Rosie Jarman | Color Assignment - Notting Hill

I took this photo of a Notting Hill facade while I was studying abroad in London this past fall. Out of all the colorful combos in the neighborhood, I particularly loved the way the yellow roses matched this home's door and accented the cool surrounding blues, grays, and greens. I used a photo editing app to intensify the shadows in the picture and therefore enhance the colors a bit and also edited out a couple of distracting orange stickers in the transom window. I love how the color scheme in this photo remains charming and warm without losing the historic sophistication of the city. The composition is a bit lacking in this photo as it was a quick snapshot (I always felt a little creepy taking pictures of people's houses - no matter how gorgeous they were) and I definitely wish I had shot from a slightly lower angle and more straight-on, but c'est la vie!

Below you can see where each color was taken from the photo...

Christine Marsh- Color Assignment 3

Growing up I played a lot of sports and always had a cuts, scrapes, and bruises. I always found the colors of the bruises to be really interesting (although the sight of blood makes me nauseous). For this project I wanted to play around with that idea, but without making it gruesome or childish. During the summer I will be working as an intern with public service announcements, so I thought I might as well practice making one of those.

For this image I took a photo of my roommate looking sad. Then in photoshop I was able to cut out the background and put the grey texture behind. Afterwards I played with the saturation of her face, so that it appeared to be almost black and white. I wanted her to still have a little bit of color though to accent her and make a distinction from the background. To make the bruises, I just used a paint brush and painted on her face. Then I added in the text and the logo. The color scheme I went with was almost all monochromatic. 

Liesl Hansen | Color Assignment - In the Forest

I have always been enthralled by the magic of forests. I took this while on a hike in Idaho. I loved the contrast of color between the ground and the greenery beyond. I upped the saturation a LOT in order to create that contrast. I wanted to create a bit of an otherworldly experience through my picture - that you're already in this magical sort of land, but when you cross the log, there's even greater magic beyond. I hoped that the blue-greyness of the rock would also convey some mystical feeling as well. My favorite is how red the ground looks; it really just pops out.

Steve Clarke - Color Assignment - Green with Fur

I took this picture a while back, and for a close-up photo, I've always been pleased with how well the texture stood out on the tree branch specifically. When choosing between different color schemes for the picture, I decided to go with the lighter colors of the image, instead of choosing the darker greens and brown. To be honest, I tried playing around with different, unnatural colors, and I just didn't think it looked that great. I thought that the scheme I picked - although natural-looking - better reflected the essence of the forest this way. To help bring out the colors and their contrasts, I increased the vibrancy in the photo, and even played around a bit with the blurred background (trees) before deciding on this. The hardest part was trying to emphasize the texture of the bug, because it's little body of fur is so detailed. 

Americana in Color

The idea for this picture came to me while viewing some of my parent's black and white photos. I remember a time when black and white photos and television were the only affordable way to experience these media. Unrelated to color -- I also remember feeling completely safe piling in, and riding in, the back of a truck similar to this one. My best friend had an old Brownie camera which only took black and white photos, and it's amazing how old those pictures look today. The transition from black and white to color, as if paint was dropped onto this picture, shows how much color adds to our lives. This was created in photoshop with masking layers, revealing the color layer underneath the black and white layer. The vibrancy of the color was enhanced to give a good contrast. The vibrant blue in the flowers and sky, with it's lighter blue tint against the harmonious green is soothing.  The pop of complimentary red is intended to wake you up, as well as give contrast to the gray tones in the opposing corner.

Brooke Tait | Color Assignment: Rebuild...

For this project I decided to use a bold scheme of colors. I took this photo on campus of the demolishing of the Widtsoe building. To me there are some very defined colors, especially as there were many different objects coming out of the building during construction.

I played around a lot with the colors and textures. I laid a texture on the sky and changed the color so the color could be more matte. I wanted the destroyed part of the building to pop so I increased the saturation and hue effects. I also make some of the rubble stand out by using purple and magenta shades. I laid another texture on the constructed part of the building to have a more unified look to it. I really liked the cranes so I increased the reds to make them stand out as well. I really wanted this picture to not look realistic, and to make the viewer to really think about if the colors are actually real. It was really fun trying out all the different effects of color on Photoshop, and I feel that the color possibilities are endless.

