Digital Photography 1:

Connor N.

This Portfolio is a collection of my combined works from the begining of the School year in August 2023 to the end of the semester in January 2024. This year was the first time I had really taken up photography and really began to see a change in the way I take photos.

August, 2023

This is the first photo I had taken and edited in photography class. The image was taken outside the 3rd floor entrance with my phone and edited via google photos. This photo was the beginning of an editing style I picked up, where I give photos a Polaroid-esque blue tint, a mild contrast and strong shadows. This was part of the "Notice What You Notice" project.

September, 2023

This was part of the "Microskills" Project, and was my first project taken with a professional camera. I had scooped up some gravel with the spoon and took a photo as soon as it poured out. I only noticed the lighting hexagons when I went in to turn the project in.

September, 2023

One of my attempts of using the Green Mile to represent the rule of thirds, for this shot I utilized a more cinematic blue tint and high contrast, along with a vintage grain. This was part of the "Rule of Thirds" Project

October, 2023

This was taken the day before I worked on the Patterns Project, and I had found the teacher's example of it on a nearby desk, and decided to utilize it. I decided to give it a calm relaxed feeling while editing, like the previous photos, Google Photos was used to edit it.

October, 2023

This was taken for the Patterns project, I had shut off the lights for the camera room to reduce all light to only the candles. I had used google photos to raise the contrast enough to remove all remaining light, and to create a more cinematic shot. This photo was part of the "Patterns" Project

October, 2023

This was taken in mid October, involving using candy as the main subject for a photo shoot, I had found the camera room with all the lights off and decided that it was a good opportunity to try cinematic shots. Like most of my first photos, this one was edited with google photos. This was part of the "Scavenger Hunt" project

October, 2023

This was the first photo edited using lightroom, it had marked the change from google photos to adobe lightroom.

October, 2023

This project was one of my all time favorites, as there was no set guidelines. I didn't have to worry if the photo fit the project, only if the photo was good or not.

October, 2023

The pumpkin carving project was the second EMACE project I had worked on, and it was a unique one, as we never had groups use a single main subject before so it was a first for me. At this point I was fully used to using Lightroom for editing and it became my primary software.

October, 2023

With Halloween coming up, the teacher had decided to do one more Halloween-themed project, I had joined up with a small group and began shooting photos. We had decided to experiment with various objects for a blurring effect, that is when we found a red balloon, which gave us very promising results. I had used Lightroom for editing, and it made the spooky theme much more noticeable. Part of the "Ghosts of Haven" Project

November, 2023

We began working with exposure, ISO, and Shutter speed. This photo was taking using blurring from changing the shutter speed. The photo was part of the "Freeze and Blur" project

November, 2023

This project was different than what I would normally do, I had used F-4 for the photo, and had a good result in terms of background blending. This was a part of the "Headshots" project.

November, 2023

I had taken this photo in November as part of the abstraction project, and had taken a picture of a tree and through the use of editing, I had made it resemble a forest.

November, 2023

I didn't make drastic changes with editing, primarily bringing exposure up and bringing it overall to a Jurrasic park feel. I like this photo because of the shades of red and the contrast.

I went with army soldiers and a dinosaur figurine. To add to detail, I decided to use a red light to make it seem like everything was only lit up by a flare. This photo was a part of the "Toy Story" project.

November, 2023

I had taken this photo in november as part of the One Light project, It was difficult preventing the light from shining directly into the camera, but eventually I got it.

December, 2023

I had taken graphic design last year, so I was already familiar with what to do, although using Mac mice are a lot harder to control that the normal mice, I feel like the project turned out nicely. I decided to merge two photos of Andy and Andrew sitting on a bench, I then traced then put the two together. The most challenging part of this was that my mouse is broken and will either move way too much or way too little, or sometimes just move on its own.

December, 2023

For this project, I had taken another photo of a mural, and began editing it again. I had stretched the stars outside the original bounds of the mural, made the aroura stick out more, and added some wear onto the walls. In the end, I was proud of this project and felt that I had made the right choice by giving this photo a second wind.

December, 2023

I didn't have much of an idea as to what I was going to do, so I played around with different photos until I found 2 that worked together, then did some editing.

December, 2023

I had to take multiple photos and put them together for this project, overall I like how this project turned out

January, 2024

This was the final project we worked on. Titled "Gratitude" the goal was to find a picture that captures the meaning of gratitude. And to me, gratitude means showing appreciation for the world around you and the acknowledgment of circumstances. The colored clouds represent the world and our circumstances and the flag represents all who live in it. I had worked on the project with the goal of creating something that represents how colorful and unique the world is if you simply just look around and think “what would the world look like if that wasn't there?” The photo was made using selective color, blending and masking. The photo itself stands for the unique beauty of the world. At first I had not even thought of using the original photo, I was simply playing around with settings on photoshop not expecting anything to happen. However I had found 2 photos in which both the most vibrant section of one and the clouds of another lined up perfectly. In the end I had used 4 different photos blended together into one, and my goal for the project had been completed. This was my final project, and I wanted to be sure it would be my best.

I had always enjoyed photography, and this class did not change that. It had made me stop to think about the little things more. I enjoyed this class, and felt like it was sucessful in improving my photography skills.

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