LHS Digital Photography Blog - Amanda Taylor

To create the two kaleidoscopes above, I took one picture of a heavily graffitied wall and one picture of a pumpkin resting in some succulents. I edited the first image to portray a dark and menacing look by increasing the contrast and emphasizing the reds. The pumpkin was too perfect to edit.

This project was focused on exploring all kinds of contrast and balance in photography. Because contrast is one of my favorite subjects in photography, I found this project almost as exciting as the color project. At the same time, I wanted to explore different kinds of photography to see which one appealed most to me. The photos below provide as examples for scale, color, value, texture, and shape contrast, as well as symmetrical and asymmetrical balance. Scale Contrast Color Contrast  Value Contrast Shape Contrast   Texture Contrast Symmetrical Balance  Asymmetrical Balance

Color Contrast (Cindy Sherman) Value Contrast (Ernie Brooks) Texture Contrast (Ansel Adams) Shape Contrast (Richard Avedon) Scale Contrast: Contrast of Two or more objects having a very different size contrasting each other (Walker Evans) Asymmetrical Balance (Liam Silva) Symmetrical Balance (Rodney Smith) Radial Balance (Imogen Cunningham)

Cool Colors I wanted to toy with a picture of Audrey's eye, with her also doing my eye. When I discovered the purple hue that came from Audrey's mascara when I played with the color settings, I immediately wanted to create a piece that went with the mood of the color shown. Therefore, I modified the eye to give it peacock colors, giving the overall image a very fey-like appearance. I believe it portrays cool colors in a very lively way, contrasting the traditional moods of cool colors. Warm Colors In all honestly, I had no original intentions for this photo. I wanted to have fifty images, but was a bit short, so I took a picture of my lunch. However, when I began editing it, I realized how much I could do with it and how interesting it can turn out. I edited the original pale lighting to be a soft but dark orange, and blackened the rest of the scene to give the apple and the hand the spotlight. I also unintentionally gave the photo a good contrast of value where t...