My Photos

Making an Animal

I made a penguin for my animal. Here are the steps:

1. I found a plastic water-bottle, and stripped off the label.

2. Then, I took some watercolor paints, and painted the whole bottle white.

3. I painted over that mostly black, with the white in a shape of the front of a penguin.

4. I waited for it to dry.

5. I got some orange pipe cleaners.

6. I shaped one pipe cleaner in the shape of two penguin feet, and wrapped it around the bottom of the bottle.

7. I took the other one, and made a beak out of it, and wrapped it around the bottle, so there was a beak.

8. I found a elbow length glove, and cut it in half.

9. I tied a knot on one of the halves, and it was a hat!

10. I put the hat on.

11.  I drew eyes on with a sharpie.

12. Done!


 This was a fun project for me. It took me a while to figure out how I would make my animal, and what it would be. I chose a penguin, because I think they're really cute and funky. I chose black, white and orange as the colors, because it's their coloring, and I like all of those colors. I looked online for ideas, and found the bottle idea, and I thought it would work quite well!

I used acrylic paints, and that was fun. I think that if I could do it again, I wouldn't paint the whole thing white first, because when I painted the black over, it turned kind of greyish. I really think it was a fun assignment, but kind of challenging. It involved a bunch of planning, but I think it was a cool idea, I'd like to do someone similar again.

The Homework That Someone Else Will Be Doing

Using at least 5 different types of materials (paints, pencils, pens, beads, etc.) make one portrait of someone. It could be yourself, or someone whose in your family or your friend. It could even be someone from your imagination. Afterwards take three pictures and post one to your blog, with a 1-2 paragraphs about how you completed the task/the different materials/why you used what you used etc.

Taking Photographs

    The pictures that I took these last few days (well, more than a few) were of a cup of tea, and a book. It was difficult in different ways, but it was easier in others. It was kind of hard to have to take so many pictures of one little thing. I thought it was fun, but it took a lot of time for me to do it, probably a couple hours.

For taking pictures of the teacup, it took a little bit of time just to set it up. I made some tea that I thought was pretty, and to add the the tea-y look I put it in a pretty cup and saucer with biscuits. I couldn't figure out to turn the flash off, for a little while, until I figured it out. So the flash would reflect and make it look kind of funny, in my opinion. It took a while to find different perspectives and find ways to try and make each photo a little different.

For my next set of pictures, I took pictures of a book called Twilight and I did that because I thought it might be cool to take some pictures of the different words and stuff. I turned it to a page that I liked, and I turned a spotlight on it and sometimes changed the different places the light was shining to add shadows.
I thought this assignment was fun, but it also took some time.

I'm going to take a picture of a book, a cup of tea.

My Self Portraits.

I used pencil

I used a "sketch stick"

I used acrylic paints. (And it's the back of my head).

Marc Adamus Pictures

These are m top ten pictures taken by Marc Adamus:

1. I like the way the mist seems to pop out, and how it seems to be floating over the rocks and water.

2. I really like how this almost looks like an abstract painting or drawing.

 3. I think the way the log (or whatever it is) seems to curve through the picture.

4. Like the first, I really like how the mist pops out. I also think it adds a mysterious aspect to the image, and I think it looks really interesting how the trees are almost like silhouettes, and how the fade into the background.

5.  I like how there seems to be a mist rising from the ground, and how there's such a contrast between the dark wood, and the light dirt ground.

6. I like how it seems the mist is almost part of the water, and how it seems to be all moving toward the end of the tunnel.

 7. I think the sky looks very beautiful in this picture, I also really like how the purple flowers look with the sun setting (or rising?) behind them.

 8. I like the isolation of the tree in this picture. It stand out, and with the pink and white sky behind it, it looks absolutely gorgeous.