Katie Arnell- Color Assignment- Be Different

I used this photo to be sort of a mock advertisement for a shoe place, and I wanted it to have a message while selling a product. So the emotional meaning behind the image is to encourage people to be different and stand out, but the real goal behind the image is to encourage people that if they buy this imaginary shoe brand, it will make them confident and beautiful, and they will stand out for the better.

A lot of work went into this image to make it right. First, I had to photoshop the same brown shoe on to the same picture and make it look like it all came from one continuous image. I used the spot healing brush to erase any lines that made the images look fragmented or not uniform. I made the wall pink in the background to match the color scheme, and I brightened the image a little to bring out the colors more. Using different rectangles with low opacity, I created the outline around the pink shoe while lightening the other shoes so that the focus was more on the pink shoe and fit the style of the entire image. I also rotated and cropped the image to draw more attention to the image and catch the eye more. Finally, I added the light pink and brown text in the corner to complete the image.

Fountain of Color Naylor Crew

I am currently on a cruise with my family as a last vacation before my brother leaves on his mission so my options for pictures were kind of limited, but in the children's pool they have all these super colorful fountains. I thought they were pretty cool and basically the only colorful thing on the ship so I decided to take a picture of them.

I saturated all the colors and then selected the background and darkened it a little so that the foreground fountain would stand out more. I also sharpened up the lines of the foreground fountain as much as I could, but trying to get all the water droplets was tough. Overall I thought it was a cool picture to use for our color project, it's bright, sharp, and childish in a way making it fun. It takes us all back to a time when we were young and loved running around in the water just splashing having a good time.

Haley Hilton - Color Assignment - Chief

This is a picture of one of my horses. His name is Chief and he is an awesome ride. As a horse he is comfortable and consistent. He is cautious and clipped in his step so as to not stumble and harm the rider. He is powerful and strong, and the very nature of how he saunters lets off an air of wisdom and maturity. To me, somehow this image really captured that. The tone combined with the closeness of the image is slightly daunting and uncomfortable. Sort of the way one might feel up close and personal to a large horse. In contrast to this though, the focus of his eye, and the expression found in it that can only be described as submissive, develops the calm vibe I was looking for.

I wanted to use colors that were fairly natural to his environment. His warm tones mixed with the sun pulling through in the background brought a really comfortable and peaceful vibe to the image. After sorting through various tones and toying with the colors in the image, I decided I wanted to make the image monochromatic. I felt that this was the most direct way to accomplish the assignment of showing a color relationship.  

Once I went into photoshop and made it monochromatic I quickly found that I didn't like that there wasn't enough contrast in the image. I still wanted to keep the theme I had initially started with, but I needed to find a way to make it more dynamic. The best way for me to do this was to adjust the hue and saturation levels in the picture. I went to the curves tab in the control panel of photoshop and adjusted it to be an S curve. This meant that the bottom half of the curve was down while the top half of the curve was up. This brought in shadows where shadows were needed and highlights where highlights were needed. Together this brought in the exact contrast I was aiming for. 

Brooke Tait | Assign.#2: The Spider's Web

I took this picture on a stormy day when it was about to rain. I was fascinated by the wonderful colors and structure of the spider web. As I watched the spider I felt how accomplished he was in his beautiful web. He of course was not trying to impress anyone but to build his home. I was very struck by his determination to continue spinning even if it was about to rain or storm, and that maybe his influence wasn't too big for a spider. For this reason I put the words, "spin a web of influence". I want my audience to relate influence as gradual and consistent--like a web. We may feel that nobody is watching or listening to us, or for any reason paying any attention to us and our lives. But as we keep spinning this influence will become stronger and stronger like this web. 

I made may different versions of the text. I wanted both the words "web" and "influence" to be accented. I didn't use any color on the text, as I felt it would draw away from the colors in the photo. I used Photoshop to bring out the colors and accent the spider. I made the background darker as to bring out the whiteness of the web. 

