Hockney
David Hockey was born on July 9 1937 in Bradford Yorkshire. He grew up with 5 siblings, mother (Laura Hockney) and father (Kenneth Hockney). Hockney starts his art career in 1959 when he starts to attend Royal College of Arts in London, England. While attending he meet many talented artist. By the 1960s he moved to Los Angeles to work more on his pool paintings, but by the 1970s he had become very interested in photography.
To create both of these pieces I took a photo of what the area looks like so I could have a photo to look at while creating. when taking the pictures I would eventually put together, I would move the camera to be facing more of one way or even zoom in with the lens just so my images would look different from each other in brightness and detail. Once I had all of my photos taken I downloaded them and picked a few that I thought I could use. Next I used photoshop and created my images making sure that the canvas was 11 x 14. then started putting on all the images trying to make it look not so put together and interesting like Hockney's artwork.
To create both of these pieces I took a photo of what the area looks like so I could have a photo to look at while creating. when taking the pictures I would eventually put together, I would move the camera to be facing more of one way or even zoom in with the lens just so my images would look different from each other in brightness and detail. Once I had all of my photos taken I downloaded them and picked a few that I thought I could use. Next I used photoshop and created my images making sure that the canvas was 11 x 14. then started putting on all the images trying to make it look not so put together and interesting like Hockney's artwork.
Magazine cover
I chose seventeen magazine as the magazine because the girls on it always look like they are having fun and dressed casually, so i figured this picture of me with studio lighting fit that magazine perfectly. On all the seventeen magazine covers they have catchy thing that all girly girls like me love, talking about how to find the cutest summer clothes for a cheap price or how to get the best hair possible.
Due to seventeen being fun, I wanted to pick a fun color that really popped on the screen like seventeen magazines do. I chose to have a black background because seventeen magazines have solid color back grounds to focus on the model or the text next to them. To create this photo I chose to just try to have fun and laugh like the girls on the actual covers of the magazines.
Through the whole process of shooting with studio light I learned more about the strobe light, which just flashes a light when a photo is taken, the modeling life, which makes the model glow and gets all parts of her face, soft box to keep the light safe, The reflector, which helps bring more light to the model. All of these objects made it easier to take pictures that would be worthy of going on a magazine cover.
Due to seventeen being fun, I wanted to pick a fun color that really popped on the screen like seventeen magazines do. I chose to have a black background because seventeen magazines have solid color back grounds to focus on the model or the text next to them. To create this photo I chose to just try to have fun and laugh like the girls on the actual covers of the magazines.
Through the whole process of shooting with studio light I learned more about the strobe light, which just flashes a light when a photo is taken, the modeling life, which makes the model glow and gets all parts of her face, soft box to keep the light safe, The reflector, which helps bring more light to the model. All of these objects made it easier to take pictures that would be worthy of going on a magazine cover.
Del Mar Fair entry
This photo was taken while I was on my family vacation in London, England. The ferries wheel in the center of the photograph is a popular tourist attraction known as the London Eye. To take this photo I used my Nikon d3200 camera.
In my photograph I wanted to use the trees to frame the popular ferries wheel, so I attempted to get as close to the center of both the trees and the center of the ferries wheel to give it a framing effect. Along with framing I wanted it to be symmetrical and luckily the trees where pretty even, so I just had to find the proper angle. I chose to put my photo in the color category due to the photo actually being in color; although the photo looks as though it belongs in the monochrome category, but it was just gloomy. If you look closely you can notice a blue color in the sky.
When creating the final image that I submitted, I cropped the image to get rid of some of the extra space on the left of the image and make it printable size. Once it was the proper size my photography teacher printed the photo for me with her Epson P800 digital printer on Epson Glossy Photo Paper, which is how I created the image in front of you.
In my photograph I wanted to use the trees to frame the popular ferries wheel, so I attempted to get as close to the center of both the trees and the center of the ferries wheel to give it a framing effect. Along with framing I wanted it to be symmetrical and luckily the trees where pretty even, so I just had to find the proper angle. I chose to put my photo in the color category due to the photo actually being in color; although the photo looks as though it belongs in the monochrome category, but it was just gloomy. If you look closely you can notice a blue color in the sky.
