music project

I photographed a couple to show this main part of the song when she talks about how they got lost in their love. I edited this photo by making it black & white then i uploaded it to photoshop; I added my hand writing and some hand drawn hearts.

Portrait shoot

In this photo shoot I wanted to show Melissa's true personality & how she lights up a room.
I loved all the different angles I got at this shoot. I edited them all in lightroom using presets & deleting them on some parts. I really like how I cropped the last photo.

Connection to Place

I took all of these photographs at a beach in Half Moon Bay. I edited these with Lightroom & brightened the colors. I liked the blues being brighter and more poppy. This is the overall place.

This is the sound that I heard while I was at the beach, the waves continuously crashing against the beach & sand. I made this one very blue.

I loved these plants on the hill behind the beach & they were very pokey & sharp. I liked this point of view from on the hill. looking down at the beach but having it blurred out. 

 

This is a strong smell that I could smell around these plants. it was around the path to the beach. I made this one brighter and the purples darker so you can see the veins in the flower more.

paper project

 I cropped this one so that it was more off to the right of the frame and so there wasn't as many distractions in the background. for these I just folded two papers accordion style & clipped them together to stay in a circle type shape. 

for this one I made it B&W and then made it so that just the right top corner wasn't as bright, that was where my main light was coming from. I also made it so that it has a grainy look to it, like film.

studio shoot

I used Macro lighting, so up close. I used the two strip lights for that.
I learned how to photograph water and how to more quickly adjust the focus manually.

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light final

If i let myself sink into depression. I won’t be able to get out. And then I’ll be awfully unhappy. I just have to turn my face to the light and walk on. And trust that things will be all right.

-Marianne Faithfull