Kristina's Photo Blog

This is where I get to express my love and passion for photography for my Digital Photo Class.

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“Pavilion”-

My AP photography class had taken a field trip to Downtown Chicago. One of our stops was Millenium Park, which is where I had taken these images. These photographs were taken of different parts of the pavilion at the park. The first image I had taken consists of the red seating and the overhead speakers throughout the pavilion and the lawn. The second mage consists of an interesting structure and features behind the stage of the pavilion. I used these two images to create an overlay photo as part of my assignment. An overlay image is where you place one photograph upon another photograph. I had taken the second image, the structure, and placed it over the first image, the red seats. I used Photoshop to erase some parts of the second image and lowered the opacity of it so viewers are able to still see the first image under the image above it. This resulted in my end product, which is the third and final image. This overlay photo was a success because it captures the different features of the pavilion and makes it interesting to observe.

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“Tunnel”-

My AP photography class had taken a field trip recently to Pilsen, which is located just outside of Chicago. I took this photograph of a tunnel under a bridge of train tracks. I decided to convert the original image, that is on the left, to black and white because I thought it gave a more interesting effect to the image as a whole. The first image which is the original, the yellow lights in the tunnel gave it an odd cast and did not really flow with the other colors in the image, such as the blue sky at the end of the tunnel. After I edited the photograph and converted it to a black and white color scheme, the colors flowed more because I only used one type of color scheme. I used Color Efex Pro in Photoshop to add more detail into the wall and other structures in the image on the right, which was my end product. Also, I used a Wet Plate found in Analog Pro in Photoshop as well to give it a more compelling overall appearance to make it seem more gloomy and monotone.

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“Paths”-

In my AP photography class, we took a field trip to Downtown Chicago. I took these photos at Millennium Park and created them into a diptych which typically consists of two photos that work together cohesively. These two photographs are both pathways in different locations in Millenium Park. These two images work together because they both focus on the same idea of paths leading to somewhere and have a monotone color scheme of black and white. One technique I used to have these images work together cohesively was cropping and transforming these two photos to have the line from the bricks in the left image flow into the line of the left image where the ground meets the side structures. This creates a sort of illusion, making it seem as though the paths are meant to be together and connect together, even though there are two separate and different paths that I had photographed. This resulted in the two images to work very well together to create this diptych.

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“Alley”-

For my AP photography class, we had a field trip to Downtown Chicago and Pilsen. I took this photo in Pilsen in an alleyway behind some buildings in town. In this image, it shows the rusty, old door, and the garage and all the things someone has thrown away. It also portrays how all these items are just littered around the alley as if no one really cares where it ends up and how trashed the alley is. I chose to take this photo because I wanted to show the living conditions in that area. This also relates to my concentration for photography, which is living conditions. I like to focus on this topic because I enjoy and want to show that there is a variety of conditions someone may live under. This can include the upper richer class, the middle moderate class, and the lower class. I decided to photograph this specific area in Pilsen because it is interesting how the different colored objects in the trash bins grab the viewer’s attention and create the main focus of this image.

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“Building”-

I had taken this photograph for my AP photography class when we were assigned the ‘Light’ assignment. I took this photograph in Lemont in an industrial site. In this photo, the viewers can see that there is a passage leading to the other side of the building. In that passage, there are shelves filled with different objects used for construction and the ground is covered in old-looking wooden crates and planks. This photograph is a representation of a frame within a frame image because of the tunnel or passage that is being photographed. I had chosen this photograph to create a grid. First, I had cut the image into three different columns. The middle column stayed in the same position and the left and right columns had been switched. Then, by column, I cut the image into more smaller sized parts and rearranged those parts slightly, again by their columns. Finally, I had put on a vintage-looking filter to make the colors in this photo more interesting and make the colors flow together.

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“No Parking”-

I created this image by photographing two different photographs for the ‘Light’ assignment that was assigned to me in my AP photography class. The first image is a photo of a dull, old ‘No Parking’ sign caged in behind an orange, rusty screen of bars. The second image is a close-up photograph of an abandoned old boat behind an industrial site in Lemont. I had created an overlay image using these two photos because it created a more interesting photograph when using these two images together rather than separate. The no parking sign relates to the boat because it’s probably not supposed to be there and the images connect with each other in an ironic kind of way.

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“Yard”-

I had taken this photograph for my assignment called ‘Light’ in my AP photography class. In this image, you can see different objects such as metal garbage cans and broken wooden crates/planks. This photo was taken in Lemont at an industrial site. I had used Lightroom and Photoshop to edit this photo and make it more interesting to look at. I had used a Blur Vignette to draw the focus to the pile of objects that was just left in this area. I also desaturated the colors in the image to make it more monotone color and dull to make the tone of this photo gloomy. This is a creative piece of art because it has an interesting composition of the items in this photograph. This is a successful photograph because I achieved the look I was aiming for to make it gloomy and have the viewers focus on a specific area of the image. I also loved how the filters I used worked together very well and created a fascinating photo.

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“Destructive”-

This photograph was taken for my assignment called ‘Light’. I had created this photo into an abstract image. Abstract means it is difficult to figure out what you are looking at. In this image, the viewers can see that there is the main cylinder shaped rough-looking object and as you keep looking at this image begin to figure out that, that object is made of cement, but the viewers can not tell where or what the whole object really is. My final product is successful because I created it in a way that viewers can’t directly or immediately tell what the photo is capturing. This also makes it creative because different viewers will have different perspectives because there are so many interesting objects within this image. I was able to make this photograph look even more abstract by editing the photo in Photoshop. I had used a filter called wet plate in Analogs Pro to give it a little blur effect on the image. I also used Detail Extractor in Color Efex Pro to bring out the precise details in the objects in the image, as well as make it more gloomy, darker looking as well.

