Hockney Inspired: Prints!

Before I mention prints, I suppose I should explain the Hockney project first.

The assignment was to shoot three pieces, Landscape, Interior, and a Portrait. At least twenty-five images were to be shot of each scene, and like the famous David Hockney, piece them together as a collage in photoshop--although, he pieced them together with actual hard copies, not on the computer. My original post shows my final images for the project. Now on to prints...

The files were sent out to a local print shop that handles mostly academia related printing, so printing photographs was somewhat new to them. They were scared and not very excited to do all of our photos at first, but once they received the files, they quickly became excited and started right away. For 75 cents per 14x11 print, the quality is not bad! Definitely not gallery print quality, but surely good enough for critiques--which we will be doing in class shortly. Outside of school though, I will be reprinting from Adorama.com, who prints extremely well for the little extra money. Definitely recommend them if you are looking for great prints for a very cheap price.

All-in-all, good stuff all around. I enjoyed others' photographs and cannot wait to see more.

Any opinions on my Hockney Project?


Thanks for reading,

J. G. Clark

Andy Warhol Inspired: RGB Color

Wednesday's lesson was on RGB color and their complements, and how important they are in imagery. We adjusted the Curve levels in photoshop for each color to create Warhol-like pieces. I chose to edit a photo of my lovely girlfriend Ashlyn from our visit to Monterey. I hope to revisit this concept with other subject matter as well.

The first photo is a combination of uncropped images that used every RGB color and their complements--cyan, magenta, and yellow.

The second photo uses the same image, but cropped, and only the blue and yellow colors are enhanced from left to right.

Opinions?



Enjoy!

J. G. Clark

RAW Processing: Before & After

I shot these with a Canon 50mm f/1.8 under candlelight. The assignment was to purposely shoot underexposed and overexposed shots in RAW that would be edit to desired look. RAW is not new to me, but am still amazed at what data it can recover in post-processing. I rarely shoot in jpeg anymore; it sucks, most of the time.

Opinions?

Enjoy!

J. G. Clark

Hockney Inspired

"Peter Pan, Where Are You?"

"A Piece of the Puzzle"

"Intruder"

Daniel Kasser: Western Technosites Review

Good Evening!

So, the digital photography class and I took a field trip to UOP for Daniel Kasser's newest gallery. What great work!

I was surprised by how inspiration his work really was. Being a "landscape lover", a sucker for old rusted things and one of the artists' best friends, photoshop--something that is there for you when you need to get your thoughts and feelings out--I found Kasser's work very interesting and definitely worth a good look. The locations shot in each piece were well chosen, with a unique view. The artifacts chosen to be photoshopped in were a great match as well. Job well done in capturing my attention!

I believe that I can be a perfectionist, and because so, I did notice--as well as others in my class--hints that the items were photoshopped, but I would not call them flaws. Yes, I know the artwork was obviously photoshopped, but settting that fact aside and trying to see how he sees his reality/vision, the editing was still a bit noticable. Though, I do understand how hard it is to perfect something like that. I am not complaining about his photoshopping skills, but I just want to congratulate him on a job well done! He nearly nailed a perfect shot and "fooled" me into thinking it was real! That is one reason why I was so inspired by his work. I hope to keep practicing my lighting and blending techniques, so that the viewer can get a clearer picture of what I see in my mind--to make it real for them, in a way.

Another reason why I loved his gallery was because of his landscapes. I love scenery, of nature mostly, and although his work was pointing out industrial areas, I am still inspired to travel and shoot the landscapes I love.

Overall, his output was amazing, and I would recommend any photographer or artist really, to check out his work at UOP. As a matter of fact, I plan to take my girlfriend. =)

Thanks for reading!

J. G. Clark