Inspired By a Master- Philippe Halsman

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For this photo, I set saturation to -100 and whites to -100, everything else is help as standard. I also cropped the photo so that the photo subject would be centered and that everything else doesn't disturb the picture

After

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After

For this photo I set whites to + 33 and saturation to -100. Like the previous photo, I cropped the photo so that the greenery in the previous photo would not be in the shot. It seemed like he was jumping in front of only a white background then.

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 For this photo there was minimal cropping, as the shot already focused on the figure. To make him distinguishable from the table and bench, I used an adjustment brush to set blacks +50 on his clothes only. Then I set the entire picture at saturation -100 to make it grey scale.

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I cropped this picture to make sure the photo subject was in the middle of the picture. Then, I put the entire picture to -100 saturation. Finally I set the adjustment brush to 50 black on the jacket.

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After

Before

For this photo, I set saturation at -100 and cropped the photo to center the photo subject. Then I set whites as -30 and blacks to +30.

About: Phillippe Halsman

Halsman was a prominent photographer in the mid-1900s. In 1930, Halsman shot for fashion magazines in France, which demanded sharp, closely cropped pictures. He soon became known as one of the best portrait photographers in France. In the 1940s, Halsman fled to the U.S., where he worked on his famous jump photos.

Phillippe Halsman focused his work on portraits intended to show the subjects' true emotions and identity.

Halsman's unique style sets him apart from different photographers. He had "wacky" ideas tinted with Impressionism intended to portray the world in a different way.

My group chose to imitate Phillippe Halsman because of his amusing photos and the way he looked at the world. He inspired me to look at the world a different way and to express my inner self.

Second Portrait

Composition Review- 3 Rules

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After  

Rule of Thirds: http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds/
Depth of Field: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/depth-of-field.htm
Reflection: http://iphonephotographyschool.com/reflection-tips/

First Portrait

People: Lucas Williams, Catherine Hou, Katherine Lin

Camera Raw Effects: 

On Entire Picture: 

Temperature:0

Tint:0

Exposure:-0.1

Contrast:0

Highlights:-46

Shadows:-100

Whites: -100

Blacks +8

Clarity:+8

Vibrance: -18

Saturation: -70

On Shoes:

Saturation:+100

Defringe: -45

Depth of Field

Self-Portrait

Satisfaction

Third Photo Assignment-My Third Rule

Rule 1:Perspective

This picture exemplifies perspective. By placing the boy in front of the painting of the baseball player and placing his body in the figure of the baseball player, it looks like he is holding the bat, if the photo is taken from the front.

Rule 2: Rule of Thirds

Using rule of thirds, I provided a view of the scene that puts the people on the basketball court into perspective. Furthermore, the lamp post in the upper left intersection took up space on the left side. Finally, the tint of the sky put a night-like perspective onto the actually day scene.

Rule 3: Simplicity

I took a picture of a plant with rocks as the background. After cropping this so that the plant is centered, I focused on making the plant stand out from the rocks. I used a saturation tool to nullify the rocks of their color and turn them in to grey scale, which showed the vibrancy of the plant and allowed it to be the center of the photo.

Rule1: Persepective

Rule 2: Rule of Thirds

Rule 3: Simplicity