Stop Animation (Alternate Ending)

By Mary and Emma 

Our stop animation is of Mary's step sister. We painted her and used the song Sail by AWOLNATION to inspire the painting. The project took us several hours, but I'm happy with how it turned out. We often had trouble deciding what to paint, and trying to keep the camera and subject in the same position while shooting. Also, the light began to change as we worked on our project, which also led to some issues since we wanted the same lighting for all the photos. Overall, I feel good about the final product and our efforts.

Stop Animation

I find something beautiful when it is aesthetically pleasing, but also evokes positive emotions. Beauty is prevalent in natural landscapes because they are untouched by people, which makes it more impressive because it is unaltered. 

Magazine Cover

This photo is definitely more commercial. She's smiling and there is a neutral background. The colors are also softer and go together well, whereas the artistic photo had many bright colors. It's a much more simple photo, so it says less about her personality, but also makes for a nice magazine cover because it isn't distracting. 

Artistic Portrait

This photo is more artistic, because she isn't smiling, and there is also a more interesting background. She's also holding a camera, which gives the viewer some idea of her personality or how she likes to spend her time. 

Portraits

This is a photo of Mary on a beach in Seattle. I like this portrait because it's in an interesting environment, with the sand and rocks and water, and she's in an interesting pose. I raised the clarity slightly to emphasize the texture of the sand, and increased the highlights to emphasize how one side of her body is lighter, while the other part is in shadow. 

This is another photo of Mary on the beach. I really like the lighting in this photo. It's really soft and golden, because the sun was setting. I also like that she's looking down, because it goes with the calm background and lighting. 

This is a photo of Keegan in front of the black velvet. I like that he's slightly off center of the photo, and that I used portrait format to fill the frame. For editing, I enhanced the clarity and increased the blacks and added a vignette, which go well with his expression. 

This is a photo of Katie. I like how simple it is, with the red background and her calm expression. I used rule of thirds to make it more interesting, and did slight edits like decreasing the clarity and adding peach highlights. 

Daguerrotype

A daguerrotype is a photograph taken by an early process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor. Though this isn't an actual daguerrotype, I used photoshop to edit the photo and give it the look of a daguerrotype. I took this photo at the Farmer's Market of several bouquets of flowers. It works well as the daguerrotype photo because flowers are timeless, so even though I took this photo recently, it could have been taken in any era.

Tilt Shift

This is a photo edited to look like a tilt shift photo, which changes the viewer's perspective, making the scene look like a small model. I took this photo from the Vista Bridge of downtown Portland. It was one of the few pictures I had taken from this angle, so I'm glad it worked well as the tilt shift photo. The bright colors help it work, because it looks almost plastic, like a model city. I increased the contrast to emphasize the colors.

Lighting

Chiaroscuro: An effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on the subject.

Chiaroscuro

This is a photo of my cat that I took in my room. Sunlight was coming through the window and created this shadow. It also caused part of his back to be lit up, but kept his face very dark. I put this photo in black and white to emphasize the differences in light and dark, as well as increased the contrast.

Reflection

This is photo of water with leaves and pine needles on top, and a tree reflected in the water. I particularly like this photo because the reflection is so clear, making it almost look like a multiple exposure. I added a peach colored highlight with emphasized the orange of the leaves and pine needles, and raised the contrast to darken the reflection.

Shadow

This was taken on the waterfront. I noticed the cool shadow the fence made, so I tried to frame the photo to include the shadow and the fence. I raised the contrast again, to darken the shadows and brighten the turquoise of the fence. I then added a slight vignette to make the viewer focus on the shadow.  

Subject Lit Up

This is a picture of my friend Clara. I had her move in front of the sun, and then I metered my camera on her face, and took the picture. This way, her face and body are properly exposed, while the sky turns completely white. I also like how you can see a tiny bit of the sun on the right side of her face. I cropped the photo as well so less of the school building showed, and the photo was more focused on Clara. Finally, I made the temp more yellow, to make the colors more autumn-y. 

Silhouette 

I took this photo of my sister at the end of our street, just before the sun began to set. I had her move and metered my camera on the sun, then had her step in front of the light and I took the picture. Both the tree and my sister had nice silhouettes, and I raised the blacks of the photo to my them even more distinct. Then, I added a peach highlight, making the sunlight and sky more gold. 

Panorama

I took this panorama of my backyard while it was snowing. I edited the photos slightly by adding a peach colored highlight, giving the panorama and older feel.

HDR

This is a photo of a building by Pioneer Courthouse Square. It worked well for an HDR shot because the clouds and sky were really white, while the reflections of the building on the windows are black.

Multiple Exposure

I took the photo of Mary at school against a black background, then put it with a picture I took at the beach. I really like how the shadows of her face turned blue to blend in with the background, and how well the color of her scarf goes with the blue and green of the landscape.

Motion

Freeze Action 

This is a photo of an exploding firework that I took at the beach. Making the shutter speed faster let me capture all of the sparks and flames, which contrast really well with the pitch black background. I didn't need to do much editing, because the orange color was already so vibrant, but I did increase the saturation of the orange a little bit, to emphasize the contrast between color and black. 

Panning

This photo was taken in the courtyard at Lincoln of Kendra. I like the streaked background, and how the brown/orange leaves blur with the green ones. The photo was pretty dull when I originally took it, so I increased the contrast, and made the temp yellower.

Camera Shake

I also took this photo at the beach, of the city lights. I focused on the skyline of Seaside, then shook my camera back and forth, creating the lines of orange. Like the firework photo, I really liked the orange in contrast with the black, so I didn't edit it much, just increased the contrast slightly to emphasize the color. 

Slow Motion

I took this in the gym at Lincoln. I usually really dislike pictures in the gym, because of the orange color the light casts on the photo. Also, there is generally a ton of things in the frame that are difficult to avoid that mess up the composition of the photo. To fix both of these problems, I cropped the photo to focus on this boy running, and turned it black and white to completely get rid of the orange. I increased the grain and added a black vignette, making the picture kind of creepy. 

Kalediscope

Diptych and Triptych

Geometric Diptych

I took these photos at Tanner Springs Park. They show unity because both have geometric shapes with asymmetrical balance, and are both metal structures. However, because they're different structures, these photos show variety. These similarities and differences make them work in a diptych. I also edited them similarly, raising the contrast on both. I like these photos because of the very distinct geometric shapes. 

Organic Triptych

These are three photos of tree bark, which had really interesting patterns. They clearly work well together and show unity because they are photos of the same subject. However, the different patterns in each photo show variety. I also edited these photos similarly, by lightening the highlights and darkening the blacks, as well as raising the clarity, to help the texture stand out. I like the texture in these pictures, and the different organic shapes you can find within the bark. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Shape Assignment

Organic Shape: Symmetrical Balance

This photo was taken at Tanner Springs park in the Pearl District. There were tons of plants in the water at the park, and I particularly liked this one because of the huge wilted leaves. They created a really interesting shape, which can be seen in this picture. I used split toning in Lightroom to make the highlights a peach color, but left the photo otherwise unedited. 

Organic and Geometric Shapes: Asymmetrical Balance

This photo was also taken at Tanner Springs. My favorite aspect of this photo is the contrast of the organic shape of the tree branches and the geometric shape of the lights. I increased the blue saturation to make the sky brighter, and also increased the contrast to make the shadows darker. 

Snowflakes