Hockney's Joiners

Some of David Hockney's Work:

Telephone Pole (1982)

Merced River, Yosemite Valley (1982)

Pearblossom Highway (1986)

Similar Work From Other Photographers:

Alfie Thomas

Chloe Jade

Abstraction and Depth of Field

Abstraction Definition: something that is visionary and unrealistic. In photography, you use abstraction by focusing on pattern, shape, texture, form, and color. often, the whole object is not able to be seen.

Examples of abstract photography:

Ginny: City Lights Bokeh
The shallow depth of field they used for this makes this photo a good example of abstraction. The circles of confusion that are made using a low aperture really make this image effective.  

Steve Hodgson: Abstract
This is another effective example of using shallow depth of field to capture an abstract image. 

Tom Hilton
I really like this example of using shallow depth of field to capture an abstract image. the focus on the water and the low aperture was an effective choice for this image.

Sources: Photos
              Definition

Oldest Family Photo

William Wallace Casper

William Wallace Casper is my great, great, great, grandfather. He was born March 12, 1821 in Belleville, Ohio. He was baptized into the Mormon church, and a shortly after he married Sarah Ann Bean. They lived on a farm in Nauvoo, Illinois. He along with other Mormons were driven out of many different cities and states, they had to leave their home and farm behind. While they were traveling west, he had to leave his wife, and baby to join the Mormon Battalion. After serving, fifteen months later, he was joyfully reunited with his wife and two-year-old daughter in Salt Lake Valley, Utah. He and his family eventually homesteaded a farm and lived there with his wives and their 19 children.

Early Photographic Processes

Anthotypes: This process is good for photograms. In this process, sensitizer and pigment are made from organic extract such as juices from fruits, plants, flowers, and vegetables. These are made by dipping or brushing the organic extract on the canvas, desired objects are placed on the canvas, and it is laid out in the sun for a few days or even weeks.

Some early work from artists who worked with anthotypes are:

Sir John Herchel

Sir John Herchel

Sir William Herschel

Some contemporary artists that use this technique are:

Christine Elfman

John Opera

Cyanotypes: This process is pretty safe and inexpensive. It's good for beginners and you can often find kits to do it. You also don't need a darkroom to do it! The process takes sensitizing solution, rag paper or cloth, a transparency or items (stuff to put on the paper), and a piece of glass.

Some early work from artists who worked with cyanotypes are:

Anna Atkins

Final Portfolio

I choose photos that I thought, were of high quality, unique, and represented the project it came from the best. Many of my photos are sharp, high contrast, and colorful because those are the ones I like the most. Most of my images came from Project 5: Multiple Image Techniques and Project 9: Magazine because I felt I was really able to get the hang of the assignment and make great things from it. Some projects I only have one photo from because I didn't grasp the concept of that project as well. I felt that I improved through out the year and was able to make some great things. I'm glad I took this class.

Project 11: Stop Animation

This project was to create a short stop motion video. When I first heard of this project I immediately thought of baking. There are so many things you can do with baking, so that's what I did. I created a short video where I make waffles. I used a combination of iMotion and iMovie to create this video. On iMotion I filmed the video using both time-lapse and manually taking photos. I had a little trouble with the app because it's very easy to film the clips out of order. I had to go to iMovie to rearrange the  clips in the right order and to add in transitions, music, and titles. Enjoy!

Click HERE for the video.

Project 10: Utopia vs Dystopia Silent Films

For this project we created two films using small clips and making them into thirty second videos. One video is portraying Portland as a utopia, and the other video as a dystopia. I had lots of fun with this project. Together, as a class, we walked around downtown Portland taking videos of scenes and subjects that would make Portland seem as if it were one extreme or another.

Here are the links:

Utopia 

Dystopia

Project 10: Prework, Utopia vs. Dystopia

Utopia

The definition of utopia is a perfect society. For my project, this means I will take shots in the bright light of clean and beautiful buildings in downtown Portland. Plants are also a good way of conveying a feeling of peace and beauty, so I will probably be putting some shots of plants downtown.

Dystopia
The definition of dystopia is when everything is bad and unpleasant. For my project, this means I'll take shots of anything dirty. Like garbage cans, garbage, dark parking garages, etc.

Project 9: Magazine

In this project we created a magazine about a topic of our choice. I chose to do my magazine on nature, and named it Exploring Nature. I put in pictures from Oregon and Utah. I had just gone on a short trip to Utah when this project was assigned, so I had a lot of pictures from the trip. I also focused on Multnomah falls, hence the cover. I'd got a lot of great shots from a hike my family and I went on when I was creating this, so I was able to use the pictures in this magazine.

Project 8: Fine Art and Commercial Portraits

In this Project our assignment was to take and edit two fine art and two commercial magazine portraits. For my fine art I choose members of my family to photograph. I later edited them to enhance the mood of the photo, and chose the best photos to post. For my commercial Portraits I took photos that would work with my Nature/Adventure magazine I'm planing on doing. I took photos and edited them so that the colors would stand out, so it would catch peoples eye as an ad or a cover, and would make people want to buy the magazine or product. 

