This photobook is a collection of photographs taken through out the Winter semester for COMM 300. From portraits to landscapes and every object and angle in between, this is the best of what I have done the last three and a half months.
I have loved this class and I am very pleased with my work. I have grown exponentially in my knowledge and skills with a DSLR and auxiliary lighting, editing in Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom and Photoshop, and successful capturing techniques.
I uploaded this photo to a street art photo contest. I added tags, a brief description and categories to maximize exposure.
I love graffiti and street art and I had the perfect picture to submit, which is why I chose it. Street art is fascinating and interesting because there is always a story about why it’s there, what it means and why that place was chosen and most of the time we’ll never know.
https://www.viewbug.com/contests/street-art-photo-contest/gallery?new&join
Entered 3/24/2018
I entered this photo into a contest called “It Is Red”. I added tags, a description and categories to help boost the photo. I didn’t include my watermark though.
This is one of my favorite photos because the blue background makes the red rose pop. I thought it would go well in a contest about red objects. I picked that contest because you can win a light as well. I am hoping the clarity, macro depth, and the uniqueness of color choices will do well.
https://www.viewbug.com/contests/it-is-red-photo-contest/gallery?new&join
Entered 3/24/2018
This was during our class shooting session with macro filters. I used a continuous light and a little dropper to get the water droplet just right. I loved the colors and the focal point, which is why I chose it. I used Adobe Lightroom to lighten the shadows and darken the highlights, and then I opened it in Photoshop. I used the content aware fill to make the water droplet more on a third line. I changed the colors so it would be more warm and vibrant.
I took these with my depth of field assignment, but didn’t use them in my final blog post. I really like them so I want to include them in my photobook.
You can find hope, you can give hope or you can be hope.
I wanted to portray hope in someone’s life. I invited my good friend to be my model and we set out to find a prop. We found this beautiful little scaled ball at Hobby Lobby made of shell. It was opalescent and beautiful and stood out among the other trinkets. We bought and found a grungy alley and decided to go for it. I wanted to show that hope can be found anywhere and it can even be ourselves.
It was snowy and windy, which didn’t make for great shooting conditions but the cold helped the photos to stand out more. I used the natural lighting and my Canon Rebel T6 with my 50mm prime lens. I processed them in Adobe Lightroom and then Photoshop.
These are the photos from my #hobbylobbychallenge. I used my Canon 1300D with my 50mm lens and had no auxiliary lighting, just the store lights. I processed them through Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. It was so fun, a great challenge and I think they turned out pretty well for being in a craft store. I got several different moods with the same props and same location, and that is a great success.
My professor, Caryn Esplin, reminds us often to pay attention to details. It is the difference between a good photo and an exquisite one. What’s more detailed than a macro photo? They show a whole new world we don’t notice on a daily basis. I love the gorgeous details in these photos. I used a 4+ and a 10+ macro filter on my 75 – 300mm lens to shoot these photos.
For three out of my five Bannack, Montana fine art photos, I decided to do landscape. I loved the old buildings in the town. They had rich textures and beautiful architecture. They spoke volumes about the people who built Bannack and the generations of folks who lived there. It was fascinating to see a snapshot, pun intended, from several different eras.
Valarie McAllister 