When creating the final image that I submitted, I cropped the image to get rid of some of the extra space on the left of the image and make it printable size. Once it was the proper size my photography teacher printed the photo for me with her Epson P800 digital printer on Epson Glossy Photo Paper, which is how I created the image in front of you.
Composite Project
In photoshop the first thing I did was change the background of the image to a bedroom just so the background wasn't so random. Following this I started to put the heart and the brain in his hands to go with the song that I picked. following this I added a faucet and a hand reaching for it due to the words in the song that I picked. once I was done putting everything together I wanted to make the image look more like a painting so the image wouldn't look as weird and photoshop like.
mandalas
A mandala is a like a tessellation, but a circle. To create a mandala you have to first open the template then choose the image that you would like to create it. In photoshop you use the magic wand tool to select one of the little triangle areas. Following this you would copy the image by using command copy. Next you would duplicate the layer and flip and rotate so the layers are right next to each other and start to form a circle. You continue these steps until the circle is complete. Once the mandala itself is complete you can copy the whole layer to double them up and make the mandala more complex. Also you can edit and mess with the background to create more complex designs. Of the four of my manuals I like the 1st and the last the best. I think that they came out very pretty compared to the other two. I really struggled with changing the background of the mandalas because I didn't really get it. If I could do this project again I would try to take pictures of more unusual things to create more unique looking mandalas. I also would experiment more with the background and mandala itself.
TesselLations
A Tessellation is combing of the same photo in a pattern to create a new image. To create a tessellation you first have to go to file, new, then custom. Following you have to change the height and width to 8" with a 300 resolution. Then you have to create the grid by going view new guide and then enter the place that you would like the line to occur. Following this you are going to open an image that you would like to use to create your tessellation. Choose the square crop and make it a 1x 1 square, then select the area you would like to be your tessellation. following this you will use the drag tool to move the 1x1 square to the format that you made. You then fill the picture into the format and flip the photo by going to edit transform to create a super cool photo. Once you have filled up the whole template you will save it as a photoshop file then a jpg. I struggled with having the patience to do this project. It took a long time to do the 1in lines due to there being like 60 photos that need to be flipped to create the pattern. If I were to do this project again I would try to create cooler tessellations by taking different pictures or being more creative.
Portraits
From going to the duck pond I learned a lot about how important the background of the picture is. I also learned how important the lighting is for photos and that you can use a reflector to help bring in light to the photo. When posing Madelin I kind a just let her do whatever she wanted because I didn't want it to look too posed. We tried a few of the options given to us on a paper by our teacher, but they were just too awkward to do. Once the photos were taken we retouched them in photoshop. Its a really long process, but basically you create another layer were you smooth out the skin then make it look more realistic by changing the saturation of the layer. Portrait photographers are not cheap. This year when I got mine done we payed for the time taking the pictures then for the final pictures once they are all corrected and edited. Portrait photographers can be for almost anything such as seniors for their graduation card or announcements
Education for all
I think my photograph speaks to the message of diversity due to the different people’s hands in the photo. They are all very different from each other not only by their appearance, but in the way they learn. I think these two factors play a huge role in how students interact with each other when it comes to collaboration on topics in school. In this picture I chose to do a math equation on the blackboard because Math is a universal language that is something that unites all through education.
Food photography
For my food project I wanted to keep it simple. I wanted the focus to be on the food rather than all the other little things that could be in the photograph which I think helped make my photos somewhat successful. After seeing multiple photographs by people who professionally shot food I realized that some like to make their photos more complex with many things in the picture, or there are simple ones where it's focused on one thing. I liked the simplistic photos and chose to try to copy that. Three things I learned from this food photography lesson was that it's not easy to photograph, food photography isn't my thing, and how food is staged is very important. Although I'm not good at it I think food photography is cool and very I'm portent to food buisness to show what food looks like and gain more customers.
