My Photography
For my Computer Graphics II class we were assigned a photography project. The assignment was to taken 10 pictures, 5 digital and 5 non, and create a blog to display those pictures and critic the photography of other photographers. The following are my 5 digital pictures.
My theme for this project was, "People in Strange Places." I choose this because I think the best photography is thought provoking and often ironic or funny. Instead of waiting for the perfect time to see a person resting in a tree and then take a picture, I created the scene for all my photographers. They are meant to be funny, ironic and raise questions. Enjoy!
This is the first picture in my series. It is of one of my closet friends, Anaia Peddie. She is wearing a brown robe that my grandmother made for my father and she is standing in a line of Evergreen Tress in my backyard. I took this picture with my Kodak digital camera. To edit the photo I used Adobe Photoshop 2.0 to increased the contrast between the brightness in the photo. I then decreased the outlook brightness to create a wintery look. I told Anaia to have a blank stare on her face so the picture, when edited would look icy but have a simple beauty.
This is the second photo in my series. One of my team members, Stacia Robinson, chose animals as her theme and so she could take pictures we; her, myself and our other teammate Uchenna Offor all went to the National Zoo. I thought I would take a picture of my teammates inside the zoo sign. For me I thought this was kind of funny because it isnt the zoo sign that people usually take pictures on. When editing the picture I chose to brighten the contrast quite a bit to really show off the sign and slightly hide the people in it.
This is the third photo in my series. For this one, Stacia Robinson is my model extraordinarie. We were walking back to the metro from the Zoo and right outside were basically forest of bamboo. So I asked Stacia to basically disappear into the bamboo so I could take a picture. This is one of the most literal translations of my theme in my photographers. There is nothing stranger than a bamboo forest in Washington, DC and its quite odd to having someone standing in it at that. When editing this photo I just increased the brigthness to really play up the leaves and further disguise Stacia.
This is the fourth picture in my digital series. For this photo, my teammate Uchenna make a suggestion of her a Stacia sitting on the pilars of the apartment building. Once they were on the pilars I wanted them to stand on them and pretend to be statues. All of the people walking found this picture to be very funny, confirming its place in my theme; People in Strange Places. When editing this picture I enchanced the red hues and then increased the brightness to give the picture a red bright feeling. It also makes it seem lightly old which I would imagine a building with watch statues to be.
This is the last photo in my digital series. We stopped in Starbucks for a coffee and bathroom break and this picture just came to me. I thought it would be very funny and strange to take a picture of a female entering the men's bathroom. I thought of this because I was considering doing it myself, while I was waiting for a woman to finish in the bathroom. I used Uchenna as my model and aksed her to slightly open the door as if she was walking in and then look back with an embarrassed, "Oh no you caught me!", face. In editing I only ligthened the photo a bit because it was quite dark on my camera.
Comments are welcome!
My theme for this project was, "People in Strange Places." I choose this because I think the best photography is thought provoking and often ironic or funny. Instead of waiting for the perfect time to see a person resting in a tree and then take a picture, I created the scene for all my photographers. They are meant to be funny, ironic and raise questions. Enjoy!
This is the first picture in my series. It is of one of my closet friends, Anaia Peddie. She is wearing a brown robe that my grandmother made for my father and she is standing in a line of Evergreen Tress in my backyard. I took this picture with my Kodak digital camera. To edit the photo I used Adobe Photoshop 2.0 to increased the contrast between the brightness in the photo. I then decreased the outlook brightness to create a wintery look. I told Anaia to have a blank stare on her face so the picture, when edited would look icy but have a simple beauty.
This is the second photo in my series. One of my team members, Stacia Robinson, chose animals as her theme and so she could take pictures we; her, myself and our other teammate Uchenna Offor all went to the National Zoo. I thought I would take a picture of my teammates inside the zoo sign. For me I thought this was kind of funny because it isnt the zoo sign that people usually take pictures on. When editing the picture I chose to brighten the contrast quite a bit to really show off the sign and slightly hide the people in it. This is the third photo in my series. For this one, Stacia Robinson is my model extraordinarie. We were walking back to the metro from the Zoo and right outside were basically forest of bamboo. So I asked Stacia to basically disappear into the bamboo so I could take a picture. This is one of the most literal translations of my theme in my photographers. There is nothing stranger than a bamboo forest in Washington, DC and its quite odd to having someone standing in it at that. When editing this photo I just increased the brigthness to really play up the leaves and further disguise Stacia.This is the fourth picture in my digital series. For this photo, my teammate Uchenna make a suggestion of her a Stacia sitting on the pilars of the apartment building. Once they were on the pilars I wanted them to stand on them and pretend to be statues. All of the people walking found this picture to be very funny, confirming its place in my theme; People in Strange Places. When editing this picture I enchanced the red hues and then increased the brightness to give the picture a red bright feeling. It also makes it seem lightly old which I would imagine a building with watch statues to be.This is the last photo in my digital series. We stopped in Starbucks for a coffee and bathroom break and this picture just came to me. I thought it would be very funny and strange to take a picture of a female entering the men's bathroom. I thought of this because I was considering doing it myself, while I was waiting for a woman to finish in the bathroom. I used Uchenna as my model and aksed her to slightly open the door as if she was walking in and then look back with an embarrassed, "Oh no you caught me!", face. In editing I only ligthened the photo a bit because it was quite dark on my camera.Comments are welcome!
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stacia110 on
Deidre, I enjoyed all of your pictures as well as your descriptions. I also liked the way you changed the pictures to brighten and darken some areas. I especially like the way you used things in the environment to your advantage.
uoffordc on
Deirdre, you explanation of your photos were very detail. I enjoyed the stories behind each picture, it gives it a personal feel. The way you edited the photos are wonderful. The contrast of the photos makes your subjects stand out.
