can be a focal point.

The lay of the land (landscape photography)

I was inspired by pictures I saw of London viewed through puddle reflections, so I decided to do the same thing of the landscape.

I was very intrigued by this curved tree, so I decided to put the curve in perspective by placing the tree between two straight trees for comparison.

This picture had a good fore, middle, and background, as well as much color, which was lost in changing it to black and white.

I thought the contrast between rock and plant was very cool. The landscape is viewable over the macro view of this rock.

This is my favorite photo of this project. I like how easy it is to see the background through the subject grass.

2 views (picture changes dependent on orientation)

This is a "double exposure" picture i took of my face over a log cabin. When vertical, the cabin is very visible, while I am hard to see. When horizontal, I am more visible, while the cabin is more of a background.

Scannera (scanner used as a camera)

I like how this picture starts with a flat picture on the left, than blurs and ends with a nice flash in my left eye.

Just for fun photoshop pictures

This is a photo I took to make infrared, but I stopped halfway through the process, because I thought it looked better this way. I like the grass purple, with the bluish accents on the rocks. The colors blend much better than the infrared version.

I took the positive and negative of this photo and blended them together through various filters until it resembled a painting slightly.

I was curious what would happen if i did infrared on a regular picture. The red tints in their faces makes them appear to have green skin. Being a fan of Shrek, I had to keep this picture.

This is the reflection of a tree in a puddle. Taking the negative and positive through multiple filters, I got this cool color scheme, and the tree appears to be outlined.

Hidden colors (revealing the infrared light not visible to the naked eye)

This photo had two different shades of green, which translated into two different shades of infrared. I like the striking bright pink of the forward grass along with the darker, more hidden color of the trees in the background.

This is my favorite photo of this set, it encompasses the macro view of a few blades of grass, with the landscape captured behind, as well as the distinct patch of brown in the middle. The disruption of the bright colors with a dull brown is what makes this picture for me.

In this photo, I tried to capture very little green, but still enough to be noticeable. The picture is relatively the same as the original, but with just enough change to be recognizable as an infrared photo.

This photo is of a tree with green leaves in the background, with a tree with distinct red leaves in the foreground. By switching to infrared these colors were switched. The tree in front is now green, with the other being red.

This picture seems almost unreal. The pink grass behind the rocks has purple highlights, while the rocks and ground themselves have very earthy tones, creating a strange imbalance in the front and back of the photo.

Double exposure

This is my first double exposure photo. I took my two favorite photos and overlapped them. I like how the flower takes up the negative space left by the window

PORTRAIT PHOTOS

My girlfriend Panda sitting on a bench at Ibach. I like how the damp ground has a blurred reflection under her feet.

I took this photo because of the white background to really show the foreground.

For this photo I tapped her on the shoulder and took the photo when she turned around. This is my favorite photo of the roll.

Tilted Reality (tilt shift photos)

This picture was taken off the edge of the bridge at the Tualatin Commons. It was the first picture I took to tilt shift. I really like the very different fore, middle, and backgrounds.

These are two cars taken from a hill. I love the sky reflection coming off the blue car in comparison to the solid color of the white car.

This "stop ahead sign" is the focal point of this photo. The "background" in this photo is actually nearer to the camera than the foreground.

Although sky is not supposed to be blurred for background, I decided to use the contrast of white clouds and blue sky for background to bring out the white of the snow below.

This staircase is from the Commons too. I like that the "No Skate Boarding" message can still be read through the blur.

Beautiful beginnings: First roll of film

This picture was taken of wilting flowers on the walkway to my house. This is one of my favorite pictures because of how the flowers appear not to be real. It is hard to make out the background and all attention is pulled to the flowers themselves.

When I got my first roll of film, this was the first picture that popped into my mind. This is the view out my bedroom window that I look at every night before I go to sleep. I tried to  keep the window cross out of the way of the picture, but still there enough to show that it is through a window. This is my favorite picture on the roll.

I took this picture when I was in Sunriver. I liked the sharp edges of the roof and the house. It came out a little darker than I would have preferred, but it is still a good photo.

This was taken out of the window of a car while in the back seat. It isn't my favorite picture, but it isnt bad either, it could be a little lighter up top to show the trees more.

Contact sheet (first roll of film)

Looking at this contact sheet, I see that many more of my photos developed than I thought from looking at the film. I am excited to print these pictures.

Scattered letters (the alphabet discovered in everyday life)

Using a variety of letters taken from gift shops, school, the beach, and elsewhere, this photo collage displays the phrase"Mr. Hohman is the best" in reference to the astounding Mr. Hohman, the world's best photo teacher.

 This is my first developed positive using the enlarger. The light time on the enlarger was 3 seconds. I like the blacks of the trees in contrast with the gray sky, but the black bottom of the photo bothers me.

This was made using 3 seconds on the enlarger. I think this is a cool view of the hallway.