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Lighting Final

 Existing

 Existing

Existing

Artificial  

Natural 

Look at her smile. That is the reason i smile. She is the reason i am who i am. She is my mother. My caretaker. She has given me everything she possibly can and i don't thank her enough. This is Cheri Linn Bruckner. The most kind and beautiful woman i've ever known. She is one of the most important people in my life and she always will be. She has raised me into the woman i am today. I knew when i decided to make her my model for this project, all of her pictures would be of her smiling because i love her smile and it always make me happy.  I chose to have all these pictures rather closer to her face so you can really see her features and maybe even realize why i am so in love with her smile. Most of her outfits are in businessy type outfits because she spends a lot of time at work. All of them except the last one. The last one really shows her playful side. Cheri loves games and is ALWAYS making jokes. She's also always laughing. So i really tried to capture that she is a truly happy person. This unit really helped me with this project because i really got a lot of good pictures of my mom. I also have a different prospective on taking photography. i learned that different lights have different moods and feelings that can really effect a picture and its message.  

Lighting Final Contact Sheet

Silhouettes

Solid Color

Gradient 

Pattern 

Custom Shape

 I think is a very interesting way to take silhouette photos. i really liked this because you can't see the persons face. You don't know who this person is at all (well you might because i'm always partners with her) but someone looking at my picture wont know who it is. In normal pictures you give a mood or a tone by the facial expression but because you cant see the face, you have to play with your poses. By doing this project it also can give you creative freedom. I love my Custom shape because it is my own. There were no guidelines i had to follow. Photoshop has a lot of different layering options so I like that a lot of the photos wont look the same.  I really like my outcomes and i think others would have some of my same ideas.

Lighting

45

Back

Butterfly

Direct Light

Hard ML

Hard SL

Loop

Reflector 

Side

Silhouette 

Soft ML

Soft SL

Front

Rembrandt 

Shade

Split

Ive learned that lighting can have many different effects on a photo. Lighting can change the mood and the look of a picture. Rembrandt for example, has a dark and mysterious look to it because of how the light hits the face. The butterfly is the same picture just different lighting. The effects are every different. The rembrandt is more dark and the butterfly is more light and open even though it is the same picture. I had good success at doing my artificial light. I love all my artificial light photos because they are meant to be dramatic. If i had any advice, it is to embrace the dramatic effects because that is how the pictures are supposed to be.

Final Composition Project

• I chose the starfish and the coral because it has a lot of texture. The starfish and coral represent my passion for the ocean and the beach. I've been to the beach many times but I've never been into the tanning and the relaxing on the beach. I've been more into the ocean. I am always in the ocean because I've always been fascinated by what's in it. 95% of the ocean world is still unknown to us.
•  The soccer ball in the top left corner is showing repetition / pattern. The hexagons are being repeated and the pattern black and white is all over the soccer ball and is also being repeated. I chose this as a photo because it demonstrates my love for soccer. I play soccer almost everyday and it takes over my life.
• The cellphone picture of the Iron Building (located in NYC) has vibrant colors that applies to the rule of thirds. I put 2 pictures in one because I never do anything without my cellphone and I love New York City. Me and my family take day trips to New York City all the time. Also, just like every other teenager, I don't do anything without my phone.
• Every morning when I get up, I always look out my window at the beautiful sunrise. This is how I start my day. This is a perfect example of horizon lines. This picture also has a lot of movement between the trees.
• The last picture is of my cat. This could be an example of proportion and scale. The cat is zoomed in on so it makes her eye look really bigger than what it is. My cat is amazing. She sleeps with me at night, and greets me when I get home.

• My brother is an okay brother. JUST KIDDING! He's a really good brother. We have a pretty good relationship, but he gets on my nerves sometimes. We fight sometimes but just over little stuff. My mom always says you can't choose your family but sometimes I wish I could. This photo has a diagonal line because his arms move across the page.
• Next, i have a picture of books. These books are supposed to represent school but it looks like i like to read. But I don't like to read at all. i only read books that i have to for school. I don't exactly have time to sit down and read books. Anyway, these books are representing school. I like to think of myself as a good student but sometimes i get really overwhelmed with everything and i fall behind in work. I then have to work extra hard to not say behind. But i figure it out. This picture has not only vertical lines but also have emphasis. The books make really good vertical lines between each book. Also the red book stands out more than the rest. This whole collage has a lot of red in it. 
• The two gloves in the corner represent my soccer life. I am the goalie. I live and breath for soccer. It is my passion and the only thing that helps me relieve stress. My goalie training is different than regular soccer training. i do completely different drills than everyone else but I always pour my heart and soul into what I do; and it's paid off. I have almost a full scholarship to Robert Morris University right outside of Pittsburgh. These gloves have proportion / scale because it is showing how big the other one is. One of the gloves is my real glove that i wear and the other one is a keychain that I put on my bag. 
• The snowflake in the other corner is a really cool photo to me because I love snow but i hate the cold. I love doing things with snow. i love making snowmen and sledding but i wish i lived somewhere warmer and more summer than winter. The snowflake has rule of thirds and it is so pretty to look at. I love how every snowflake is different. Everyone is unique, just like people. There are not two that are exactly the same. I think that is amazing. 
• The flower in the middle is also emphasis. The bright red in the all white background is so pretty and your eye goes right to the flower. I took this picture because I love nature and i love taking pictures of nature. Mother nature is very unique and very surprising. That's why I like this picture so much and that's why i put it in the middle. 

And those are all of my pictures. 

Final Project Comp. Shooting Assignment