9. Like the second picture, I like how this one seems like an abstract painting. 

10. I like this reminds me of the dinosaur movies "The Land Before Time", and the how the tree has so much shape to it.

Marc Adamus Summary

Marc Adamus mostly takes his photos in the Northwestern area. He is a landscape photographer, and I noticed in his work that there seems to be a something that sticks out in the picture. Sometimes it's mist or fog, and sometimes it's the reflection on water. Most of what I've seen his photos be of, are things likes mountains, water, stones, rivers, trees and flowers. There's been pictures of deserts, forests, fields of flowers and even ocean waves on rocks. I think he highlights different colors in each picture, but I've noticed in several images that he brings out the pinks, purples and whites in several of his pictures.

Marc Adamus

Marc Adamus

By: Tienna Brusett

This essay is about a man named Marc Adamus. He is a professional landscape photographer, and he has had his pictures in a large variety of things. Such as calendars, magazines, and books.

Adamus lives in Corvallis, Oregon. I think that’s kind of cool, because he lives near me. He takes most of his pictures in Oregon and the Northwest area. That seems to strange to me, because his pictures are so gorgeous, and look like they should be coming from all over the world.

Adamus said “It’s not about where you are, it’s about how you see.” and that kind of struck me, because I think that’s true. You could be taking a picture of somewhere you walk by and to someone else, it just a dull cluster of trees, or patch of flowers, but to someone else they see it as a masterpiece created by nature. 

Adamus’ goal is to capture the magnificence and beauty of our multi-dimensional world the best he can with his camera, and to illustrate all of the rich moments he’s experienced. Although he thinks it’s not possible to capture the entire essence of where he is, but he does his best to capture the beauty the best he can.

He thinks that the most important quality of a picture is that it causes an emotional response. I think that makes sense; although I’ve never thought of it that way.  It can be hard to show emotion in a photograph, because while Adamus feels it, he has to portray that in his photos. 

Marc Adamus has a passion for taking photograph, and I really enjoy his photos. I hope that you will be able to see them and enjoy them as much as I have. 

Stranger Danger!

I was thinking of taking pictures of people trick or treating, but I never got to it, because not many people came to  my house. So I took some pictures of the employees of the Sugar Plum Daycare, and a parent that was picking up their kid.

Gradients

I clicked on a tutorial with Gradients. It showed me the different things you could do to add to them. I experimented with it and here's my end result:

I made a sweep gradient. I made some new color stops, and moved them around. And I layered a few different gradients with different color settings. 

Autumn Photos

This is a close up picture I did. I edited the contrast and exposure and lightness. 

I also made the red a little bit brighter, and cropped it. I really like the effect the light has on the leaves in front of it.

This picture is autumn-esque I think, because of the the mix of dead leaves and twigs and rocks.

I really like the different textures in it. I changed the contrast, exposure and the coloring for this. I also cropped it.

I like how red the leaves are in this picture. I also really like the different shades of color,

dark, and light. I changed the colors, contrast, exposure, and size.

I like how the light seems to stand out to me, because it's so different compared to the leaves.

I made the darkness in the back darker, and the leaves more red.

I really quite like how this picture (to me, at least) looks kind of like it's a picture of a painting or drawing. Just the way the leaves seem kind of flat, it seems very cool to me. I darkened some reds and lightened some yellow in the picture. I also changed the exposure and contrast.

Drawing

Compared to:

Pixelmator Tool Palette

(Going across)

1. Rectangular Marquee Tool:  it selects things in a relatively rectangular shape

2. Move Tool: Can move selections or layers.

3. Lasso Tool: This can also select something, only you can draw the shape of what you want it to select.

4. Magic Wand: It can select things, usually it selects things based on the color.

5. Crop Tool: It can crop an image.

6. Slice Tool: It lets you define zones in your image.

7. Clone Stamp: It copies what you select.

8. Pencil: You can write, or draw on your picture/image.

9. Eraser: You can erase.

10. Brush Tool: You can draw(paint?) on your image, it's like the pencil!

11. Gradient Tool: You can make a gradient. 

12. Paint Bucket: You can fill the page with the color (paint?).

13. Blur Tool: It blurs things.

14. Sharpen Tool: It sharpens things.

15. Eyedropper Tool: You can use it to find a color. Whatever color it is over, it can replicate. 

16. Text Tool: You can type things and put it on your image.

17. Hand Tool: Use it to pan over image.

18. Zoom Tool: Use it to zoom in and out. 

19. Foreground and Background Colors: It's the colors that are used when you're using a mask.

20. Edit In Standard Mode: You edit it in normal colors.

21. Edit in Quick Mask Mode: You edit it in the red. 

22. Full Screen: Pixelmator cover your whole entire screen. 

My Pictures.

