Thursday, January 17, 2013

Experimental Sketchbook

This assignment was to experiment with different texts, filters, and effects on Photoshop and Picmonkey. Some pictures have text. The ones that have text are supposed to portray an emotion or personal feeling. The Ones with just effects were just for experimentation.

This was a depth photograph and I edited it with Picmonkey. I used the Gritty filter on Picmonkey, and added the text from Picmonkey as well. Text Style : Downcome

  This was a light painting photo I took. The effect was watercolor on the Photoshop Filters.
 This was a Light painting photo that I edited with Photoshop and Picmonkey. What i did was i used the glowing edges filter on Photoshop and made that glow color green. I then took this newly modified photograph and added the Burst effect on Picmonkey to boost the color and make it more vibrant.
 This was a Depth Repetition photo, and used Picmonkey to edit this. I used the Lomo effect to darken and blur the edges slightly, and I added text as well. Text: Downcome
This picture was edited with Picmonkey. I used the Downcome text again to experiemtn with it, since it really liked it. also the effect I used was the Gritty effect, but I kept it lighter, instead of darkening the photo.
This photo was edited in Picmonkey. I used the Tranquil effect. The text on the flower was La Belle Aurore style text.
This was another light painting, but here I used the sepia effect on Picmonkey and gave it a red glow, not only on the light, but a dark red background as well.
The photo was edited on Photoshop using the chrome effect. I like it since it makes the photograph seem as if it was molded into a chrome plate.
This was another levitation photo. I used Photoshop's Glowing edges effect to make the outlines of the picture glow and really pop from the dark parts of it.
This was a motion photo. Although I moved the camera when I took the photo, I added a soften effect to make it seem more dynamic in Picmonkey.
 This was another levitation photo I took and I used Picmonkey to add text and use the Urbane effect to give it a reddish look. Text name: Sketch Block
This was a photo that I took on California street. I boosted the vibrance and contrast slightly, and then I used Picmonkey's Focal zoom tool to give the picture a sense of motion.

8 comments:

  1. Stefan, Your photos are great. I really like your 3rd to last photo. The message is relatable and the effects helped portray the message you were trying to get across. Also having the light blurred makes it more interesting. Good Work!

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  2. I really like your photos! My favorite is the last photo. The editing you did with this photo is really good! I like how you did that effect and the coloring of the image is very nice too. When I look at this photo, it really looks like I'm moving through it. Good job.

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  3. Nice photos Stefan! My favorite photos are the one of drew with the phrase 'nothing can touch me here' and the one of the yellow flower with the phrase 'i am glad to be here'. I liked how you edited both of these photos making it have a sense of a dreaminess to it. I like how some of your photos have a balance of being very colorful while some are not as colorful, which makes your set of photos flow well. I also like how most of your photos are taken at a different angle. Good job.

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  4. Nice work Stefan! I really love your last photo of the street being blurred out. When I look at the image I feel like I'm actually a part of it and it's pulling me right through the image. I get super dizzy when I look at it haha. I like that some of the images are in black and white and some of them are in color, but I think this was one is really cool when it's kept in color. It'd be interesting to see what it looked like in black and white as well though. Keep up the good work.

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  5. Great photos, Stephan! I think you did a great job with interpreting you own thoughts and feelings into the photos using text, and the effects you used were really cool! My favorite photo would definitely have to be the last one, it really captures the audience's attention with the motion blur! Great work overall!

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  6. HEy stefan! The strongest photo in your set would probably be the fifth one. The contrast of the colors really compliments it. I like the font and placing of the words, and they work well together. THe mood it creates is strong and proud. Nice work

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  7. Great photos Stefan! I love how your photos have a range of many different effects, filters, and editing techniques. I also really like how some are subtle, but then others are really exuberant and bold. My favorite is your 10th photo, I don't think you could have matched the picture and text any better! The shakiness of the photo, as well and the font of the text really made the photo very strong. It's kind of inquisitive and very interesting. Nice job!

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  8. stefan, i really like the verity in your work. i like how some are heavy in filters and editing while others aren't. i like the 7th photo the best. i like how you changed the light and the glow from the light to red using the sepia filter. good job.

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