David Hockney is a well-known photographer. He is mainly known for his use of taking multiple different pictures and putting them into a collage. He did this because it allows the photographer to have every part of the picture in focus. He was born July 9, 1937 in Bradford in the United Kingdom. He currently lives in Paris and has many exhibits throughout the world. He won multiple awards and has been recognized for his abstract way of photography. My work emulates his style because I used multiple different pictures in order to get an abstract photograph.
To create this image, I took one picture of what I want to use and then took different pictures of the surrounding area. I used the other pictures around the area to piece together and make them look like the one overall image. I had to use photoshop and arrange the layers in such a way that they look comparable to the overall image I had.
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I chose this magazine cover because I’m a very tenacious and dedicated person and I felt that using the Entrepreneur magazine cover shows off my personality. I also like the plain and simple look to the cover as well. That also shows who I am as a person, I like the simple things and don’t want to overcomplicate stuff. When working on this project, I had used a plain color background and the title of the magazine in order to give it the same feel as the actual magazine. I forgot what font style I used, it was pretty much anything that looked similar to the actual magazine cover. And I just left the style like it normally is.
I had cropped the image to fit the guidelines preset by the teacher and just went from there. I selected the background and changed the color of it. Then I found a title that is able to be used in photoshop and placed it at the top with a sub headline. That was the big thing in making it look like the actual magazine. The way we took the picture was using a strobe light. What the strobe light is is a giant light bulb that gives off a bright flash of light. We’d use this light to give off extremely bright light. Modeling light is a light that is on slightly to see where the bright light will fall on the model. Then when taking an actual image, the flash will actually go off. Another thing photographers can use is a softbox. The softbox diffuses light so it's a softer look instead of harsh light on the subject. A reflector is something used to reflect light on the model or subject. There is a gold side and a silver side the photographer may use to change the look of the subject or model. The grey card used helps the photographer to determine if the lighting is right in the image. The model holds the card and the photographer takes a picture to see if any adjustments need to be made. Then, a photographer can also use a radio trigger system to signal the flash to go off. This is done by having an attachment on the top of the camera and making sure the camera and the flash are on the same wavelength. The title of my photograph is Color of Hunger. This photograph was taken at Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, California. This photo was taken during an area in photography, food photography (Division 4701). I took this photo with a Nikon D5300, using an 18-40 mm lens. I used a warm reflector to get the warm glow on the food. I didn’t edit it at all after uploading the photo. The photograph was printed on Epson Glossy Photo Paper on the Epson P800 digital printer.
It's not quite a mystery.
I'm the one who's insecure, you're the one that makes believe, that we're all okay, we're doing fine, when we're both fighting just to stay, to stay alive, a fragile state of mind, that I can't quite survive. Without a doubt, I need your help. I know you've heard me ask before, but come on girl, I need to tell you now, I know what I've done wrong. The only way out of here is the way I've avoided for all my life. There's so many things I wanna say, but there's too many things still in the way. I'm lost, please help me find my place. You're the only one, please lead me out of the dark. Please lead me out of the dark. Please lead me out of the dark. I'm moving on, I'll promise change, if you will let me in again, I swear today, I'll be a better man. I'll be who I was then. It's been a long two years, I can't change the past, I've shed so many tears, Can't believe I've lasted this long. I see now that I'm wrong. The only way out of here is the way I've avoided for all my life. There's so many things I wanna say, but there's too many things still in the way. I'm lost, please help me find my place. You're the only one, please lead me out of the dark. Please lead me out of the dark. In order to make this photograph, I had to use an image for the background and then put images over the tunnel and use the layer mask tool in order to blend in the images together. I also had to make the background black and white to give it the same tone. Then I used the color to give emphasis on the light at the end of the tunnel. A mandala is a section of an image that is copied multiple times and made into a circle. In order to make this, you have to have a picture ready and use photoshop to copy a certain section of the image and paste it onto the template and paste it again, flip horizontal and then rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise. After this , you can drag the template layer and remove it from the layers. Press command and click on the original layer. Then merge those two layers and copy the new layer from those and move it to the upper right section. Press command and click on the other layer. Merge those 2 layers. Then duplicate that layer and move it to the bottom half of the template. Then align and press command and select the other layer and merge those layers. Then you can mess with the background and merge the layers and save it.
I struggled with finding the perfect section of the image to use in order to make the mandala look cool. If I had to do this project over again, I would find better things to take pictures of and use other pictures. A tessellation, in my own words, is an image that is made up of mirror parts of another image. Although it is a tedious task to accomplish, it does look cool in the end. The way in which you need to create the image is by opening photoshop, selecting file>new. Then creating the guides at the 4 inch margin, both horizontal and vertical, doing so for each tessellation you need to make. Next, open the picture and adjust the image size according to the grid layout.
I enjoyed working on these tessellations I liked taking pictures for this project, and my favorite was the yellow flower or the green plant. I struggled with finding new items to use for this project. If I did this project over again, I would do it differently. I would find new things to use in my images. |
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