Project 4

My initial idea for this project was that I was going to use mostly scenery pictures with a object. Also, I was planning in adding other objects to the pictures if it did not interfere with the surrounding background or the parts of the picture that I liked. But, that did not work out the way that I wanted it to.

My picture in project four are mostly of scenery. That I took when I was in the West Yellowstone with my family and friends. The pictures that I choose from our trip are all of scenery. The first picture that I picked for this project is of the mountain side. The reason that I love this photo is because of the way that the lighting hits the trees and the way that the are arranged. The picked that I picked looking of a hill or looking off a cliff are also some of my favorites because I love the way that the the colors look together. The other picture in project four are of a few of my pets. The picture of my cat Bianca. I took this on my driveway this fall. I love this picture because of the way that the bird is looking right at her and not even attempting in fly away and the way that she is staring right and pawing at the bird not even attempting to kill it. The reason that I find this picture funny is because she usually does not play with birds and other animals, she just eats them. The picture on my sister dog Rowdy (Brown dog chewing on his toy), The reason that I choose this picture is because of the way that he is looking at the camera and still chewing on his toy. Also, because it is a very rare sight to see this dog sitting still. He is usually jumping over 5ft gates and getting into trouble. The last picture that is not scenery is of my mom's dog. You would ever know that this picture was taken in that car. The reason that all of my pictures are not all taken in West Yellowstone are because I was not able to find enough picture that I liked well enough to turn in. So I had to think of some other things that I could take a picture of or use. I think that it fits this project good because I think that is show how, much I have improved on my picture taking ability because I am not only able to take good pictures of people anymore. I know that I did not change much to these pictures, but that is because I feel that these picture looked better these way then when I added objects and other stuff to them. For example, I added a snowmobile to the picture with the snowmobile tracks on the side but I did not like it as much. That is because you are not able to see as much as the background when the snowmobile was there so I took it out.

Final Paper

When I was comparing my pictures from my past projects to my current projects, I noticed a big difference. For example, all of my pictures in my first project are of people and my pictures in my last project are of scenery. I am not only taking pictures of people anymore I am now making pictures of other subjects. I also made a difference in the way that I edit my pictures because in my first project I did not change anything. I think that I will definitely be using the skills that I have learned about in this class. This year me and my family are planning on going to Ireland to visit my family over there. I am even more excited because I will be able to take better quality pictures.

My favorite picture in my first project is a tie between two. They are of my mom's dog scooter. Which I took this fall in my yard, and I was very surprised on how well that pick was. The other picture that I love in of my sister Brittany and my cat Billy. The reason that I love this picture so much is because of the way that I captured their emotions. My favorite picture that I took in project two would have to be the one of my sister Brittany. That I selected just her and changed the background on the image. My favorite picture in project three would have to be the one that I took of the scenery in Duluth, MN. The reason that I love this picture is because of the colors that are in this picture I really love the contrast between the redish-orange tree in the background and the black tree in the front of the picture. Lastly, My favorite picture in my last project would have to be the one on the mountain side that I took when I was in West Yellow Stone. When I was their snowmobiling with my family and friends.

Final paper...ME

I have learned so much in this class. I guess it boils down to the fact that the computer doesn't scare me so much now as it used to. I feel that my abilities will improve with time. Some of the photos I attempted to put together were a bit awkward. I'm used to just drawing or painting. When the computer gets in my way I get really frustrated. It was fun to see other peoples images in the class, plus the ones that were introduced to us. It broadened my viewpoint on what could be done to photos besides just taking quick snapshots.

My favorite photo of the first project was the closeup of grass with dew. I actually surprised myself with that one. I did not do a single thing to alter it because it looked so perfect as I saw it in nature. Plus, I did not know how to alter it anyway. Now, within project 4, I chose to discuss the snowman in the wood with the wolves. I worked along time on that one to utilize all the steps we learned in this class. I combined images, changed colors, changed sizes, worked with layers, used the paint brush, clone tool, resized everything, and added some extra snow everywhere. I think it looks like a Christmas gift card now...but not my intention. I simply wanted to create something like a painting on canvas. I did not know how to do a single thing with Photoshop before this class started so I think I came a long way. Of course I didn't take the photos of the wolves, but if I worked as a photographer, thats what my subjects would be...anything that has to do with nature and wildlife. I admire those who climb to the far corners of this planet to get the most beautiful natural images. That is what I love to do.



Morning dew on grass



There is one artist that we were introduced to that I love. He captures wildlife so beautifully. He does landscapes, animal subjects and closeups of plants. His name is Jim Brandenburg. I noticed he takes many photosgraphs of prairie wildlife and plants. I did a project on prairie restoration in a sciene class last year. I went around and photographed a prairie I walk through during the summer months. I fell in love with all the beauty that is abundent within a field of authentic prairie plants and grasses. I was happily surprised to see that someone else had the same love of that beauty.