Name Project
To create the image above I used photoshop. First what I did was rotate and change my images to black and white. Next I zoomed in on the photos so you could really see what letters I was forming. Next I saved all the individual images, and found the templet that was provided for us with the amount of spaces I needed to form my name. It did not take me very long to figure out how to create my name in photoshop, but taking the photos and finding them without creating them was very hard to do. I really enjoy the first A in my name. I think it turned out really cool and different looks just like an A. I think to improve my artwork I could have taken a picture of something that looked more like an L or an image for my last A was more clear compared to the one I chose because of all the extra branches and leaves.
Layermask
My ideal job would be as a nurse where I could help those in need. More specifically I am interested in being a trauma or surgical nurse. I feel as though nurses in this field do the most for their patients and are key to helping someone. They are the first people seen when admitted and they stay with you through the whole procedure. A nurse does all the dirty work, but gets none of the credit for the recovery which I find really cool. My ideal day would be to wake up in my small one bedroom apartment in a large city. I would make breakfast and enjoy my meal with my cat then head to work. Once work is complete I would enjoy a book, go to sleep, and do the same thing again the following day
The celebrity I chose to replace my face with is Bella Hadid because she is a super cool model who dated the weekend. The process of creating this image was pretty rough due to me having smaller features than her. I tried to take a picture that was similar to her facial expression then started to use photoshop. First you have to add the pictures and add your face to the other image. After transforming the image to try and fit the face I'm trying to cover I had to adjust my skin tone to attempt to match her very fair skin color. née that was completed I merged the pictures together and was finished.
HDR
Crop
Framing
Rule of thirds
Symmetry
Line
To create these HDR pictures I used photoshop, but prior to that I took five pictures of each at different exposures to be able to catch all the deatils in the image. When doing this you have to use a tripod to try and get less movement in the picture. It makes it easier to connect the 5 photos together. HDR or High Dynamic Range is used when wanting to capture all the details in the image, After I had done my editing to greate the HDR picture I added the super saturated filter to give the photo a Trey Ratcliff feel because that is who we were trying to copy the style of. It was hard for me to take the photos I needed to fill the tecniques that were suppose to be used because I was absent that day, but I think I did alright at following some of them.
Photographing the moon
To photograph the moon:
1. Use a tripod! A flat surface will only allow you to shoot straight, and shooting the moon means that you'll be shooting up and constantly re-adjusting the tripod as the moon moves throughout the night.
2. Use a shutter release cord, remote or the camera's self timer if you don't have one, so that you don't move the camera when pressing the shutter release during a long exposure.
3. Use a zoom lens and zoom in as much as you can to the moon. It's okay if it's not a super fancy lens, this was shot using a 15 year old $100 lens. Focus in on the craters and details on the moon.
4. ISO 1250- 1600, so that you can use as fast a shutter speed as you can without losing detail-the longer the shutter speed, the more chances you have the camera will shake even slightly in the wind, resulting in an out of focus photograph.
5. Aperture priority of f/5.6 since you are not worried about capturing any details other then the moon.
6. Bracket your exposure, meaning over expose and underexpose the photograph from what the camera is telling you. Generally the camera will overexpose the moon, so you'll get nothing but a white blob in the sky. Use the exposure compensation button (the +/- button below the shutter release) and change the exposure to -0.5, then -1.0, then -1.5 and so on, until you start seeing detail in the moon. You may go as far as -5.0 exposure compensation to get what you need.
7. Take a fair amount of photos and keep refocusing as the night progresses. The photographs may look focused on the camera's display, but you won't really see if they're completely in focus until you upload them onto your computer screen.
1. Use a tripod! A flat surface will only allow you to shoot straight, and shooting the moon means that you'll be shooting up and constantly re-adjusting the tripod as the moon moves throughout the night.
2. Use a shutter release cord, remote or the camera's self timer if you don't have one, so that you don't move the camera when pressing the shutter release during a long exposure.
3. Use a zoom lens and zoom in as much as you can to the moon. It's okay if it's not a super fancy lens, this was shot using a 15 year old $100 lens. Focus in on the craters and details on the moon.
4. ISO 1250- 1600, so that you can use as fast a shutter speed as you can without losing detail-the longer the shutter speed, the more chances you have the camera will shake even slightly in the wind, resulting in an out of focus photograph.
