Nightscapes

These are the final four images for my Nightscapes project. All images edited in Adobe Lightroom; the first and third images have minor clone stamping adjustments in Photoshop.

Location: Downtown Pleasant Hill/Gregory

Powerful Landscapes

These are the final images from my "Save Mt. Diablo" project.
Location: Mt. Diablo Foothills

I used a high zoom lens and kept edits to the bare minimum (a little brightness, contrast, and color).

HDR Image

This is my HDR test image.

City Life

For my "City Life" project I shot at Haight Street and the Panhandle.  I used Arista 400 film and an Olympus OM1.

For the first image I used a 2 1/2 filter.  All of the other images were simply printed at F8 with varying times.

Homemade Backdrop

These are the top four captures for my "Homemade Backdrop" project.  I edited the images in Lightroom, adjusting the contrast, saturation, curve, and brightness.

Model: Lisa P.

Perspective and Scale

These are the final images for my Perspective and Scale project.  I used my BJD (ball-jointed doll) Satoru as the subject.  My basic story for the project is  enjoying the splendor of nature and the calm and elegance of the early-evening sun.  Additionally, the photos convey another story of Satoru waiting for someone, and acquiring some sort of magical power from sun, allowing him to both heal others, as well as hurt.
All of my photos were edited in Lightroom to achieve a similar effect.  The final image, which is a merge of two different ones, was edited in Photoshop as well, causing the tonality to vary slightly from the other three images.  In Lightroom, I played with the saturation and luminance of the oranges, yellows, and greens, tweaked the levels a bit, played with the contrast and blacks, and lowered the clarity slightly.
With the final merged image, I took an image of when he fell on the ground, and cut him out of it, adding him to the image of him standing with his hands out.  I then airbrushed in an orb in his hands and changed the blending mode.

Shadow Play

These are the images for my "Shadow Play" project.  I used Tmax100 film.

This photo exhibits a strong use of directional lighting.  This is an images of a redwood tree in my backyard.  In the darkroom, I didn't need to do anything "special" to the print, like adding filters or burning.  I printed on fiberbase paper.

This photo uses shadows to create a pattern.  I was aiming to emulate the feeling of a jail cell.  Like the first print, I did not need to do anything "special" to it while printing. I printed on fiberbased paper

This photo uses silhouette.  With this photo, I wanted to emulate Alfred Hitchcocks' "Psycho".  In order to take the photo, I set up a light and shot from inside my shower.  My father held up the knife for me.  This print was a little more difficult in the darkroom; I needed to use a 3 filter.  Printed on fiberbased paper.

On another note, I still need to do my dyptic photo, for I do not know how to do positive printing.