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

Furry Friends - Animal Portraits

These were some animal portraits I shot with a full frame Nikon D850 and a 85mm f/1.4G Lens. I love the soft focus of this lens and the wide aperture for lighting!

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!

Double Exposure Effect

For this project we used Photoshop to emulate a classic photography effect that came from vintage film photography when two images were shot on the same frame, using opacity to blend them. I combined a portrait and landscape shot to create this manipulation!

The Blockbuster- Movie Poster Redesign

For this project we recreated posters from famous movies starring ourselves. I made mine based on the FX show Dave. We designed these as high quality documents using the full size billboard layouts. We had to create every element ourselves and could only import limited credited assets, so other than the Anteater, every layer of this design was something I shot or brought together!

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!

Levitation Effect

For this project we shot multiple layers of the same scene and used masking techniques to create realistic effects with ourselves or other objects floating in the air.

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 prisms and macro lenses while exploring around to find interesting angles to create these shots.

Attack of the Clones

This was our first project in a “Photoshop Magic” series learning about photo manipulation. This effect was aimed at making “clones” of ourselves through photography and photo manipulation using layering and masking.

Attack of the Clones- Part 2

Similar to the effect above, this time I shot some friends on the bleachers to make an even bigger and more interesting clone effect with lots of subjects and lots more masking!

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!

Studio Lighting Compositions

For this project we worked 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. My favorite was this 45/Rembrandt that I shot of my instructor.

Seeing and Feeling- Texture Photography

For this project, we practiced manual camera control and exposure triangle settings as we shot our own macro photos. These photos were supposed to show texture through close up abstract frames with lighting to support the overall feeling. These are some of my favorite macros from this project!

Shining Through- Text Clipping Mask Effect

For this project, we learned about clipping masks to create our own text art by making images “shine” through typography. My text art is of a deceased rapper Capital Steez.

Layers on Layers- Collage

This was our first project in Adobe Photoshop to learn about masking and layering. Using selection and masking techniques, we created our own collages with dozens of photos. My collage is all about Pokemon characters and is made up of almost 30 layers.

3-2-1 Photo Walk

This was our first project getting into photography! To learn the basics of using our DSLR cameras, we went around campus and shot photos at home to capture a series of basic photos including 3 macro shots, 2 portraits, and 1 portrait. These were some of my favorites from that photo shoot!