5. Aperture priority of f/5.6 since you are not worried about capturing any details other then the moon.
6. Bracket your exposure, meaning over expose and underexpose the photograph from what the camera is telling you. Generally the camera will overexpose the moon, so you'll get nothing but a white blob in the sky. Use the exposure compensation button (the +/- button below the shutter release) and change the exposure to -0.5, then -1.0, then -1.5 and so on, until you start seeing detail in the moon. You may go as far as -5.0 exposure compensation to get what you need.
7. Take a fair amount of photos and keep refocusing as the night progresses. The photographs may look focused on the camera's display, but you won't really see if they're completely in focus until you upload them onto your computer screen.
Principles of art
Balance
This photo demonstrates balance because on both sides of the image there is the little plants and the pillars. The whole photo is successful because I was trying to photograph something that displayed the principle of balance
This photo demonstrates balance because on both sides of the image there is the little plants and the pillars. The whole photo is successful because I was trying to photograph something that displayed the principle of balance
Proportion
This photo demonstrates proportion because my partner, Angel, looks compared to other things in the photo such as the tree. I took this photo in the quad of my high school due to there not real being any other place to take a photo demonstrating proportion
This photo demonstrates proportion because my partner, Angel, looks compared to other things in the photo such as the tree. I took this photo in the quad of my high school due to there not real being any other place to take a photo demonstrating proportion
Rhythm
Rhythm is when there is movement which is why I chose to have my subjects walking. You can see their feet and easily recognize the movement they are doing in the image. This photo is successful because it captures the movement and successfully follows the principle of art.
Rhythm is when there is movement which is why I chose to have my subjects walking. You can see their feet and easily recognize the movement they are doing in the image. This photo is successful because it captures the movement and successfully follows the principle of art.
Emphasis
I think this photo due to the colors successfully demonstrates emphasis. The red really makes you focus on the colors compared to the green background and because of that, I thought this image demonstrated it fairly well.
I think this photo due to the colors successfully demonstrates emphasis. The red really makes you focus on the colors compared to the green background and because of that, I thought this image demonstrated it fairly well.
Harmony
Harmony is pleasing to the eye and I find this picture pleasing. I love how green the plants are but there is still blue from the sky. I think that the colors and how they work together is what makes this photo successful.
Harmony is pleasing to the eye and I find this picture pleasing. I love how green the plants are but there is still blue from the sky. I think that the colors and how they work together is what makes this photo successful.
Variety
Variety is suppose to demonstrate individualism and I tried to do that by taking a picture of these trees that don't have leaves on them. Each tree has such a different way their branches go and it makes them each so different from the other . I like this photo because of how pretty different things in the picture are, like the sky, grass, and especially the trees.
Variety is suppose to demonstrate individualism and I tried to do that by taking a picture of these trees that don't have leaves on them. Each tree has such a different way their branches go and it makes them each so different from the other . I like this photo because of how pretty different things in the picture are, like the sky, grass, and especially the trees.
Unity
This photo demonstrates unity because it literally is a group of all Rancho Buena Vista yearbooks throughout the years. Although each of them are very different from each other cover wise, they are all still the same subject and group together. I think this photo is successful due to it literally uniting them together.
This photo demonstrates unity because it literally is a group of all Rancho Buena Vista yearbooks throughout the years. Although each of them are very different from each other cover wise, they are all still the same subject and group together. I think this photo is successful due to it literally uniting them together.
elements of Art
LINE
This photo is of the 200 hallway at my high school, where I am trying to capture line. I did this by using the lines on the floor to help the person looking at the picture look towards the end of the hallway where there is light. I think the photo is successful because I literally used a somewhat straight line and it all leads to one point in the image.
This photo is of the 200 hallway at my high school, where I am trying to capture line. I did this by using the lines on the floor to help the person looking at the picture look towards the end of the hallway where there is light. I think the photo is successful because I literally used a somewhat straight line and it all leads to one point in the image.
Color
This photo is of these cute little yellow flowers outside of my class that I just adore. I chose this to photograph because the yellow really stands out compared to the green and brown in the background of the image. I think that the brightness of the yellow is what helps make this photo successful to demonstrate color.