Jenna Barratt | Assignment 2: Don't Stress

I played around with the image a lot. Ultimately I decided on this depiction because I didn't want the photo to come off too violent or too playful. I really just wanted it to portray how I feel- overwhelmed. I feel like that there is so much to do in a day and my mind is processing so many different thoughts that sometimes I just feel like shooting my brains out. Without all the blood and gore of course.
To make the image possible, I worked in Photoshop and in InDesign. I cropped the image, made it brighter and then overlaid a blue screen on it to give it a melancholy tone. Everything with the text was done in InDesign. I used the eyedropper tool in InDesign for the type color, which was to combat the melancholy tome because even with so many thoughts, not all are bad. The font I choose is Nanum Pen Script, which I used to give the type a handwritten look as if I took the words straight off my to-do list.

Makenzie Wistisen - Assignment 2 - Adventure

Photograph by: Makenzie Wistisen

For this assignment, I chose to work with a photograph I took while jet skiing last year at Bear Lake. Despite my very real fear of the Bear Lake Monster, Bear Lake is one of my absolute favorite places on earth; with its vivid, crystal clear, glacier fed, aqua blue water and forested surroundings, Bear Lake is unmatched in serene beauty. While glacier fed water makes for a chilly swim, there's a never ending list of water sports available on this vast lake. From sailing to boating, jet skiing, tubing, paddle boarding, wake boarding, water skiing etc., there's adventure to be had day in and day out. 

In this photograph, you see the nose of my jet ski as I prepare to hit the open waters ahead. A generally choppy and incredibly wavy body of water, Bear Lake often feels more like the ocean. However, this is no deterrent for the brave, it's almost a challenge. With the sun shining through an array of clouds to glisten on the textural water, I look to open skies and begin a high speed adventure into the unknown. I wanted the viewer to feel a sense of pending adventure, a calmness that precedes action, within the photograph as well as the text.

I chose a font within Adobe Photoshop (Myriad Pro Bold) that felt strong, clear, clean and calm exactly like Bear Lake, I stayed with a white font as it felt more comprehensive and professional, and spaced the latter word 'adventure' to give length variation between the two lines and emphasize the message. Additionally, I enhanced the lighting, sharpness, contrast and color of the photograph itself. I hope this message inspires its viewer to take a risk and experience life to its fullest capacity. Let's go on an adventure! 

Steve Clarke - Assignment 2 - "Light always overcomes darkness."

From the beginning, I knew that I really wanted to use this photo for the typography assignment. This "Cristo" statue is found atop a hill in one of the areas that I served in as missionary, and it truly inspired me as I saw it almost daily. When I would climb to the top of the hill and look down at the town, it was especially awe-inspiring. That being said, my goal was to create that same kind of inspiration for the viewer. After days of mulling over how to incorporate text into the picture, I ultimately decided to use a quote from the movie "The Saratov Approach" that I'm particularly fond of (and just happens to also involve missionary work).I thought that using the Cristo statue as the letter "T" for part of the word "light" would send a subtle message to the viewer about our source of true light - the Light of God and/or Light of Christ. This is really the "call to action" I tried to present - that the viewer look to Christ as their light. I really enjoyed this assignment.

To emphasize the idea of light literally overpowering darkness, I gradually decreased the size of fonts as the text continued down the image, with the word "darkness" being both the smallest and lowest on the page. This gave the word the insignificance I was looking for, and I made the word "light" the largest and most vibrant to show how it truly did overpower the darkness. For a coordinating color scheme, I used the color eyedropper tool to use colors already in the image as the colors for my texts "always," "overcomes," and "darkness." I tried picking texts for each word to help characterize the feeling and emotion behind the word.

C. Naylor Don't Let Them Tame You

This was a picture that I took up in the provo canyon with a buddy of mine when we were long boarding one day. I chose to use this picture and quote because to me they go together so perfectly. Long boarding and skating is something that helps me break away form the world and from my everyday life and through this quote I feel like its sharing with everyone else how skating makes me feel.
I chose to darken the saturation and brighten the contract to help bring out the colors. I also sharpened my buddy and the board to help keep you focus on him. The background was naturally blurred a little from the camera but I blurred it even a little more. Finally I made the quote white to try and stand out and then broke the it up into two separate phrases so that you eyes can travel from the top left corner to the bottom right corner.