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This piece of artwork was created by Alex, who is a student in Ceramics where their artwork was displayed at the Spring Art Show. I believe that this artwork was the most outstanding 3D piece that was displayed. You can tell that there was a lot of work put into this to create all the interesting little details of this show. What makes it even more outstanding is that the creator of this piece used plants in the shoe to make it even more interesting to look at. Every single detail in the shoe is visible the longer you look at it and you notice new details and features. The viewer finds more interest in this art and realize how successful it is.

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This artwork was created by Mitch, a classmate in my AP photography class. I believe that this is the most outstanding 2D artwork that was displayed in the Spring Art Show. What makes this a successful piece of art is that it’s interesting that you see two different people with different features “stapled” together as though they are one. This also brings out multiple messages to different people who are viewing it. For me, it brings out a message about how no one person is the same as someone else. This can mean different things to different people obviously. Another way this image is successfully created was that the detail in the two subject are well done and the staples that were used had an even bigger positive affect on the image as a whole and really makes it interesting to look at.

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I had taken a picture of Emily, who is my classmate in my AP photography class, next to her artwork that was displayed at the Spring Art Show. I believe that this photograph is very interesting in my opinion. The detail brought out in the different colored objects in the photo are well composed. The texture and lines on the building structure in the background and to the right of the photo really stand out and it is interesting to look at. I believe that the bright yellow chair and green recycling bin acttract the viewers to really look into the photo in depth. It is overall a well created piece of artwork.

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This photograph was created by Jenny, who is in my AP photography class, and was displayed in the Spring Art Show. In this image, it’s hard to tell what you are actually looking at due to this artwork being abstract. Some elements that you can identify are the different shades of blue swirls all around in the photo. This makes the artwork look like it’s a photograph of graffiti and also give it a smooth looking texture. The space of the entire image was almost all taken up by the swirls and random lines of cool colors. In some parts of the image you are able to get a glimpse of the background, but it is very hard to tell what the background really is. This results in the photo being a very well done abstract photo.

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“Maze”-

For the Road Trip assignment, part of it was to create a sequence photo. My group had traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which was our final destination of the road trip. We had stopped at a park near Lake Michigan, where I had found an interesting and eye-catching statue that was built out of letters. I decided to take two separate photos to create this sequence. The first image was a photograph of the whole statue and the second was a close-up of the letters used to build the statue that was shaped into someone sitting. I had cut of the first image into several parts and placed them on a blank canvas using Photoshop. Later, to fill the space between the first cut pieces, I got the second image into parts, but into smaller pieces this time. I did this to create the end product and make it look like a maze. At the end of the process of creating this image, I used filters that included Detail Extractor and Bi-Colored User Defined Filter to finish editing the image to add some more vibrant and interesting colors. In the end, making these two photographs into one sequence photo was an excellent and creative idea which was a successful process.

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“Dining In Style”-

For the Road Trip Assignment that was assigned to my photography class, my group had traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We had stopped at Pabst’s Mansion, which is a very old but fancy mansion that was turned into a museum. I had taken the original photograph in the dining room. It is a very elegant room filled with beautiful china and a great amount of detail in the architecture of the room. The original image is very saturated due to the lighting of the room. I had used Lightroom and Photoshop to create my end product. I had used several filters to enhance the details even more in this image. I also used a filter that makes it more “ghost-like” to bring out the idea of how old this mansion really was. In the end, I desaturated the image so the colors weren’t as vibrate and used the Blur Vignette filter for the edges of the image to make it a more interesting photograph to look at. At the end of the process, I was able to create an image that was successful and a fantastic image overall.

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“Horses”-

In the first image, it is a farm area with many farming tools, trailers, wooden planks, and other features as well. This photo was taken on one of several stops we had made for our Road Trip Assignment that was assigned to my AP Photography class. The second image was also taken on of the stops on the road trip. This image is a photograph of a broken carousel with these rusty horses where you can see the paint is peeling and it’s just overall a photograph of an interesting, but creepy objects. The last photograph is the end product of combining the first two images into a composite photograph. I had used the tool Blending Mode in Photoshop to combine these photos. I had used the farm photo as my main background image, and the broken-down horses from the carousel as the top image. I had lowered the opacity of the second image and used the Blending Mode to enhance and change the colors of the horses to make more vibrant colors that stand out more. I enhanced and made this photograph better by making one interesting image better than two separate images.

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“Farm”-

For this photograph, I decided to use it for my “beyond the frame” assignment. I had taken the original photo on a farm, which was one of many stops on the road trip to Milwaukee for the Road Trip Assignment. Later, in Photoshop I had created a canvas that was bigger behind the photo. Then, I used the Liquify tool to stretch some of the features in the photography onto the canvas. This includes the snow, the silo in the background, some hay on the right side of the photograph, and finally a rusty bar the extends to the bottom of the photo. The original photo shows many interesting features of a farm area, but extending and stretching some of these features out was a better and more creative idea. It makes those parts of the image more noticeable to the viewers.

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“Pabst’s Study”-

In my AP photography class, my teacher had assigned my class the road trip assignment. We had to pick a designated location to drive to and make 3 different stops on the way to that location. For my group’s location, we had chosen to drive to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We had stopped in several locations prior to reaching our end destination. We had visited Pabst’s Mansion which is located in Milwaukee, and it is very old, but fancy and well-known mansion. In this photograph, I had taken a panorama of the study. I decided that a panorama would look better than a single shot photograph because I was able to capture the whole study. This was a better idea because I wouldn’t have been able to capture all the detail and interesting, old features of the room if I only had taken a single shot. The amount of detail in the wood to the right of the photograph in the door is very interesting as well as the other all the wood carvings in the wall and the other objects in the room. This is why I concluded on the idea to capture these features like a panorama.