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

Putting the Pieces Together- Manual Collage

For this project, we took dozens of photos of one subject to explore different angles and perspectives. Using Photoshop, we built collages out of these photographs to show a creative manual art-style approach to show our subject!

Double Profile- Face Manipulation Effect

For this project, we used Adobe Photoshop to combine a self-portrait photo of our face with another manipulated element which could have been edited in a creative way. For my double profile, I created a few edits that combined several elements together for a totally unique and abstract look.

Flash Flash- Studio Lighting Experiments

For this project, I experimented 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!

Painting with Time- Light Painting

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!

Professional Form- Composition Photography

For this project we ventured out and created photographs using techniques such as: leading lines, rule of thirds, symmetry, etc.

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 hands and terror.

Extrospection- Portrait Photography

For this project, we shot portraits outside of school on location making use of lighting, depth of field, and framing to present our subjects in their best light! Thank you to my subjects Rowan Mccurdy and my mom (Elena Gustavson) for their help in shooting these!

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!

That 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 to shoot these. We'll be doing more studio photography soon!

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, we experimented with wide angle lenses, long exposure techniques, and more!

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.

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. I went a step further and added a surrealist vision of splashing down into a drinking glass.

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. My collage is about intensity and and letting the viewer project their own deeper meaning. The more you look at it, the more you will find.

Prop Photography Experiments

For this project, we explored props that could be used to accent photography and perspective such as lens balls, prisms, lights, powder, letters, symbols, and more! These are some of my favorite shots using props. I used prisms as my props.

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 compositions.

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!

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!

Shining Through- Clipping Mask Text Effect

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

Pixel Dispersion Effect

For this project, we created pixel dispersions by using custom Photoshop brush patterns to manipulate masks and layers to create an effect as if we were fading off into the background!

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!

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.

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!

Other Photography and Editing Work

These are some of my latest favorite pieces beyond our class projects.