Semester 1 Final

Project 5: Basic Photoshop and Camera Controls

Project 4: Contrast and Balance and Diptychs, Triptychs, and Kaleidoscopes

In this project, we began by studying symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial balance, as well as contrasts in scale, color, texture, and value. We also learned how to make diptychs, triptychs, and kaleidoscopes using Lightroom. 

This is my first diptych, which shows a contrast in texture. I like this photo because of the different lines and how they contrasted each other--one concrete and metal, one wood. When editing this photo, I enhanced the contrast to bring out the textures in each photo.

I chose these two photos in part because each shows one of my favorite places--the top one is Partition Arch in Arches National Park, and the other is Devil's Punchbowl State Park. I matched the two together because I liked the way the way they matched and the value and color of both. When I edited them, I increased the saturation in the bottom one and cropped the first one to line up with the bottom.

This triptych is made of two pictures--one part of some yard art in my backyard, the other of some art in downtown Portland. I liked the way the colors and the textures contrasted when I put the triptych together. I edited the orange part of the triptych by increasing the saturation and cropping it close before splitting the picture, and I edited the middle part by cropping it so only the design remained.

This is a triptych that combines photos of three different windows at a church near my house. I liked the color contrast and the difference between the color and the black and white. I edited the pictures by lowering the exposure and enhancing the saturation.

This is an extra triptych, but probably one of my favorites. I like the contrasts of color and texture, and that is why I decided to include it. [This is also only three pictures--the orange and red part is the yard art in my backyard I used in my first triptych.]

This kaleidoscope was made out of a picture of a bicycle rack in downtown Portland. I like the lines of this photo, and when editing, I increased the contrast to best enhance those lines, and I like the symmetry it creates.

This is the first part of the kaleidoscope below. I chose this photo because of the colors and the asymmetry that was present in the original photo. 

This kaleidoscope is just the previous one repeated, but I love the symmetry and the pattern that the lines create. 

This kaleidoscope was made from a previously-made photo grid from project four. As always, I chose it because I liked the pattern and because of the contrast of color. The only edit I made was to make it round so it could be a kaleidoscope.

This was taken on a beach south of Lincoln City. It was a very windy day, and the foam from the sea would blow up onto the sand, and between that and my footprints, it made a very nice picture. I like the contrast in texture. I edited this picture by enhancing the color saturation and darkening the exposure so the photo wouldn't be as washed out. 

This picture was taken south of Lincoln City, Oregon. I love the asymmetry and the contrast in texture. I love the detail of my footprints and the waves, so I enhanced that a little when I edited it, but I otherwise didn't do anything to the photo at all. 

I chose to include this photo because once I had edited it to make it black and white, it made a really interesting contrast in value, along with texture contrast between the waves and the rocks. This picture was taken in Otter Rock, Oregon.