Final Project

Pick-a-something project

Theme: Sunsets 

Sunsets are one of the most beautiful phenomena that nature offers to us. The range of colours that can be in a sunset is endless. These pictures show those colours and the beauty of sunsets.

 Crescent Beach

 White Rock Beach, view of the pier. 

 White Rock Beach

 Crescent Beach

 Crescent Beach

Crescent Beach

Scott Hazard Project

I like this picture because the "worm hole" is replacing the smoke cloud coming from the roof top.  and it seems to get deeper at an upper angle.

I think taking out what seems to be the sun is very creative.

Making the smoke or steam look as if its getting deeper into the sky is amazing.

Erik Johansson

Research on Erik Johansson

Erik Johansson is not only a wonderful photographer but also a retoucher. He makes surreal images by colliding 2 or more photos. He was born in Sweden but is based in Berlin, Germany. Erik's goal is to not capture moments but capture ideas. Johansson puts a lot of effort into his work and says "Although one photo can consist hundreds of layers I always want it to look like it could have been captured."  He tries to make them as realistic as possible and sees each new project as a challenge.

I like this image because it shows a transformation. It almost reminds me of the yin and yang and what it symbolises.  It symbolises how there are extreme opposites that are interconnected with each other. From a harsh winter to a warm and welcoming spring.  And from a peaceful valley to civilization. 

This image caught my eye because it looks so realistic. It looks as if the man is trying to put things back where they belong as the boat flows out of the picture frame back into the ocean. The people in the ships and even the reflections on the water look realistic. In my opinion its a flawless image and the more I look at it I find more about it that I love.

This image is almost futuristic. The idea of an underwater house or living space is mind blowing. The way Johansson used the aqua blue colouring in photoshop makes everything more elegant.

3D Outdoor Room

3D Surreal outdoor room

Infrared photography

Infrared Photography

Sir Frederick William Herschel, a German-born British astronomer, discovered infrared light on February 11^th, 1800. While using a variety of coloured filters to view sunlight, he observed that some colours passed more heat than others.

         Infrared cameras are now used for a wide range of things such as emergency response. Firefighters use them to look for hard to see spots through smoke or even walls. Police helicopters use them to find fleeing suspects in the dark or in heavy brush. Infrared cameras can also be used to locate areas in buildings with extreme heat loss, allowing for better insulating practises, or even by Military to trace enemies in the dark and underground tunnels/facilities. Infrared photography can be achieved by using an infrared filter or by editing the photo in photoshop.

Artist Statement:

For these three images I used an online tutorial to help guide me through the process of creating an infrared photo. I did not use a special filter with the camera, I edited each picture in photoshop.The steps were easy and didn’t take long to complete. 

The theme of my photography is “The Path Less Travelled By”, inspired by Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” which can be found on this website. 

Hockney Inspired Photography

With this picture inspired by David Hockney, I was able to take a series of images in a 180 degree view. With the images my goal was to overlap each previous image to create a distorted, panoramic view of a hallway in Clayton Heights Secondary. To make the images stand out from one another, in Photoshop I used a drop shadow for each of them. In this finished piece there is approximately 19 photos, all resized and cropped to make a larger picture.

David Hockney's Monage images were a great inspiration for this project, here is a great example of his work.

http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/david-hockney-a-bigger-picture