Falcon Photo

This project was a little bit of a dozzy for me. My team and I didn’t get some photos in time, I was internally panicking, and etc. However, all was well at the end and the project was nice. Our job was to take pictures at a “kitchen table” and portray mood/emotions in certain pictures. We also had to expose the set by providing a photo of it in the middle of our school. We then had to add a vintage look to the photos by setting the pictures in black and white and create shadows. To do this, we had to go to Photoshop and make the photos black and white (obviously). Then, we used the marque tool to encompass the light hanging from the ceiling, and press “inverse” to focus on the top section. Next, we set “feather” to 200 to blend the shadow that would be put in the next step. Lastly, we go to “curve” and pullback the line as much as we’d like to give the top section a mesmerizing shadow. This project was inspired by two famous photographers, Justin Bettman (staged different sets in New York) and Carrie Mae Weems (black and white kitchen table photos that showed a glimpse of her life). If I had to choose a place to tell my family’s story, I would take pictures of places in Russia like Moscow or Veliky Novgorod. You would probably see photos of the nature and old buildings that symbolize how my family (specifically parents and grandparents)  lived long ago. I can’t wait to see what we’ll do next!                                                                                           -Marie Valouiski

Rest of my edited photos here.

For this project we had to take pictures that told a story around a kitchen table. Just like  Carrie Mae Weems did in her photos. However, we didn’t use just any old kitchen table. We built our own! In the middle of the school. This idea was inspired by Justin Bettman who took seemingly normal pictures, until you look at the zoomed out version. In order to edit our photos we used photoshop. We made our pictures black and white, then using the elliptical tool and a couple fancy settings we made it look like the light truly was shining on the table. If I were to tell a story about my family, I would take pictures in the car because we love to go on long road trips, and we spend a lot of time in the car. You can see the rest of my photos Here.

For this project we took pictures using a combination of the styles used by Carrie Mae Weems and Justin Bettman. Each picture told a story within a kitchen background. All we had was a yellow wall, a kitchen table, a lamp, and some chairs which is Carrie Mae Weems’ style. We also took the picture in a public scene, inside the school which is Justin Bettman’s style. Carrie Mae Weems is a photographer that takes pictures in a kitchen which tells a story. Justin Bettman is a photographer that takes pictures in a public scene with only a background. This creates the illusion that the people in the picture is in a completely normal background but they may actually be in Times Square. For the pictures I took, I used Photoshop to edit them. In Photoshop I first turned the picture into black and white. Then I messed with the hues a little more to match the style of Carrie Mae Weems. After that I used the elliptical tool to highlight the area below the lamp. I then went to modify, feather, and then changed it to 200 pixels. I finally hit inverse to highlight the area where the elliptical did not cover. I changed the area to a darker hue so it made the darkness above the lamp more convincing. If I were to take a picture of my family to show a story, I would take it in the living room. This is because we mostly gather there and do most of our things there. At least at one point of the day, we are all in the living room. You would probably see us watching a movie, on our electronics, or doing other things. One of my edited photo and zoomed out photo is shown below. The rest can be found here.

Kitchen Table.  We had to take different photos of us doing an action at a kitchen table.  The photographers that were used for this project were Carrie Mee Weems and Justin Bettman. If you want to see their websites click their name.   The tools I used was the contrast of black and white, I used the oval marquee tool, feather, and inverse.  If I had to choose a place to tell my family’s story I would take it on the front steps of my grandma’s steps in El Salvador.  You would see a blue house, trees, and a whole lot of trees.  Click here to see the rest of my photos.

The project, Set in the Street, was “inspired” by a photographer who created this photography project, Justin Bettman. In order to do this project, we must find a open place like a town (in this case inside a school) to set up a scene in the middle of the streets, hallways, sidewalks, etc. We also had to use Carrie Mae Weems photography project, the Kitchen Table project. This required us to take 4 photos of a scene on the kitchen table in black & white. After taking the photos, we had to make the 4 photos black and white. After that, we had to do any cropping that was necessary. We then used the elliptical marquee. We then had to click select on the top of the screen and hover the mouse over modify. Click “Feather” and set a number between or on 150 – 200. Go back to select and click on inverse. Click on the graph on the middle left side to set the darkness of the top of the photo. If I could choose a place to take photos, I would choose the one place where my parents first met, which was in Taiwan. The pictures you could see may include a lot of photos inside or outside of my parents car because that is where I spend more time with my family.

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