Portraits

I think this is my most successful portrait because it best captures how the subjects feel.  To achieve this photo, I used the framing technique of filling the frame.  I cut off Alvaro's (on the right) hair and ear and Kayla's ear to have the photo's focus be entirely on their facial expressions.  They both look very content and happy to be with each other.  The lighting of this photo was all natural.  It came from a window to the left of the subjects.  To edit this photo, I brought down the exposure, then I slightly turned up the darks.  Then I made it a tad bit soft and gave it a sepia tone to give the photo a warmer and classical feeling.  Lastly, I added in quotes that each one said about the other as to give the viewer the full of effect of how madly in love they are.

Photo Effects

This image is an example of the photo effect called Daguerreotype. Daguerreotype is a direct-positive photographic process that was used in the 1800's. It is done by putting a detailed image on a silver plated copper sheet sensitized by iodine. Then the image is then developed using heated mercury. To edit this photo, I added two different textures and made them very opaque. Then I added a third texture which created the black frame of my photo.  I took this photograph in my back yard. I like this one a lot because of the content. I think it looks like a wild chicken which is funny to me and I like the use of rule of thirds.

This is an example of the tilt-shift effect.  The tilt-shift effect uses lens blur to selectively blur a certain area of a photo which creates a shallow depth of field and gives the effect of everything in the photo looking miniature.  I took this photograph on the hill where Pittock mansion is.  Then I created this image by blurring everything surrounding the middle tower in the photo.  I love this picture because lots of people in Portland know exactly where it is because of the two blue towers in the upper right corner, and so they can recall how it actually looks.  I especially love how the river in the background adds to how small everything around it looks.