Pictures I Would Use For My Series

I'm still not sure if I'm going to use black and white pictures because some pictuers, like the first one shown below, look better in color, while others look better in black and white. I'm also not sure if I'm going to layer my images. My goal for the upcoming week is to take more profile pictures, because I don't have enough of those.

Week 3

Black & White:

I've been thinking about maybe showing my series in black and white. However, some pictures look better in color, so I'm not 100% sure what to do. I made these pictures black and white, and tried to add more contrast. 

 

Layered Images (Practice): 

These are some practice layered images. I did these to see if the background images I have chosen so far will work for my series.

 

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.