Beauty Through My Eyes

Motion Blur! :)

My blur project turned out surprisingly well for how difficult it sounded!  I did two types of blur, Panning, where you follow the person and take a picture while the camera and the subject are in motion.  The other type of motion shot was still, when I took they picture holding the camera still and the subject moving.  One of my favorites is the one of my brother running because his legs an the background are blurred while his body is clear, making him look like he is running really fast.

These are two of my test strips.  For the contact sheet test strip, I did the full 30 seconds, and for the running one, I did 21 seconds.

Multiple Exposure

The contact sheet for the multiple exposure turned out well because all of the pictures developed. They were taken outside during the pouring rain, but there was plenty of light.

This picture of my brother was taken over a picture of a fence.  I thought that the texture of the fence would look nice against the background.  It is kind of an eerie photo because his hood is up, but I like it!

This was made by sandwiching negatives together, and it has a very depressing look.  I didn't mean to make it this way, but I thought the two pictures would go well together.

 

As it was pouring rain, like Oregon normally does,  I got a picture of me standing out in the rain and a stop sign.  I thought it would be like sending the weather a message to stop the rain!

I like this picture becasue it looks like my rother is coming out from the bushes because his face has the texture of the tree now.  I like how the texture has made the picture more interesting.

Infrared Landscapes

Each of these pictures were taken from a digital camera, put into photoshop and made into infrareds by inverting them and then playing around with changing the various colors.  On some of them I put a magenta layer over them to make it even more pink.  The blues and the reds were flipped and the green was taken out.  I really like how the top one turned out because the infrared is also shown in the reflection on the pond, where it would have been green.

Film Landscape!

This was taken of a stream, and I like how it turned out because of the shadows.  It is not a simple picture though because there is a lot of detail and that makes it a little busy.

It would have been better if the trees were more similar in height so that it could have a solid horizon line, but it turned out alright.  I think my camera was a little tilted so it made the picture turn out slightly slanted.

This is a close up of the grass that I took by laying on the ground.  I thought that by doing this I would be able to capture the texture of the grass better, as well as make it seem larger than life.

Here are some test strips I did of the landscape pictures.  Using increments of three seconds, I chose the frame that had the right tones of grays and blacks to make the picture turn out.

Scanned Face!

Self Portraits

Taking pictures while holding the camera was difficult, but I think this picture turned out pretty well focused compared to some.  It was taken inside so the aperture was wider because there was not as much light.

 I really liked the background for this picture, I gives the picture depth and makes you think.  My face is  blank making it hard to read what I am thinking.  The background is slightly out of focus which makes it look even better!

In this picture I look sad and distraught,  which makes it more interesting than if I was happy.  My eyes are darker so it is hard to read my emotions.

When I took this picture I thought you would be able to see my eye, but the shadow from my hand covered it.  I like the ring on my finger showing because it gives it texture.

Having my hand on my head looks like I am stressed out and worried about the future.  The coloring in this photo gives a mystic feel to the entire mood.

I thought that writing "HELP" across my forehead would be a powerful picture.  It could be portrayed as any different scenario, depending on what the viewer reads into it.