Vivian Wang's Photography Blog

I learned about different types of photography such as underwater, micro, landscape, portrait, etc. I feel like this semester has gone really well because I learned a lot more techniques on how to create the image I am really looking for. I really enjoy taking photos with a shallow and deep depth of field. My favorite project would have to be project 5 because I was able to learn all the parts of the camera and get a better understanding on how to use them. I especially felt connected to Cody Cobb's work, who is a landscape photographer that captures the stillness of nature. I really enjoy taking those kinds of photos and his photos were just amazing. For next semester I'm excited to work more with photoshop and create better quality images. I'm also very excited to improve on my picture taking skills as well as photo editing. This was a great semester!

In project 5, we played around with different camera controls and different photoshopping methods. We took photos for a deep depth of field, shallow depth of field, motion blur, and frozen motion. We edited these photos to portray a certain mood and to fulfill our own aesthetics. It was very fun playing around with different editing tools and shooting for different types of photos.

Radial Balance Symmetrical Balance Asymmetrical Balance Contrast in Color Contrast in Value Contrast in Scale Contrast in Shape Contrast in Texture In this project, we shot pictures in downtown Portland, Oregon that represents all types of contrast and balance. We tried to shoot as many photos as we could to have more materials to work with. With this project, I tried to go out of my comfort zone to shoot pictures that would be ones that I didn't think of before; I tried to be open-minded. 

These are the best grids that I created for the final works for project 3. I really like flowers and warm toned colors, so I decided to make cool designs by rotating and flipping the edited photos. The first color grid is of pictures of raspberries that I took and edited. I rearranged them by rotation. The second color grid showing some contrast is organized by using the flipping tools. Last but not least, the third one is of flowers that I took and edited. When I placed them onto the grid I rotated them to make a cool circular pattern.