Scroll down below to see some selections of my work from this unit. Welcome to my Photography Page!
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!
For this project, we researched famous movie poster designs and recreated them from scratch with ourselves as the main subjects. Although some assets were imported and credited, we shot all the photography and created our own traditional movie credit text so that we could be the stars of the film! For my poster, I recreated the design for Breaking Bad featuring Mr. B and I as Walt and Jesse!
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!
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!
For this project, we shot a series of portraits in the studio to showcase different looks and feelings that represented the four seasons in Vermont with winter, summer, spring, and fall. In addition to using props and costumes, we used lighting and framing to communicate the colors and feelings of each season in the studio. Thanks to Blue for being my subject!
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!
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!
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!
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!
For this project, we learned about clipping masks by designing text art with images shining through the letters.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
These are some other photos I've shot this year beyond our projects!
Visit my Instagram @e_l_i_a_s__m where I try to post my photos twice a day.