Project 4

  I certainly enjoyed taking all of these pictures, but I do prefer to keep myself behind the camera. Taking a picture of, "the Other" was certainly fun, but I feel that I learned more from taking pictures of the "Alphabet Soup." Looking at things from a different perspective and finding shapes and letters in nature was a new experience. Some of the shapes or letters were easier to find than others, but for some, I really had to look. Although I learned more from taking the, "Alphabet Soup" pictures, taking "the Other" picture was more fun. This project worked out well for me because I had the opportunity of meeting some very interesting characters, that I had met once before, (whom I don't know), the week previous. I most deffinately decided that these knights and assassin were going to be my strangers picture. I had seen them in Grants pass, down town, the Friday before this project. I had to take a picture of them, and asked their permission, they agreed and voila! I asked them to pose for the picture, but got the unexpected result of a blury assassin, behind the knights. For my "Friend" picture, I decided that it would be most appropriate to use my dog, Bismarck. It was difficult to get him to stay still long enough to get the picture.

  For the picture of myself, I played around with Hue and Saturation, aswell as contrast. In the picture of my dog, I couldn't think of much. So I decided to create a new layer and use the paint brush to create extra effects to show his other side. As far as, "the Other" picture, I decided to go with the blury assassin effect that was already there. I created new layers, used quick mask, then used the paint brush to highlight the assassin in the backround, giving him color, and used saturation/contrast to make the rest of the photo black and white. The only way I changed the final "Other" image was by adjusting the size. As for the pictures of the letters, I continued to play around with Hue/Saturation, Contrast, and newly discovered Vibrance.