Music

I did this music project based off of the Earth, Wind and Fire song, Shining Star. This is one of my favorite songs by them and the trumpet section is incredible in the band. I used to play trumpet growing up, so I wanted to tie the two together. I went outside and placed the trumpet facing away from the sun so that the horn would have a dark shadow. Then that night I went out and took pictures of the moon and sky. My edits include contrast and shadows. In photoshop, I used the text tool to place the lyrics in the picture and the copy and paste feature to place the moon in the horn

Portraits

I wanted to show how even though my sister is an intimidating player on the football field. I took all of these pictures at her house up in Sonoma.

I wanted to show that her focus as of late has been powder puff football by having the ball be in focus and her blurred out.

I wanted to display her intensity on and off the field by showing off her game face and eye black

I wanted to show the relationship between the elderly and modern day technology and how it is very tough for them to process (my grandma with a iphone).


Flash

Connecting with Space

I went to Lafayette Reservoir for this project. I used to go here often as a kid with my dad, so I figured it would be logical to go here for the project. I went down to a secluded dock with no one around me and sat on the bench for a couple of minutes to take everything in. 

These are berries I saw at the reservoir. Edits: contrast, highlights and vibrance.

Edits: Graduated filter, blues, shadows

Edits: Blacks, contrast, clarity

Edits: Contrast, oranges, shadows.

Paper

 My mom made a paper airplane for my physics project and I ended up using it for this. I set up a black cardboard for the background and a black paper for the bottom. I had a desk lamp, which I used to create shadows. My edits include, contrast and clarity

This is the same as the first, but i turned it upright and had the lamp more to the left of it, rather than above it. My edits include contrast and whites

Cartoon

This is a cartoon of my dad. I used the pen tool to draw outlines on most of his features, his eyes being the hardest. Then I filled in his hair and skin using the eye dropper for a realistic color. Afterwards, I burned his hair and skin to give it some texture.

Enhance with Light

I added a gradient layer to make my initial rays. Then I changed layer mode to screen and also used perspective to change the angle of the rays. After I changed to color overlay to a faint yellow and used the custom shape tool to create more rays. I repeated the color onto the new rays and created a new layer for a sun simulation.

Pop Art

This is a picture of my dad holding the trumpet. I changed the hue of the subject to around 77% and the cutout filter to 3 and paint bucketed the background. After that, I duplicated the picture and changed the background of each picture. Afterwards, I doubled the size of the canvas and duplicated the layer again, and then changed the background color.

Music Project

 This image shows my dad playing the trumpet. I chose this angle to show his focus on his performance. I used shadows, whites and contrast

 This is a close up of my dad hands playing the trumpet. This shows how he can express himself through the sound and melody that his fingers can create. I used a soft brush on the border, exposure and clarity.

 This shows how my dad takes his trumpet playing seriously. He is very proud of his trumpet career.
My edits were soft brush, blacks and contrast.

This shows how my dad can be at peace while playing an instrument (mellophone). My edits were contrast, shadows and blacks.

Underexposure

This underexposure is 2 steps down from having balanced exposure

This is one step down from having a balanced exposure.

Underexposure creates better contrast in the picture. It also makes the photos be more dramatic and have a better composition.

Text Warp

I used a gray metal gradient as the background. The opacity was 85% and I warped the word horizontally and bent it. I used an inner shadow, and an inner glow. My pattern overlay was at 78%. The word means x-ray in German

Liquid Fireworks

Motion

This is the panning shot. I set my shutter speed to 60 and then balanced out the aperture. Edits I used were clarity, and contrast.

 This is a blurred shot of the ball being hit off the bat. I set my shutter speed to 15 and then balanced out the aperture. Edits I used were brush on the background and clarity.

 This is a frozen photo. I set my shutter to 300. Edits I used were clarity and exposure.

This is a frozen photo. I set my shutter to 160. Edits I used were contrast and blacks

Bloody Fruit

For this picture, I took a photo of a fake pepper. I downloaded photos of a yawning cat, and two blood pictures. I warped most of the downloaded photos to fit with the pepper. For the redness around the mouth, I used an soft brush to coat the mouth with red.

Landscapes

 This is taken at Briones because it's full of natural landscapes. I'm trying to express the relationship between nature and wildlife. Edits I used were tint, temperature, shadows and saturation.

 This photo was taken at Briones on the top of an isolated hill facing the sunset. I chose this because the sky was very vibrant. I'm trying to communicate the importance of preserved nature. Edits I used were saturation, blues, shadows and tint.

 This is taken at Briones as well. I'm trying to communicate the freedom that nature provides. Edits I used were orange, temperature, saturation and contrast.

This is a picture at Briones also. I'm trying to communicate serenity through nature. Edits I used were shadows, contrast, temperature, tint and graduated filter from bottom up.

Photoshop Adjustment Layers

This is the original.

This is black and white

This is curves

This is levels

This is photo filter

This is posterized

Portraits

 This is a picture of Gabi Giovannetti throwing leaves up in the air at one of the Hidden Lakes baseball fields. We were here because it was an open space with good lighting. I tried to communicate happiness through nature. Edits I used were contrast, clarity, and whites.

 This is candid picture of Gabi at Stranwood elementary. We were here because our friend Sophie lives close by. I tried to communicate how industrialized people have become through the use of the camera as a prop. Edits I used were clarity, shadows, contrast and blacks.

 This is a picture of Sophie at Stranwood Elementary. We were here because she lives very close to it and there was good lighting there. I tried to communicate happiness through her facial expression. Edits I used were whites, clarity, and contrast.

This is a candid photo of Gabi and Sophie at Stranwood Elementary. We were here because Sophie lives close to the school and there was good lighting. I tried to communicate happiness through friendship. Edits I used were contrast, whites, shadows and clarity.

Lines

 This is a photo of a bottlebrush flower in my backyard. I liked this picture because of how the macro-imaging captured the little lines of the flower. Your eye moved diagonal from the plant stem to the whites of the pollen. Edits I used were clarity, contrast, vignetting, and whites.

 This is a photo of my glass front door. This is in my top four because I liked how the little intricacies formed lines within the glass frame. Your eye moves up the bold vertical line and side ways along the bold horizontal line. Edits I used were exposure, contrast, clarity and blacks.

 This photo was taken at UC Davis. I liked it because of how the trees form a natural border. Your eye moves up the tree branches. Edits I used were exposure, clarity, blacks and shadows.

This is a picture of a plant hanging from a palm tree. I liked this photo because of the macro imaging caught the little lines of the plant. Your eye moves from top to bottom down the base of the plant. I used vignette, clarity, shadows, contrast and whites.