Top Row, Second Photo: (Tallie)
There is one light on the left of the model. The lighting is very dramatic and creates a dark shadow on the right half on the model’s face. The model’s torso is included and she is looking down at her hands. I took the photo horizontally from a few feet away. I was standing and the model was sitting on a stool, there is a slight angle down from the camera to the model. The model has a little smile on her face and with the lighting it looks like she is trying to hide her smile. The last photo in the gallery of Matt with the book has a completely different feel. The lighting was not dramatic at all like the photo of Tallie, it was pretty straightforward with two umbrella lights.
There is one light on the left of the model. The lighting is very dramatic and creates a dark shadow on the right half on the model’s face. The model’s torso is included and she is looking down at her hands. I took the photo horizontally from a few feet away. I was standing and the model was sitting on a stool, there is a slight angle down from the camera to the model. The model has a little smile on her face and with the lighting it looks like she is trying to hide her smile. The last photo in the gallery of Matt with the book has a completely different feel. The lighting was not dramatic at all like the photo of Tallie, it was pretty straightforward with two umbrella lights.
The photo of my horse and I was taken by holding my cell phone out with my hand. I used the back camera opposed to the front facing “selfie cam”. I was in my barn in rainy weather so lighting wasn’t the best. If I were to take the same photo using a DSLR I would set the white balance to auto, and set it by taking a picture of a completely white field. I would set the white balance that way because there was both artificial light and competing natural light. I chose to photograph myself with my horse because I am who I am because of my horse and the people I have met through horses. This is not just a selfie because there was so much emotion in the shot. I’m practically cuddling my horse in the picture.
For the first photo in the gallery, I used a photo of Julie and a photo of trees in my yard that I took at the beginning of the year; I don’t think I used that photo for anything. I made the two images two separate layers in photoshop, the trees as the top layer. Decreasing the tree layer to 70ish, it made Julia visible. I used the eraser tool to erase the entire tree layer except what was on her skin/face. I then used a blending filter. It looks like Julie is transforming into the trees. Julie has a very calm look on her face so it looks as if she’s just accepting her transformation.