Lyrics

The lyrics I chose for this project are Bad News by Kanye West.
"Didn't you know I was waiting on you? Waiting on a dream that'll never come true. Didn't you know I was waiting on you? My face turned to stone when I heard the news. When you decide to break the rules?Cause I just heard some real bad news. People will talk like its old news. I played it off and act like I already knew. Let me ask you how long have you known too? You played it off and act like he's brand new.When you decide to break the rules? Cause I just heard some real bad news. Real bad news. Real bad news. Real bad news. Oh you just gonna keep another no you wont. Oh you just gonna keep it like you never knew. Oh you just gonna keep another love for you. Oh you just gonna. Keep it like you never knewwhile im waiting on a dream that'll never come true oh you just gonna keep it like you never knewmy face turned to stone when I heard the news what’s on the news channel crews."
I chose these lyrics because I can relate to them. I relate to the lyrics because I know how it feels to receive bad news especially if its concerning my significant other. Kanye West is an amazing artist I like most of his songs because they have universal themes. These lyrics make me feel as if he wrote the song for me.

Social Issue

My social issue is about relationships. Relationships affect everyone unless you are a sociopath. It affects the way you think and it affects your actions. Sometimes people take advantage of each other in a relationship.
I chose this social issue because it is something I go through everyday. The quote “I am not to be played like your favorite song” means I am not to be taking advantage of in a relationship. The photo is of my iPod and it is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of music.

Haunted Chavez

This project was one of my favorites. We had to find a background picture around school and use all the tricks we've learned in photoshop to make it haunted. My idea was to take a shot of the bathroom and add dead people and blood to the scene. The most difficult decision I had to make was to choose whether or not to add the skull in the wall. I couldn't get the blood to look real in the beginning but it turned out fine. I think I did well in creativity because the overall outcome of the project was great.

Critique: Parkeharrison's "Gaurdian"

An idle stump in the middle of a vacant clearing is the platform for a man who wants to replace himself with a hacked tree. With branches tied to his limbs, he stares down at the rough earth below him wit uncertainty. Suited in a black ensemble, he seems as if he is dressed for a funeral. The black suit may be a symbol of the death of the forest. He has lumber tied to his back and wooden stilts tied to his feet. He looks as if he wants to replace his life with the lifeless tree. It seems as if he is trying to stand above misery that surrounds him. His face has an excruciating expression which probably means that he is suffering like the rest of the trees that have been severed from their roots. The message, which is the importance of wood conservation, is clearly depicted.

Scary Expressions

When I look at this picture I think of all of the zombie movie's I have seen. This picture may be one of the best pictures I've created. It look so realistic. I've shown so many people this picture and they all think the same. My favorite part of making this was adding the ugly facial features.

When I look at this picture I think of a scary movie. If I was ever stuck in a situation where I was stuck on a bridge with a ghost, I think I would lose my mind. The ghost in this picture looks very convincing. I am very proud of myself. I enjoyed cutting myself out of another picture and adding me into this one.

When I look at this picture I think of the Micahel Jackson video Thriller. It has alot of detail. It also looks very disgusting. It looks as if someone threw up on my face.The eyes are the scariest thing in this picture. I enjoyed adding the nasty looking texture onto my face.

The Scream: My Interpretation

My interpretation of this painitng is that there is a weird man screaming out of horror. He has his hands on his head like he doesn’t want to hear something. The man is on a boardwalk under a very dark and dreary sky. There is someone standing in the distance but they do not have a weird face like the screaming man has. The water is swirling behind him. The person who created "The Scream" used dark colors so viewers can understand the painting’s tone.

Creative Me

This project was an opportunity for us to put the tools we have learned to use. We were to take one of our portraits, and change it creatively using the following: selection tools, layers, adjustment layers, layer styles, blending options, paint brushes and opacity.

I love the color contrasts in the image. The colors are very vibrant. I like layer styles alot becasue it makes the picture more artistic. I feel very confident about my Photoshop skills because I didnt know how to to use the tools before. But now I'm pretty good at it (patting myself on the back). My hair is cool too.

Adjustment Layers

In this exercise we learned about Adjustment layers. Adjustment layers allow you to add adjustments to your image on separate layers instead of directly to the image itself. This comes in handy during long complicated projects. In Photoshop every tool is specifically designed to help improve your photo. However, here we took some artistic liberties and explored adjustments creatively.

Self Portraits

For our Self-Portrait project we were to take three self-portraits. They were all to be in black and white, and they were all to capture a mood of some sort. We were also challenged to be as artistic as possible, and stay as far away from normal, cliche portraits that we see on personal pages etc. as possible.One had to use the rule of thirds as the base for the composition; One had to incorporate leading lines, and one had to be taken from a more extreme angle.

My most successful picture is the rule of thirds portrait. I think it is the best because it shows my artistic side better than the others. Next time I will use different strategies to get an artistic picture.. I could've used more props in the pictures. I felt that I did pretty good overall.

Contact Sheet

I feel that my contact sheet came out impressive. I lined the pictures up pretty well so I could have room in the middle of the picture to put text in vertically. I couldve picked a better text font because I dont feel that it fits the contact sheet. Out of all of the compostional tricks I think that my Rule of Thirds picture came out the best. I enjoyed Extreme Angles because it was very out of the ordinary and I had to do some pretty funny things to take pictures like laying on the ground.

Compositional Trick #5 Cropping

I changed the composition by cutting out the extra parts in the picture. I focused on the emphasis which is the caution tape. I like the cropped photo better because it eliminates the extra and unimportant features of the picture. I used the crop tool to make my picture smaller and I also used the crop tool to extend the borders of the picture.

Compositional Trick #4 Extreme Angles

In order to get this angle I stood over the model who was doing a hand stand. I like the color contrasts in the picture. I also like the model's pose. I could've stood back a little more to improve this picture beacuse (as you can see) my shadow is visible. Photographing from an extreme angle can make the shot more interesting because people dont see each other at extreme angles. It is out of the ordianary. I chose to photograph at an extreme angle because it enhances the picture.

Compositional Trick #3: Macro

Macro is when you get close to a picture. The macro button a camera has a flower. U can use macro when you want to get close up enough to see a texture. You can also use macro to take a depth of field picture, which is when the main emphasis of a picture is clear but the backgorund is blurry.

Macro is a good trick to make a picture more attention grabbing. My favorite macro picture was the texture of my hand. I like this picture because it is very artistic. Macro made this picture more definite. You can see every detail in the hand.

Compositional Trick #2: Leading Lines

The lines you see in this photo are called Leading Lines. These lines lead you into the main emphasis of the picture. They also lead you straight into the photo and takes you somewhere else. The purpse of the lines in this shot is to draw you to the rag stuck in the celiling.

Compositional Trick #1: Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds is a way to make a picture more interesting by not putting the main object in the middle of the picture. You make a Rule of Thirds picture by diving the picture into a 3x3 grid. Then you put the main object in one of the intersections. In the photo above, I placed the surveillance camera in one of the intersections.