Fine Art Portrait

This is of my little sister. It took along time to get this shot. She kept on smiling and running away. I really like this photo with the shadows, contrast, and black and white. She's one of the only people in my family that has brown eyes, which I think works really well here. Unfortunately the day I took pictures of her, her friend had punched her in the face earlier. That's why there's that thing on her face to the right of her nose.

Fine Art Portrait
I wanted this photo to have the subject looking away from the camera, of into the distance. I couldn't get the lighting exactly right. It ended up being too bright, so her face was washed out. I edited to make it a little darker, so we can focus more on her face. 

Commercial Magazine Portrait
My mom and I went to Utah for a weekend after Spring Break. I took her picture looking over at the view of Provo. I think this would work really well for a nature/adventure magazine I'm going to be doing.

Commercial Magazine Portrait
My family went up to Mt. Hood on a very sunny day. This is my brother at Timberline. It was a clear day, so I was able to get a beautiful background behind him. This picture is an option for a nature/adventure magazine cover I'm going to be doing. I think it's a good commercial shoot. He has all his ski gear on and is holding his skis, with a snowy mountain behind him. This would be a good photo for a commercial for ski gear.  

Project 8: Prework

Dmitry Ageev
I love everything about this photo, the model's expression, the lighting, the contrast, the sharpness and the black and white filter. The mood is clear in this portrait because of what the photographer used, like the lighting and the editing.

Bill Gekas
I love the colors in this. The greens, reds, and pinks. I like the vignette and the lighting on the subject that makes you really focus in on her. I feel like everything fits together in this photo, the cherries on her ears, her rosy cheeks, and her red lips. I especially love the rosy cheeks and the braids, how the convey a sense of innocence. 

Photographer Unknown
I like the way she's positioned with her head looking sideways, it really works with this type of shot and where it's cropped. I also like how she's looking straight into the camera, and the color and the brightness of her eyes is what you immediately notice when looking at this cover. Her eyes and expression are what makes this cover stand out, which is what you want for a magazine since people will notice it and be drawn to it.

Photographer Unknown
I love this photo, the senary is amazing. This picture will definitely encourage people to hike. I like how the person is standing at the top, it works well with how the cover is formatted. I also really like the colors on the picture, and how they match the colors of the words.

Comparing and Contrasting the Fine Art Portrait and the Commercial Magazine Portrait
A fine art portrait wants to get the mood of the picture across, it is used to make the audience feel something. A commercial magazine portrait wants to make you want to buy something or look through the magazine. Despite them being different both of these use lighting, color, and contrast to make you feel of want to do something.  

Project 7: Surrealism and photo Montage

This project took me a lot longer than expected. I had one less day to work on it, which was a bit difficult for me Because even though the picture may not look like it, it's pretty complicated and there are a lot of steps. Most of the time went into the platform the bird and city are on. Like aligning the textures, and adding texture with different brushes. After I finished the platform, I cut out buildings and a bird out of my pictures I took downtown. All the images I used are ones I took. 

Project 7: Prework

Major Artists of the Surrealistic Movement:
Surrealism is a culture movement that strived to break the barriers of reality. Often it includes regular, everyday objects and creates illogical scenes with them. The Surrealistic Movement began in the 1920's, and still influences photography and other forms of art today. -- Wikipedia

Salvador Dali:

The Persistence of Memory (1931)

Mae West's Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment, 1934-1935

Max Ernst:

Ubu Imperator (1923)

The Fireside Angel (1937)

Rene Magritte:

The Lovers II, 1928

The Mysteries of the Horizon, 1928

Project 6: Alternative Process Through Digital Means

Description: 

In this project we used several different printing techniques (cyanotype, gum bichromate, and wet plate) to create original photographs. We worked with different textures and layers in photoshop to create these photos.

Cyanotype
I used a brush to create the rough white border. I then turned the image black and white, and tinted it blue. Afterwards, I put a water color paper onto give it the texture.

Gum Bichromate
I overlapped this photo with three different colors: pink, blue, and green. I used three different brushes, some that I downloaded, to brush them on.

Gum Bichromate
I overlapped this photo with three different colors: blue, red, and yellow. I used three different brushes, some that I downloaded, to brush them on.

Wet Plate
I took this picture of a bench near my house. I put three different textures that I liked on it to give it this look, and put on a border. 

Project 6: Prework

Wet Plate, Brady Wilks
Wet plate is an antique photographic printing process. It was discovered in the 19th century. Often they will have many different layers to make the image more textured.

Gum Bichromate, Sam Wang
This photographic printing process is based on light sensitivity of dichromates. It's a multilayer process, that involves different layers with different colors, with rough edges. 

Cyanotype, Deirdre Hawthorne
Photographic printing process that transforms the photo to a cyan-blue print. Engineers used this process up until the 20th century. 

Original art work using only brushes 

Project 5: Multipul Image Techniques

In this project we learned, experimented, and practiced three multiple image techniques: HDR, panoramas, and multiple exposure.

HDR

HDR

HDR

HDR

Motion

Motion

Motion

Motion

Panorama

Panorama