Katie Arnell- Assignment 2- Find Your Music

I chose to do this piece because I am really intrigued by the idea of creating a form out of purely typography. I decided to base it off of a picture that I took of my roommate's guitar, and to use the words "Find your music" to construct the entire image. In order to do so, I used Photoshop to draw paths along the significant edges as well as to add some fill to parts, and I typed along those paths to create the form of the guitar. After I finished the actual lines, I used a color balancing effect over the image to create a blue overlay in order to invite a soothing, calm mood. Finally, I made the bolded "Find your music" a more contrasting color so that it stood out in the image.

The reason I chose that phrase was because I believe that we all have music within us, but it is specific and individual to each person. We don't need to work so hard to fit in or be like everyone else. Life is more fulfilling when we discover what we can offer to the world and find joy in the music within us.

Rosie Jarman | Assignment 2 - Femme

For my typography assignment I was inspired by the phrase "feministe mais feminine" which is french for "feminist but feminine." I decided to place this phrase over a self portrait by the 18th-century french artist Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun because she was one of the few women painting at the time and became very well known for her famous portraits of Marie Antoinette. While she was a progressive anomaly in her profession because of her gender, her works still exude femininity, thus I felt the phrase combined with an image of hers would deliver a powerful message. I cropped the portrait because the tighter focus gave a bigger impact while still including the most important features - her feminine lips and clothing and the tools of her artistic profession.

As I was working with the image I ran into contrast issues because of her very light neckline surrounded by darkened clothing and background. I edited the image to have a flattened grey tone because it made it feel a bit more modern while simultaneously allowing the overlaying text to stand out. I also felt the entire phrase "feministe mais feminine" looked too crowded and busy over the image, and in order to get the whole phrase to fit the text had to be quite small thus losing impact. I ultimately settled on using just the word "feministe" and was happy with how logo-like it looked. In fact, in the end I thought the design worked particularly well because it's impactful on its own but could also be adapted into many other design projects like a book cover or product packaging. Don't you think Feministe would make for a great bath and body line!?

Micah Domingo- Assignment #2- 2ndAmendment

For this assignment I took a picture of a friend holding a Glock pistol. I had her wear a ring to show the average American gun owner can be anyone. I adjusted the brightness, colors and contrast to help make the pistol's edges pop against the background. I was able to change the fingernail color from light pink to red to give it more contrast. I selected the ring and added a brighter, shinier look to the diamond. I decided to have my call to action be, "Protect the ones you love" in an attempt to promote and invite all law abiding Americans to exercise their 2nd amendment rights. The message is also in red, white and blue, resembling our nations colors.

Liesl Hansen | Assignment #2 - Moving Forward

In the creation of this project, I used a picture of me crossing the ha'penny bridge in Dublin. I felt the picture showed hesitance in my step as I crossed over. I have often felt like I have made many excuses for things in my life not happening the way I want them to, and I wanted this picture to show a way to move forward and to accomplish what you want to do.

I edited this on Photoshop. I decided to make the whole picture black and white, but made the red color from the sweater pop as a way of indicating the girl standing out from the rest of the people on the bridge. Plus, it looked cool. I went for two different types of font in hopes to create a unifying message, but each message stands on its own. I edited it in such a way to make the words look like they were a part of the steps, inviting the viewer to step forward. I also upped the levels in the picture, making the white stand out more so the black words would be more prominent and the picture would get across the message better.

Sondra Swensen - Assignment #2 - Walls

While exploring Fort San Cristobal in San Juan, Puerto Rico, I was struck with the realization that when we build walls for protection, the consequence is that we limit our ability to enjoy the beauty and the possibilities of life outside those walls. I took this picture through one of the places used to  shoot cannons against enemies, showing the contrast of the thickly constructed walls, and the beauty of what was on the outside of those walls. I decided that this picture deserved to be paired with this message of warning to those who build both invisible and visible walls, believing they are only for protection without realizing their opposing effect.

