Pre Work on Fine Art Portrait and Commercial Portrait Magazine Cover

Miranda Sheppard
I choose this magazine because it pulls you in with the bright and preppy colors. I also think it's interesting how the model is in a squatting position. Looking at numerous seventeen magazine covers their was only a handful where the model wasn't standing up. You can tell this picture is very posed but it works well with the whole look. I like the position of the models hand, it's interesting how her hand closes her off. I also think the dress she's wearing it works really well on the model giving off a sense maturity. The way the magazine is labeled draws your eyes into certain sections . 

unknown
This picture once again looks posed but very care free. It has a sense of happiness, especially with the colors used. The model is posed standing but, I like how one leg is  bent it changes up the usual magazine covers.  Her face is very happy and their isn't anything intriguing about it. Like the model on seventeen, both covers used bright happy colors and different fonts throughout the cover. 

 Michael Williamson
This photo draws you in by the expression on the model's face and how realistic it looks. The lighting is minimal, and I like how well his skin contrast to the smooth black background. From just his face we get the impression that he's a hard working man who probably has been through a lot emotionally. I like how sad he looks because it makes you wonder more about the model. 

Admin
This picture is really affective in my opinion. I love how clear her face is and how her eyes seem to sparkle in contrast to the other half of her face. I like the position of her face and the lighting. Even though she does't have any props or any hints at what she's feeling, the way the picture is taken allows a common person to make assumptions. To me, the model seems that she has a lot of emotion  and that she may be holding in a secret. The editing on this photo I also really like because it's so clear it makes you focus more on the model and her face.

These photos share many similarities and differences. They both have a model they're focusing on and a message they're trying to get across. Yet, the magazine seems to always use bright colors and different fonts to pull the viewer in. The fine art photos depends more on the model and what they're trying to convey using their face. The colors are usually bland or black and white to focus on the subject while on magazine covers bright colors are usually in- place.  The main difference I see is that in fine art its up to the viewer to interpret what the model is feeling. The models eyes or stance usually helps with this. But, in magazines it seems the models is almost always happy and you don't really have to think outside the photo. Light is used differently in both also, in fine art portraits theirs minimal light while on magazines there is a lot of light especially on the models face. The poses also seem to vary many fine art portraits are up close  while in magazines you can almost always see  half the models body or more.  Though these two styles have their differences they are similar in a sense that they are both trying to convey a message, and they both use portraits to do this. 

Project 8 - Surrealism and Photomontage

This is my surrealism photo. For this photo I used multiple techniques to get a surrealistic image.  During our field trip I took a picture of the U.S. Bancorp Tower and of Nichole on a modern staircase in a building. I first used the Bancorp picture as my background and cut out the staircase to hang off the building. Once I arranged those, I put in the ocean and fixed the building to look as if it was floating on water. I took the water and shark image from the internet and put it in my photo to give it a surrealistic feel. I darkened the sky to give the photo a look of a storm brewing. At first, I based my photo off of an image I saw from surrealistic blog but, as I started playing with the different tools and pictures I created a very different image. I really like how it turned out and the placement of Nichole makes it look like she wishing for something. Overall I thought this was very fun and I liked experimenting with different images.

Surrealism and Photomontage PreWork

Surrealism:
This is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920's. It's best know for it's use in art work and writing, combining dreams and reality. Surrealism is when a writer or artist can combine unrelated images or events in a very strange way, almost dreamlike. One of the most influential movements in the 20th century, figures like  Salvador Dali and Man Ray had an important influence in this art. They also influenced fashion photography, advertising, and film, bringing style to a popular audience.

By Salvador Dali

By Man Ray

By Salvador Dali

3 Photographers who show surrealism:

By Tom Ross

By Prakash Ghodke

By Pat Erickson

Alternative Processes through Digital Means Project Seven:

Cyanotype:

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This is my first cyanotype for this image I painted a blank template in a unique way and then pasted my image. I tinted my image blue and toned down the brightness and vibrance. I like how well you can see the brush strokes and the  brush tool I used. It was more of a spiral brush and you can see the strokes at the end. The image to me, makes me feel cold and I think that is represented well in the picture, since it's of the ocean. 

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After:
This image is my second cyanotype and I really like how it turned out. I did the same process with the first as the second, although I edited the photo a little differently. I tinted it blue and did a lighter shade of blue and lightened the picture. I like how you wouldn't be able to tell what the image was if it was just this picture . Overall I love the paint brush I used. It was really fun learning how to use a new technique like painting and apply it to a picture. I think the white in the background seeping through gives the image some mystery. 

Daguerrotype:

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This daguerrotype I really love. I think the image turned out very good and it gives a good older vibe. For editing, I cropped the photo and used a template I downloaded online. I put the template on top of the image and overlaid it. I added some specks of  paint to make it appear older. I edited the photo black and white so all the colors blended together.

Gum Bichromate:

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This is my Gum Bichromate. For I just experimented with different layers and colors. I  used the brush tool first and tinted my picture blue before adding multiple layers of color. I like how you can see all the colors that were used and the border being organic. I enjoy how the Elk is looking at the camera I think it adds perspective to the picture. The original image isn't the same but, very similar to this one because I couldn't find the exact one.

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This photo I took at a pod near my beach house and I really like it. My camera string is in the first image so I had to crop that out. I used a bar paint brush tool and tried to create a creative border. I then tinted the image blue and added several layers. I used yellow, purple, pink and black while painting over my picture. To then get the image I wanted I played with the opacity and after that changed the vibrance and saturation so the photo didn't have so much pink. I like the tints of different colors throughout the picture and how the top is clear so you  make out the rocks at the bottom of the pond. The image to me, looks like it was almost done with watercolors which is neat.