Composition 1

For this image we had to use a person, a place, and an object and combine them all into a good compositional piece. I used the girl as the person and then decided to put a pair of sun glasses on her. I had to skew and warp the glasses so that it would look like they were actually on her. I then decided to put the place which was the picture of the tree inside the reflection of the glasses. I then added a shine in glasses so that it looked as if there was bright sun shining on her. I also had to add shadows under the glasses so that it looked as if they were on her face. I then color burned her hair so that it had a little more contrast in it and color burned the green plants that were in the background. I feel that this piece was pretty successful because the illusion of the glasses on the face looks pretty realistic and reflections in the glasses also look realistic. The only parts I struggled with was the shadows under the girls glasses because when I burned under them her skin color turned a weird orange color.

Photo Correction

This is the photo that I corrected with photoshop because the old picture was too dark and kind of blurry. I lightened the picture and also played with the contrast of it. I then also played around with the color curves and levels and this is what I got.

Composition Piece

For my composition project where we had to alter the image to give it a better composition I first chose a background that was interesting to look at but did not detract from the main piece. I then wanted to put an older looking car driving down the road but I could find any pictures of older ones. I chose a picture of a new car and then used the paint and burn tool to make the car look older than it really was. I then put it on the middle of the road and put a shadow under it to make it look more realistic.

Four Artist Comparison

The four artists that we were asked to compare were Gregory Crewdson, Teun Hocks, Jeff Wall, and Cindy Sherman. All the artists were very attentive to detail and made sure that everything in the piece was in its proper place. All of the pictures were using real subject matter but they all have a very surreal quality to them. All of the pieces have a very eery mood to them and are very dark and moody. Gregory Crewdson's pieces are all very staged and looked like everything was placed in its place for a reason. Everything is very carefully planned. Whereas Teun Hucks is a lot more simpler when creating his pieces and are very surrealistic. Cindy Sherman seems to be more focused on the actual person in the picture as opposed to the background behind it like the other artists. Jeff Wall would have to be my favorite artist out of all of them because he has the most detail in all his works and they are all very interesting to look at. All these artists together have very similar styles in photographing and enhancing photographs and they are all very surreal.

Inherited Traits Review

The Inherited Traits gallery that I was able to visit on the opening night was a very nice show and the gallery was nicely set up. The two artists that showed their work there were very different and out of the two of them I definitely liked Nina Katchadourian more. Her piece with the family tree made out of everyday food product characters was put together very well and made you think about how these people are all connected in your own family. I also liked Heide Kumao's nightgown piece with picture from all the different places where her mother took pictures of her. I thought it was a good way to connect with her roots from her mother and grandmother.

This was my first time compositing one image into another in photoshop. I pulled the bog from one picture and put it laying down in front of the house. Once I got the dog into the picture of the house I then had to add some shadows to it so that it would look like the dog is sitting there and not floating. I thought that it was a pretty successful piece for my first time doing this on photoshop.

Week 1

There are many repetitions that are seen among this piece within the lines and the windows within the building. There are naturally occurring lines in the different color bricks that are descending horizontally down the building. Also the perfect array of windows that are going up the side of the building give it a more abstract feel to it. Also the angle at which this building was shot it gives it a more abstract look.