I produced this project in Canva. The object of my submission is to illustrate the use of spacing, leading, font type and direction of typography to help communicate the meaning of the words and  message which is also reinforced by the image.

Haley Hilton - Assignment 2 - Ditch the Salad

For this assignment we were asked to create an image with text that provided a call to action for the viewers. As I began brainstorming for the assignment, I initially thought about many serious commands I could give to someone through the project. After a while though, all I could think about is how much I wanted ice-cream, and how much I REALLY didn't want to eat my salad. So I decided to create a call to action to put down those salad forks and eat a treat! It will make us all happier I think!

I edited this image by lightening the background and saturation in order to make everything seem very light and airy. I wanted to keep a very feminine feel to the picture. I used skinny lettering in order to add to the very chick vibe of the image. I also used the thinness of the lettering to provide the illusion that ditching the salad will still keep you thin and pretty. (a total lie btw.) I also used the lines from the garage in the background to give the image organization as well as clarity. I wanted the type to be clean and clear, but not too bold in your face so as the keep the whimsical vibe the image is portraying. I used a font called "Avenir Next Ultra Light," from the studio app.

For this assignment I wanted to learn how to make a gif and try something new. As i was trying to think of someway to present an out-of-the-box idea I thought about how it would be cool to make a gif that went out of the box. In order to make this gif I videotaped my friend opening a box. Then I uploaded the video to photoshop, and was able to edit each frame separately to make the words grow and come out of the framed box of the photo. For my choice of font. I wanted two complimentary texts. I chose the color and the font, "Trajan bold" to make the font look more boxy. The other font I chose was "Sans Pro Extra light italic". I chose this font because I wanted a thin fun font, so that the attention would draw to the word box. It took me a while to figure out how to edit the gif and add the words. So in the future I would like to spend more time actually looking at font and the photo properties. 

Crew Naylor Assignment 1- Stranded

I chose this picture because it represents a time when I was stranded in the middle of nowhere with my first flat tire. The picture provides a lot of different colors so there wasn’t much I wanted to do to change the picture. I did enhance the brightness and contrast a little to bring out all the different colors and then had some fun with the color balance. I also liked how the picture was already divided into thirds. In one third there is the tire and I, then the background and then the car.

Haley Hilton - Assignment 1 - A Constant Reminder

A year ago this month I was diagnosed with lyme disease. It took me over a year and a half before that to get a proper diagnosis at all. Up until that point in my life I was a professional dancer with hopes for a future filled with all of my dreams coming true. Getting hit hard with a chronic illness isn't something many eighteen year olds prepare for. Suddenly health, or rather a lack there of, was sitting at the forefront of my once carefree mind. My current treatment regiment involves eight hour days sitting inside of a doctors office twice a week being pumped full of different antibiotics. The pic-line highlighted in this image is the vehicle in which my curing begins, and hopefully someday ends.

When I began this project I knew I wanted to depict an aspect of my experience through an image. To me, having the pic-line so commanding in this particular photograph, is representational of my health challenges being on the forefront of my mind at all times. We used the rule of thirds in order to make the medical instrument a natural place for the viewers eyes to find. We also darkened the exposure in the background in order to focus the eye to the foreground where the pic cline is. While my face is tucked further in the darkness than anything else the slight smile on my lips shows the need to find hope in the middle of challenges and difficulties. Finally the placement of my hand is meant to show both the struggle and the fight of every human as they struggle, and yet strive to fight again.

Kaitlyn Lindley | Assignment 1 - Inside My Bag

For this assignment, I chose to photograph the items I carry with me regularly in my purse. The contents of a person's bag can be very telling. One can infer a number of things about a person--what they like, what they do for fun, what's important to them--based solely on objects they deem important enough to carry with them. Granted, the assumptions one might make could be completely wrong; however, the uncertainty and mystery of knowing what a person carries with them without actually knowing the person makes the concept interesting. 