Snowman in the pines

I know I will continue to keep tinkering with Photoshop. I already have a bunch of photos of my sister's kids and events from this fall downloaded onto my laptop that I'm going to process through Photoshop for her. I get excited sometimes, and feel like I could go into some type of photography related job. But then I think well that would be too fun. I need to do something that's more challenging for my brain. However, why not do something that is creative and up my alley. I've always been an artist and feel most comfortable and happy when I create things

Reaction paper 7-Mn Photographer,

http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=197703&pageIndex=13

I saw this photographers work on fireworks and I thought, Wow...that is beautiful. The usual setting for Fourth of July fireworks is laying on my back staring up at the constant flashing and booming of the bright, bold and noisy displays. However, in her photographs, Nanette Drellack captures the serene images of a single firework exploding. The shutter is set at a slower speed. It captures the trail of light at the time the firework is shot up to the time it explodes into its big bloom of lights. The human eye does not capture the same image of a slow shutter. When I see a firework explode, I simply see the quick trail that shoots up, then the flash of color from the exploding canon ball.

This gives me even more to think about for future photo endevers. I haven't really worked with shutter speeds yet. I haven't done any photos with a tripod either. I assume she uses both these techniques to create her firework photos. I would love to photograph lightning someday or the different moons at night. It is always a challenge but the use of a camera is valuable at creating what the human eye doesn't see in slow motion.

When comparing my photographs I took for project one to the ones I have taken for the last project. I see some differences. Examples being that I don’t look at just one subject. I have begun to make it many objects. I also make more differences in the photographs now where before I would just give you a basic picture with little edits.

I will definitely be using some of the skills I have learned in the future. This year I am planning on making my families Christmas card. I’m kind of excited to get started on it. Before the class even started I had made my own “Thank You” for graduation. But now that I know more about Photoshop I can make a more advanced card.

Final

A new baby for the New Year!

Oh finally a baby being born in our family. My niece and her boyfriend are due to have a baby. They say it’s a girl, but we won’t know in tell the day of birth. We’re in the month of December and the baby is due in January, but the doctor said she’ll be fine if the baby comes any day now. The family is very excited and waiting for the baby, we haven’t had a baby in the family in eight years. That’s a long time without a new born. She is the first granddaughter born and this is the first great-grandbaby.

As we wait for the birth we throw the parents to be; a party of celebration. We make a cake out of diapers, and have flowers and decorate tables in thinking it’s a girl. There are games played and prizes won. We play a baby bottle game race for the kids, filled with different flavored juice. First one done gets the prize and it wasn’t easy, the hole in the nipple was pretty small, if you want the prize, you got to try very hard to get the juice out of the bottle. My son was the winner he got the prize, a green bag filled with candy. All kids like candy so that was a good prize.

The party was coming to the end. The new parents to be open up the gifts they received, lots of clothes for a girl, oh no what happens if it’s a boy, a cute boy in pink cloth; “maybe not” They got Packs of diapers, toys, play set, high chair, little shoes and a few more baby items that will come in handy for a boy or a girl.  With lots of great gifts this will sure give the new parents to be a start with their new born baby.

The little girl is from the same culture, she will be a cousin to the new baby that will soon be here. She is a cute funny little girl, and her picture goes very well with the swirled M&M’s in the back ground. It makes it look like she is lying in the M&M’s. I took a picture of the M&Ms in a bowl, just because I like M&Ms and the colors of them. The second picture is of the same cut little girl, I made blocked patterns behind her, and it turns out to look like she is crawling out of the pattern, with all the pattern change  I found this picture to be really amazing.

Bags are packed, car seat is bought, and the crib is all most ready for the day the new born baby comes home. She hoping to have their own apartment before the baby comes. No more rest for mommy and daddy. Mommy has to get all the rest now before baby gets here. Soon you will hear the cries out loud, seeing the squirmy baby instead of just feeling movement within. The restless nights are soon approaching, but filled with lots of joy to your restless nights. There won’t be any more just getting up and going, you’ll have baby to get ready soon too.

Reaction paper 8

Eli Hoversten    

In the first project, we did the resizing. I chose to take a few pictures of my rebel flag, some toy John Deere tractors, and my roommate sitting on the couch. I think that these pictures were way outdone by the pictures in my Landscaping project. One of the first things that I notice that is different from the old and the new is that I finally figured out how to remove the date that was obviously wrong, and I also started to crop the images and change the hue and saturation a lot more to make the colors more bright and vibrant.  Another big difference in the photos, is the angles, and the amount of thought and action that goes into acquiring the shots.

                These images really show what I learned in this class because there is just so much more work that I put into them. I went from simply resizing the pictures, to doing a complete overhaul on them, including: Resize, crop, layers, hue and color saturation, and so much more!

                I think that my artistic views reflect the work of many of the other photographers that we have introduced in class. I think that my photographs most closely represent the work of the photographers that enjoy working outside and love to take pictures of the outdoors. In my photographs, most of them happen  to take place outside or in the woods, or at a lake, or just about any other out doors area.