Week 2

This week I wanted to see if I could take a picture with normal lighting and photoshop it to make it look like it was a contrast of light and dark. This is one of the pictures I took last week for my series. I'm thinking about doing black and white portraits, or layered portraits with action, setting, and close up pictures to form photo stories.

 

 

 

Week 1

This week I researched photography techniques. Some helpful websites I found are shown below. These websites will help me experiment with various techniques so that I can find which techniques I like best for whichever series I end of choosing. I also looked through my old picutres to see if anything I already have will work for my series, and I found some pictures that I could use as background images. I chose a portrait picutre, and played with these background images to see if they could work well for my series.

Helpful websites:

• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/22/the-ultimate-photography-round-up/
• http://www.smashingmagazine.com/professional-photoshop-techniques-tutorials/
• http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/photography-techniques.htm
• http://pixeltango.com/articles/photography-articles/20-useful-photography-techniques-for-snapping-beautiful-pictures/
• http://www.exposureguide.com/photography-tips.htm

Possible Background Images:

These are the pictures I took last week for my concentration series. I was playing around with the settings of my camera in an attempt to find the right settings for taking pictures at night. I also took pictures of settings, and a close up picture. The first three pictures were taken on the 10th of February, and the last two were taken on the 18th of February.