Here are the pictures that I took this week:

1. This picture represents that I tend to try to keep or preserve things of my past, because I'll feel like I miss them.

2. I really like to draw and do creative things.

3. I have to use a lot of hair clips/ties because my hair is relatively thick and it sticks out all the time

4. I really like the idea of having a neat room, but I'm in a hurry a lot so it doesn't always work out. 

5. I think most people who are at least an acquaintance know that I really enjoy reading. This is a couple books that I have by my bed.

6. I play the cello, and most of the time I enjoy it, although a lot of the time I really don't like practicing.  But I hope to keep it up for a long time.

7. Most of the second/third years at Heartlife will know this, but I don't really like getting my picture taken. I don't think that I'm very photogenic. 

Paragraphs

I'm not sure how to say how I view the world around me. I mean, I don't really know how to compare it to someone else, because I haven't seen through their eyes. I'd like to say that I see all the beauty in things, but that isn't always true. A lot of the time I see all the ugly things that I don't like. I'd say that I like to try to see things and people for who/what they are. But I do tend to notice what is wrong with certain things, instead of the good.
  I think that art and music inspire me. Art could be anything, writing, a picture, a painting etc. But sometimes when I see things that definitely change the way I view everything around me. Some people that inspire me are J.K. Rowling (I know, it seems cliche, but...), Evanna Lynch, Steve Jobs, Emma Watson and Jennifer Lawrence (because even though they are both famous, they still seem to lovely).
  I'm not quite sure how my personality will show through my photography yet, but I hope it will show through in some kind of lovely way, and it won't just be any old photo.
   Some of my hobbies are reading, checking my email excessively, watching movies and tv and spending all my time on the computer. I guess you could say playing the cello was a hobby, although rather a lot of the time I don't feel like practicing. But I also feel like I'll really appreciate all the time I've spent practicing and playing later in my life. I would say a hobby is hanging out with my friends, but I don't go out of my way to hang with people a lot of time. If I happen to be with them, then I'll talk to them, but I don't usually call people or anything (I hate talking on the phone).
    I kind of like vintage photography, I'm not sure if that's a certain genre, but I quite like the feel of it. I also like portrait pictures because (I think I've said this before) I like how you can the emotion, or if there isn't very much emotion, you can tell. I also like pictures with lots of shadows, just because it's so mysterious and it gives things a unique feel to them.
 

Homework Assignment Due On Wednesday!

I have a lot of creative interests. I wouldn't necessarily consider myself a incredibly creative person, but I do like drawing and arty kinds of things, although I wouldn't say I'm terribly good at it. I wouldn't even really say I was good at it, but I enjoy drawing things like faces and flowers and I doodle an awful lot. 
Like I said, I have a lot of creative interests. 
 Although, lot of the time once I see something new I'm interested. I like people, because a lot of the time you can look at them and see emotions, or lack of emotion, I guess. I also like buildings, and/or architecture. The way it all fits together, is interesting, I think. 
   I like things that are a little weird, or different. Like with something out of place, so it has a different element to it.  One thing I'm not a big fan of is cars. I'm not super interested in them. Sometimes they're cool in a certain situation, or place. But for the most part they don't really interest me that much.
   I really like the ocean, just the way it's almost always different, always moving and it can change colors and textures and the way it moves is interesting. 
I also think that different textures are fascinating, just all the different kinds.


What I Hope To Learn


I don't really have a certain expectation for the things we will learn in this class (I'm sure it'll be fantastic), but I think it'd be cool to learn more about lighting, and what effects it can cause. I also want to learn more about taking pictures. Like at first, the basics of how to take a picture well, and then keep on going through specifics. I'd like to take pictures of people, architecture and maybe the nightlife. 
I also want to know more about editing pictures.