Self Scanning

I thought this was an interesting project. Some of the photographs came out really good, and others didn't. I think that having the texture of my hair in the photos makes the scans really cool.

Portraits

This is Emily. This was taken in front of my house while she was in the car.  Emily's face was reflecting the light, and I thought her "silly" face really brought out her funky personality. This is my favorite photo I have taken all year.

Kaylee was very smiley, and I thought the red beads would make her face have a little  more color, but by the time I Cross processed them, it didn't really effect the coloring on her face.

This was a door to door salesman walking in my neighborhood. I took this photo in the street in front of my house. Something about his face just made me want to photograph him...

This is the older couple that lives across the street from me. They were going out for an afternoon walk.  When I took this it reminded me of the famous "American Gothic" painting.

This is my neighbor Kent. He was working on his car, and I was making fun of him for wearing his hat sideways. This captures the funny side to my neighbor.

This is Victoria. She has a funky eye, and thinks its funny to scare people with this face. This top photo reminds me of old photos from the 70's and 80's. 

Wendy has been a friend for a long time. I took this photo at her hair salon.  Its hard to resist her big smile. 

These are my top 10 favorite photos.

Self Portraits

In this photo, I liked the fun design on the bus stop windows. I thought it would have a nice graphic look to it.

This is one of my favorite photos. I love the background and it really shows what I like and who I am as a person.

I thought this was a cool funky hat.  It reminded me of fish and the air bubbles they release, so I made a fish face. =)

I was getting my hair done, and I looked like a dinosaur with tin foil everywhere, but now that I look at in from a photographer's standpoint, I like the contrast that the tin foil gives off and how it reflects the light.

Beauty in Photography

Beautiful Photography is looking at a photo and being able to have a new outlook on life. Looking at life from another perspective.  You can take ugly photos by messing the photos up, but to produce an ugly photo, you really have to try. Ugly photos don't change the way we look at life, they make us see what we already know.

I believe this is a beautiful picture, looking at this tree and flower from a new perspective.

Pumpkin Guts

Today we added guts to our photoshop pumpkin. I learned that if you take the opacity down, you can see some of the guts through the other layers. I am really happy about how this image turned out. I can't wait to do similar projects in the future.