Portraits: one painter, one photographer

So I googled "Portrait Photographers" and there was an actual online directory for them. I chose two: Rebecca Parker, and an unknown one.

Rebecca Parker I chose because she has very pretty, cliche photos that have a fantasy feel to them, like these:





The second is unknown, but he took one of the most famous portrait photos ever. I absolutely love this photo, even though it also breaks my heart:




The painter I picked is Vermeer, who did one of my favorite portraits of all time, "The girl with a pearl earring"

Jaws the Great White Shrimp

When i imported my photos for assignment four, I accidentally included some photos i had also taken one day with my dad. I had come home from dance and my dad was sitting at the table looking mournful. when i asked him what was wrong, he solemnly answered
"Did you know Jaws was a originally a shrimp?" i said no, and he held up a shrimp we were having for dinner. "He was a Great White Shrimp."
I pulled out my camera and immediately took pictures. They're all really blurry, because it was getting dark, so it was a long time. Also i was laughing really hard, so the camera was shaking.
First, there's The Great White Shrimp himself, from two different angles. (my dad had already removed the tail, so we are unsure which end is his head.)



and another angle:



And my dad, after eating Jaws (this is blurry cause i was laughing so hard:


and finally, he mourns the end of Jaws:

Assignment #3 High Key/Low Key

High Key #1 Mug with Beads
Original

Touched Up


So this is a white mug with airsoft pellets spilling out of it. I used my bathtub because it was the only white surface i could find. I bracketed it twice, but for some reason i skipped straight from 2 seconds to four seconds, when the perfect time would have been 3. So i had to touch it up a lot, but I'm pretty happy with the result. I'm glad i found the airsoft pellets, because i like all the shadows and curved surfaces that aren't too obvious. Overall, I like the way it turned out.

High Key #2 Paper
Original


Touched Up


So I didn't have to do as much with this one. I picked a larger depth of field to catch the shadow behind the paper, and so i had to pull up the exposure a little, but other than that i didn't have to do anything to it. You can't really tell in the small picture, but my favorite part is the pin holding it to the wall. if you look at the close-up you can see it at the top of the paper.

Low Key #1 Clay Pot


With this one i didn't retouch it at all. I thought about maybe trying to get back some of the shadows, but i didn't like how grainy and flat that made it. I love the highlights though. I shot this next to a window.

Low Key #2 Computer Mouse, Book, Random Black Thing


I didn't touch up this one at all either, because i liked the time and was more comfortable letting go of some of these shadows than with my other Low Key. I have very similar light in this one, but i put some more fabric along the back of the shot to create a little more depth. i like this one more than my other low key.

Butt Ugly

Boring Original


The totally awesome photo i was supposed to make look ugly but just couldn't because my photos are so awesome no matter what

Before/After

original

touched up



This is my friend's hand
taking a picture of red
fire hydrant but
you can't tell because this is
black and white with a
little bit of gray
retouched in lightroom by
me, isabelle george Rosett

a double haiku on the nature of a fire hydrant and jessie taking a picture of it.

Deep stuff.

Exposure Manipulation Exersize

Over

Under

Perfect

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