Photography and Photo Manipulation by Ben

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Scroll down below to see some selections of my work from this unit.

My Photos

These are some photographs I've shot beyond our projects.

Extrospection- Portraits On Location

After lots of practice doing portraits in the studio and outdoors, this project allowed us to shoot three or more portraits of two or more subjects in any location, style, and mood of our choosing. The most important elements of this shoot was to capture a sensitive depth of field, edit with portrait retouching techniques, and showcase our subjects in their best light!

Seasons Through the Lens- Four Seasons Photo Shoot

For this project we did a final studio portrait session where we shot portrait photos of a classmate themed on the four seasons in Vermont. We used outfits, props, sprays, gels, and advanced lighting setups to capture these looks. We also used portrait retouching techniques in Photoshop and Lightroom to edit and refine each portrait. These were my favorite shots from that series with Bryce as my subject!

Watercolor Effect

For this project we made our own watercolor art that we scanned in as high resolution layers. From there, we used Photoshop to mask and layer these paintings with photographs, making our own fusion of handmade and digital art!

Painting with Time- Light Painting Demonstrations

For this project, we worked with teams in a pitch black dark auditorium room to do some light painting. Using tripods and shutter speeds as slow as 20+ seconds, we created these light paintings by hand without any Photoshop or added effects.

Sketch Effect

During this project we turned a photo of ourselves into a "sketch", then combined it with a normal photo. I thought this was a fun exploration in Photoshop.

Image Restoration

During this project we used Photoshop to restore old photos and colorize them. This process was very interesting. (The photo here is from 1905.)

Clone Effect

This project involved taking multiple photos of myself with identical settings and angles to capture similar lighting and background, then combining them in Photoshop.

Collage Design

This project was focused on learning layering and masking in Photoshop. We took assets from the internet and edited them together on a Photoshop canvas. The collages were then printed on large format posters.

Levitation Project

For this project we edited photos of ourselves to make it appear as though we were floating.

Visually Clever- Prop Photo Effects

This project had an open-ended prompt to use props of any kind to create photo tricks, illusions, and interesting perspectives. Beyond thinking creatively about the props, we had to compose the photos to showcase clever concepts. I used vintage lenses, chains, and string lights as props to create these shots.

Studio Photography Project

This project revolved around studio lighting and portraiture to explore the use of our studio lights and gels.

Studio Lighting Compositions

For this project we worked as a team to shoot four traditional lighting setups, including the butterfly (an intense single light above our subject), a 45/Rembrandt (lighting from a 45 degree angle to cast shadows on our subjects face), a split (intense light from 90 degrees), a split with fill, and a final experimental lighting shot. These are our team’s products!

Pixel Dispersion Effect

For this project we used Photoshop brushes to make it look like we were warping, or bending reality.

Bring Me the Horizon- Landscapes

This project was a compilation of landscape photography that we shot making use of wide angle lenses, closed apertures, long exposures, tripods, and even HDR/panorama effects to capture vivid detailed landscapes. These were some favorites I shot during the fall season!

Make It Move- Photoshop GIF Animation

To preview our upcoming studies in graphics and animation, we made GIF sequences in Photoshop using some photography and other graphics. Photoshop is perfect for making GIFs and cinemagraphs since you can create them like a video using a timeline!

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