For this picture I used the quick selection tool to separately manipulate both the foreground and background. The background was too dark and the foreground was overly exposed by the light from the camera and light above. That is me in the bleachers to the right :p. One of the photographers that our high school hires took this picture, I'm not sure of his name but I manipulated the color.

The log that harbors this fungi is the emphasis of this picture. I boosted the contrast on the log and used a photo filter for the leaves that covered the ground. Together they make, I think, a really cool feel. 

 The design and colors in this cup brought something to the table for me. I wanted to illuminate it's presence among others behind it.

 

This picture of my overly full recycling can is my demonstration of over exposed correction. I noticed it was getting over stuffed but something about the objects protruding out of the can interested me because of positive space it took up. The plastic bottles especially were intriguing because I'm kind of anal about making the most space in the can but that is disregarded here.

Haze demonstration. The white on my shoes were kind of avoidable but I used auto tone to correct this one. I like the look after auto tone because it the picture clearer. The dock plants that I'm sitting on have quite the reflexive look. 

Assignment #2

Composite Images

Me waiting for the bus to take me somewhere outside of the TCNJ bubble, preferably Boulder Colorado. The trip to Colorado last year had a surreal affect on me also my outlook on life.

I used here the close up photo and inserted a skateboarder to look like he's skating a half pipe but is actually the pencil shaving. I noticed how active the shavings looked up close so I made it come alive.

I wanted this picture to show Mario in a very unusual environment other than the ones in the video games. I took him out of the game world with a power-up to run for that will hopefully get him back. Unfortunately, this mushroom that fell out a box from the refrigerator walk is more likely to give him a virus.  

Hello everyone. Welcome to my first legitimate blog.

Assignment Numero 1

Profile

The bus stop says a lot of things for me. I took the train to Princeton but looking in the direction of the sun as if hoping to be somewhere else.

Abstract Profile

If only I had these on in my first picture... Classic Ray Ban looking bootleg sunglasses made for a good abstract profile.

Profile Drawing

I'm deeply in need of tan. For the drawn pictures I did not want to use the computer, I felt safer just drawing them but I paid more attention to the aesthetic of the photos.

Environment

The melted snow below complements the pile of snow. To me, it resembles a glacier thats waiting to melt away almost bleeding in a way. It is the melting of the pile that saturates the concrete that struck me. 

Abstract Environment

The layer of snow on the roof of Travers/Wolfe lounge is so thin and the light shining on it make it hard to tell where it is and if it is actually a snow.

Environment Drawing

My interpretation of a snowflake. I wanted to make it look pretty radical, like on a microscopic level.

Action/Idea

This sharpener that worked so efficiently stands alone on the edge of my desk with it's reflection in the metal ruler. The elevated ledge emphasizes it importance almost like a podium. 

Abstract Action/Idea

A pile colored pencil shavings. An up close picture of the remains of the act of sharpening a pencil. The texture is what caught my eye the most and I want to have the viewer feel like they are inside the pile.

These are more abstract pictures that I took for fun. I like pushing the abstract. The more confusing an image, the more appealing it is to me. Not everything should be seen like it is in reality. It makes the boring, interesting.

Those don't look like you're average trash cans. If these aren't abstract, I don't know what is. Industry pumps out abstract objects all the time. A lot of appliances that are made catch my eye. The shower cleaning machines that are always sitting around the towers look so out of place, it's an eye sore but very intriguing.

Action/Idea Drawing

This one relates back to the sharpener. Sharpened pencils in a row.