This photo is of these cute little yellow flowers outside of my class that I just adore. I chose this to photograph because the yellow really stands out compared to the green and brown in the background of the image. I think that the brightness of the yellow is what helps make this photo successful to demonstrate color.
Shape
This image was taken of a tree, I was really interested in how the trees formed in the background and the shape of the green circle, seed I believe, and how natural it is. I think everything in it has to do with shape because they all natural shapes and it overall just looks cool.
This image was taken of a tree, I was really interested in how the trees formed in the background and the shape of the green circle, seed I believe, and how natural it is. I think everything in it has to do with shape because they all natural shapes and it overall just looks cool.
Form
I chose to use this picture form because the gate looks really cool and there are shadows of the gate on the floor. Im not quiet sure that this photo successfully fulfilled form, but I do think it turned out pretty cool.
I chose to use this picture form because the gate looks really cool and there are shadows of the gate on the floor. Im not quiet sure that this photo successfully fulfilled form, but I do think it turned out pretty cool.
Texture
I chose to photograph a tree for texture, because whenever I see an image of tree its like I can feel it. This image is texture because the goal is to be able to see the picture and feel like you can feel it.
I chose to photograph a tree for texture, because whenever I see an image of tree its like I can feel it. This image is texture because the goal is to be able to see the picture and feel like you can feel it.
Space
This image is successful because there is a focus which is the tree and negative solace being the blue sky in the background.
This image is successful because there is a focus which is the tree and negative solace being the blue sky in the background.
elements & principles of art
- Elements of Art
- “Building block” of design
- All good design will have one or more of these elements; line, color, shape, form, texture, space, and value
- Line
- One-dimensional
- vary in width, direction, and length
- Can define the edges of a form
- Can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin
- Lead your eye around the composition
- One-dimensional
- Color
- 3 main characteristics
- Hue- red, yellow, green
- Value- how light or dark it is
- Intensity- how bright or dull it is
- Colors can be described as warm or cool
- Monochromatic- one color plus its tints (adding white) and shades (adding black)
- Complimentary colors- colors opposite each other on the color wheel
- Analogous colors- colors next to each other on the color wheel
- 3 main characteristics
- Shape
- Two dimensional with a height and width
- Organic shaped- a shape made by nature. Not completely defined
- Inorganic shape- manmade such as a triangle or rectangle
- Form
- Three dimensional- has height, depth, and width
- Photographers emphasize form by the use of highlight and shadows
- Texture
- Surface quality of an object that we sense through touch
- Physical texture
- Two dimensional work texture gives a visual sense of how an object depicted would feel in real life if touched
- Surface quality of an object that we sense through touch
- Space
- Three dimensional
- Space in a work of art refers to a feeling of depth or three dimensions
- Positive space- the space occupied by the primary object
- Negative space- the space around the primary object
- Three dimensional
- Value
- Lightness or darkness of a surface
- Frequently used when talking about shading is also important in the study of color
- Lightness or darkness of a surface
- Principles of art
- The principles of art are the rules or guidelines of art
- Used to organize or arrange the structural elements of design
- Principles:
- The principles of art are the rules or guidelines of art
- Balance
- Physical sense of balance
- How the artist uses opposing forces in a composition that are results in visual stability
- Symmetrically or asymmetrically
- Physical sense of balance
- Proprion
- Relates to the relative size and scale of the various elements in a design
- Rhythm
- In an artwork indicates movement by the repetiton of elements
- Emphasis
- Make one part of an artwork dominant over the other parts
- Eye attracted to special importance in artwork
- Make one part of an artwork dominant over the other parts
- Harmony
- Pleasing quality achieved by different elements of a compromising interacting to form a whole
- Pleasing quality achieved by different elements of a compromising interacting to form a whole
- Variety
- Differences achieved by opposing, contrast, changing, elaborating, diversing elements
- Differences achieved by opposing, contrast, changing, elaborating, diversing elements
- Unity
- Bringing elements into appropriate ratio between harmony and variety to achieve a sense of oneness