Thank you for visiting my Photography and Photo Manipulation page!

Scroll down below to see some selections of my work from this unit. Welcome to my Photography Page!

SkillsUSA Vermont Submissions

These were some of the photos I shot while competing in SkillsUSA Vermont for the Photography contest. Within the 48 hour contest we competed by shooting portraits, submitting a field shoot, and offering portfolio pieces. These were shots from my portrait session and field shoot!

The Blockbuster- Movie Poster Redesign

Attack of the Clones Edit

For this project, we used layering techniques to make this special effect to make it look like we had several clones in the same frame!

Frame Manipulation Effect

For this project, we created a cool frame effect on some original photography using masking and selecting to make it look like there was a frame or shape actually interacting with our photograph!

Bring Me the Horizon- Landscape Photography

These are some of my favorite landscapes shot for our cumulative project series to shoot landscapes at some favorite locations. To get these shots, I experimented with the use of my DJI Mavic drone, wide angle lenses, long exposure techniques, and more!

Texture Macro Photo Series

For this project, we explored macro photography by shooting abstract and metaphoric images of textures. Each photo has a unique name to add the atmosphere of it!

Studio Life- Intro to Studio Photography

For this project, we got our first introduction to the studio by shooting portraits of each other using our Profoto studio flashes. I worked with Sam and Blue to shoot these with Natasha as our subject! We'll be doing more studio photography soon, so check back for more!

Collage- Photoshop Masking/Layering Project

For this project, we designed our own collages with dozens of layers that we selected, masked, and arranged using layering in Photoshop. My collage is about Space!

Shining Through- Text Clipping Mask Design

For this project, we learned about clipping masks by designing text art with images shining through the letters.

The 3-2-1 Photo Walk

This was our first ever project! For this project, we walked around campus to explore the basics of DSLR photography by shooting 3 macro, 2 portrait, and 1 landscape composition.

Painting with Time- Light Painting Exploration

For this project, we used long exposures in a dark room to make light paintings! All of these were created in-camera without needing any editing in post! Thanks to my team members Blue, Aaliyah, and Tasha for their help making this project!

Watercolor Effect

For this project, we painted our own abstract watercolors. From there, we scanned our paintings at high PPI qualities and brought them into Photoshop. Using some layering and masking techniques, we combined original photography with our watercolor to create an interesting hybrid of digital and hand-made art!

Flash Flash- Studio Lighting Experiments

For this project, I worked with a team to experiment with exposure tricks in the studio. We used long exposures to capture many effects including double exposures (where we shot multiple flashes to appear in different places across the frame) as well as using LED tubes to get crisp portraits with light trails by using a flash. These were created in camera and were not Photoshop’ed! Thanks to my team members Blue, Aaliyah, and Tasha for their help making this project!

The Sketch Effect

For this project, we learned about layer modes and how to use effects like blurring and the filter gallery to edit a photo to look like a sketch of ourselves; from there, we combined that sketch edit with another photo to make a scene as if we were being drawn in real life! For mine, I made it look like my paper sketch was being shredded away!

Gray Backdrop Studio Portrait Exploration

For this project, we experimented with lighting on a middle gray paper backdrop to make several different looks all from the middle gray. Using the gray tones as a “sponge” of light and color, we used lights to transform the grey to be pure white, deep black, and to have vibrant color as portrait backdrops.

Bringing the Past Back to Life- Photo Restoration

For this project, we used Photoshop healing and fixing tools like spot healers, content aware fill, and blurring tricks to recover blemishes on old photographs that have been affected by time. As a final step, we used special layer painting techniques to transform these old photographs into modern-looking color photographs. See my before/after work below!