Color Focus!

Part One:


This part of my project has little or nothing to do with color. Twitchell asked to to take someone's senior picture and I did.

While I was taking this picture, despite the fact that portrait photography is something I loath, I tried to listen to what Myron wanted most.

I snapped a few shots and then showed him the pictures, it was a little frustrating at first because he didn't like anything I was doing.

Finally, I got a shot that he enjoyed, despite Stephan's complaining of "cut off limbs."


Before Edit:





After Edit:



As you can see, the picture, before I edited it, looked over exposed and had a rather soft look to it. I edited the picture using Adobe Photoshop CS3, and added some texture to the picture with a high pass filter and soft light. I also used a burning technique that Stephan taught me. After a few different layers and edits, I decided that the picture seemed well enough to send to Mr. Louis; which I did. I am looking forward to seeing my photo in the year book, it seems sort of exciting.



Part two:

This part of my project was the focus on color part. With these images I was trying to convey a sense of color shown at my place of employment- Silverwood Theme Park. I got my inspiration for these images here:
http://themeparkphotography.com/TPP_Dorney_Template.html


Although, at this website they photographed more the rides than the other things within the park, and I decided to do the exact opposite. I photographed the people, the food items, the employees. It all seemed a lot more "colorful" than the simple rides themselves. (Which aren't very colorful at Silverwood, except Aftershock!)

Picture One:


This is a picture of a cotton candy vendor that happened to be closed when I took a picture of it. In Photoshop I changed the colors and a little bit to get them to pop a little more, and put a high pass filter-soft light-layer mask on the cotton candy place. I always find in ironic that it's mostly for cotton candy and it looks a lot like an old school popcorn maker.


Picture Two:



This image was taken to show color in a soft of dark setting. Haleigh and I were sitting on a bench in the shade, and I decided that this would be a cool shot of a ride stick. People hate those things... a lot of ride operators get yelled at over the height restrictions being off.


Picture Three:



This image, Haleigh and I were riding scrambler. I was going to take a picture of her, but she got upset with me, so I moved the camera to something more interesting. I love the red and blue contrast on this picture, with the faint out of focus corkscrew and middle of the ride in the background.


Picture Four:





These are both picture of employees at silverwood, the top one is Shaun, and the bottom one is Sam. Shaun is a ride operator and Sam is the rides supervisor. Both very cool people. I decided that these pictures went hand in hand because I took them with the mindset that the shirts would be the emphasis on color.


Out of all the projects I've done, I think I'm most proud of this one... the more I take pictures and the more I experiment on my own the happier I am with the photos I've been taking. These projects have become more than just a weekly grade in my life, they're sort of a fine line of organization, which I have missed a lot during the summer.

I'm looking forward to the portrait section.

-Mursadii Link