For today's double challenge we made color wheels from a picture we already took. I used a picture of a chicken from Tangerini's and my cat for a center piece. I adjusted each image's hue and saturation to try to come as close as possible to a color wheel, but the chicken's varied colors made it difficult to match. I decided a gradient background would work best, as it brings attention to the center, and black and white tones to draw attention to the colored poultry.
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We worked on making shadow art in which the focus is on the shadow.
I wasn't able to get as many as I'd've liked to, because I spent so long on getting each right, but I got a couple usable photographs. First, I made a set in which I used the projector and a paper arm to illustrate something opening up a cabinet and taking a pair of scissors. In the second set, I tried to make a silhouette of someone with a knife through their head, however it never worked out correctly. Sometimes it didn't show up, other times is was too visible. The best I ended up with was this one, but you can still see the dagger's mount. I changed a photo of me into a gradient, and chose cool colors to represent how I attempt to be calm and laid back, and use the jagged edges to show how I fail entirely, slowly fragmenting away.
I was only used to photo editing in photoshop, but I learned to draw, make gradients and experiment with opacity and brush types. It culminated in the Cat-Ken, the mythical beast that is said to dwell of the coast of Purrway, residing with the furmaids. The Cat-Ken is currently dealing with some interlopers invading its realm with utter disinterest.
Light to darkness is pen to paper.
We learned about shutter speeds and their effects on motion blur, along with its effects on light. The result is the ability to "paint" with light. At first, we just tried to draw shapes in the dark, but eventually we figured out that, by turning on the light at the end, the light could be shown on a person or object. Photography won't die until picture, video or the visual medium as a whole dies. It retains meaning, as it provides a way to get a copy of what the camera saw that can be retained, and the memories they hold will never become irrelevant.
My favorite picture is a picture of Ender (one of my cats) hiding underneath a piece of cloth draped over a railing. Only his head and tail poke out, providing a very cute photo. I like it because you can see how timid he is, and it looks like he's stalking you from his hideout. Example Genres: Portrait Landscape Sports Nature Cosplay Persuasive/Advertisement War Disaster Animal News I'm interested in animal photography, particularly cats. In addition to just taking a cute photo, I want to try to encapsulate their purrsonality. The elements of art interact with the principals of design like paint to a painting. The elements make the principles, which, in turn, direct and call attention to the elements, making a spattering of paint strokes art.
It's difficult to show only one element and principle in a photo because they comprise all of art. They inevitably exist, it's merely a matter of which is the most noticeable. My favorite "things" are my cats Ender and Valentine. They're resting together, a welcome break from their near-constant state of frenetic motion. Both cats love to sit on their blue mat, which affords them a nice view of the outdoors.
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