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

Layers on Layers- The Collage

For this project, we designed our own collages with dozens of layers that we selected, masked, and arranged using layering in Photoshop. I made a couple and I am planning on making more!

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 Danny and Landon for their help making this project!

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! I liked this effect so much I shot some others outside of school with some sparklers and other lights. Thanks to my team members Landon and Danny for their help making this project.

Seeing and Feeling- Macro Texture Photography

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!

Portraits

I did some portraits of my friends and family outside of school and heres a few of them!

Double Exposure Manipulation

For this project, we created our own versions of the classic photo manipulation effect known as a double exposure. Similar to what film photographers would do when they would shoot multiple photos on the same frame, we used Photoshop layering techniques to combine photographs together so that they used masking and opacity to show each other in an artistic and creative way. My double exposure combines a self portrait with an original landscape.

The Levitation Effect

For this project, we created a visual photography effect with layering, selecting, and masking to create the illusion of ourselves floating in air.

Going Streaking- Directional Blur Edit

For this project, we utilized some of the blurring tools in Adobe Photoshop to create unique effects that balance blurred looks with crisp photographic looks.

Composition Photography

For this project, we shot a series of photographs that had to showcase foundational composition techniques such as rule of thirds, leading lines, symmetry, layering, hard/soft lighting, cropping, golden ratio, and more general ideas like unconventional angles and “not looking for nice.” In these photos for my composition presentation, I made use of the rule of thirds, symmetry, leading lines, and even some references to the golden ratio/Fibonacci spiral.

Shining Through- Clipping Mask Text Effect

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

Attack of the Clones

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!

Get Studio Lit- Studio Lighting Compositions

For this project, we worked as a team to create some fundamental studio lighting setups as well as exploring with some more creative looks. The main looks we created here included the Butterfly (with one key light downward straight on), the Rembrandt (with a 45° angled light to a triangle of light across the subject’s face) and a split with a hard 90° light to dramatically fade light across the subject). We also have some bonus other looks in here, too!

Photo Challenge- Whisper and Shout!

These were submissions I shared for a class photo prompt to share 2 photographs; one that whispered (on the left) and one that shouted (on the right)!

Frog Collage!

For fun I made another collage edit with dozens of layers of frogs. 🐸

Borrow A Look- Lightroom Preset Development

For this project, we learned how to use and share presets in Lightroom to help our editing workflow. After installing some presets, we explored how presets could be used on our own photos, like this edit here!

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!