Project 1 (30x2)

Subject 1: My Garden In the Light

This is a plant that sits to the side of my driveway, and I selected it because of its simplicity, and beautiful nature between the mixture of light and the saturation. In terms of editing, I lowered the brightness, and increased the saturation giving it a dark yet rich appeal.

This is the same plant from above, but with this one here I wanted to change the mood that the photo gave to the viewer. Hence, I made the image black and white, and added a nice red filter to get rid of the darker color from the plant. But I wanted to keep its liveliness, so I increased the brightness to get the sun to really stand out. I chose this photo because it does a nice job integrating a dark gloomy mood, with an energetic and content feel. 

   This is the car that sits in my backyard/garden, and I chose it because I love the sun flares that I managed to capture with my camera. And also the reflections of the glistening silver metal of the car. In terms of edits, I increased the saturation, rotated and cropped the photo, increased the contrast and lowered the brightness. I really like the uplifting mood of the photo, and how the contrast darkened the areas that were not a part of the main subject.

Subject 2: Pioneer Square

This was taken while siting down in Pioneer Square, and I chose it because I really like long exposure photos, even though it's not really one. I edited it increasing the brightness and saturation, to get a similar effect. I also cropped the entire left side, and rotated it to give it a modern style of  photography.

Right behind from the one above I found this really cool fountain. I've always loved taking photos of water, and this was no exception. The flow of the water, and the length of the exposure give it a nice flowing feel. If I had my actual camera I could have done some really cool things with the water. Yet editing wise, I made the image black and white, and decreased the brightness and saturation, to give it a dark and depressing tone. 

  I took this photo at the max stop on pioneer square, and I just really like how the bright colors pop out a lot, and the darker colors recede. Also, intentionally having the subject in the center gives the viewer the a good feel of depth, and perception. In terms of editing I increased the contrast and saturation, and lowered the brightness. I really having the bright colors pop out, and have the darker colors recede, it just adds the the life of the photo, 

My Summer

My summer was not as exciting as previous years, but I made the most out of it. It started of with my first day of summer rowing. It went well but became a bit repetitive as the season progressed. During that time my grandparents came to visit for two weeks. It was really excited to see them, for last time I saw them was a year ago. Then my family and I went to Hood river for two weeks and spent the time kiteboarding, and paddle boarding. Both were extremely fun. Shortly after that, my cousins came. They were here for two weeks as well. It was really fun to see them, especially how much they had grown. With them we rented a house in the gorge and spent the time relaxing and enjoying the sun. Following their departure I spent the time hanging out with my friends and working on my very annoying health online course.

A photo of me mid air kiteboarding!