Individually, the items found in my bag are fairly mundane: keys, mints, a book, a comb, a ticket stub, a phone charger. But when observed collectively, in an attempt to learn something about a person, the items hold more significance. It requires one to look at the everyday objects in with a different perspective. I muted the colors in the picture to make the objects appear more uniform and part of one distinct whole. 

Katie Arnell - Assignment 1 - Color Me Aqua

I chose to capture, edit, and present this picture because I thought the image has a bright and interesting effect with color, as well as illustrates an interesting coincidence. I was sitting on my bed thinking about how art can be noticed in any place if you choose to see it. As I thought about it, I noticed that my blankets and pillows, toenails, and pajama pants were all the same color. While I knew that aqua was my favorite color, I had not really noticed that I had started to build life around me, all in that color. I had begun to create an identity of myself through color. And in doing so, I created art in the most simple aspects of my life.

I really wanted the aqua to pop, so I used Photoshop and Lightroom to brighten the image, balance the colors so that the aqua/cyan stood out, cropped the image so that the feet were placed on a third, and increased the saturation and vibrance to give the color even more power. The color was meant to be the central focus of the image, so the effects I used were meant to bring out the blue so it caught and held your eye. I also sharpened the image so that the shadows and highlights stood out more as well. Finally, while I wanted the fabrics to be sharp, I didn't want to make the skin look too sharp and pixelated, so I lightly used a softening effect on the feet.

Brooke Tait | Assignment 1: How Clouds are Really Formed...

     I took this photo hiking and could see some amazing cloud formations. I loved the colors and the many different elements going on with lighting and colors.  I was very interested about learning color contrast and to use the many different tools Photoshop has to increase color intensity. I wanted it to look dramatic by bringing all the vivid colors to life. I adjusted the the yellows and reds, as well as bring out the green tones. I also sharpened it a little more to give it better edges. I found a lot of options and many ways to alter the contrast and saturation.

This picture follows the rule of thirds, and my favorite part is the unique hand on the side that is lined with a cloud as well. I want viewers to think differently about the sky and feel more "wonder" and "awe" as they look at the clouds.

Steve Clarke - Assignment 1: Light Up the World and Play

This photo is a meaningful one to me. A rarity in Panama, this public basketball court (with a roof) was just a couple of blocks away from my first house there. Many a morning was spent playing there before the day began.
I really wanted to make the hoop on the far end the focal point of the photo. To do this, I used a lighting filter effect to shine down on the hoop. Then, working with two different layers of the photo (one b/w, one color), I used a blending mode on the top layer to emphasize the color in the light. Finally, I touched up the image by playing a bit with the contrast, popping the colors, and using the sponge tool to touch up the lighting on the court.

Liesl Hansen | Assignment #1 - A Couch in the Forest

Here sits my husband on a couch in Ikea. I had originally wanted to convey an idea of how often the pictures we see in life are staged. I tried to show a contrast between what is implied in the background and what is actually happening in the foreground. While it is obvious he is not actually in a forest, I sometimes feel that what I see on my social media is people trying to portray a life far more interesting than what it actually is. Or even if their lives ARE interesting, the "perfect" photo requires a lot of unnatural poses and set-ups in order to be an interesting, natural-looking photo. Sort of the irony that lies in it.

I tried my best to stay within the rule of thirds and utilized lines that direct attention from the eye. I saturated the colors more and amped up the contrast so the colors would pop more. I cropped it a little so less attention would focus on the couch and focus more on the subject of the photo.

Assignment 1

Photograph by: Makenzie Wistisen

I'M COMPLETELY FLEXIBLE...AS LONG AS EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY HOW I WANT IT.

I took this photograph in high school for an animal photography assignment. While I toyed with the idea of taking pictures of my neighbors cats and dogs like the majority of my classmates, I wanted to do something a little more exotic and challenging. What a perfect excuse to go to the zoo! While I wish I could have captured this stunning flamingo in its natural habitat, its beauty continues to captivate me. Flamingos have been and continue to act as a stylistic icon in fashion and design. There is something iconic about a pink flamingo that elicits fun, summer, elegance and femininity. With elongated limbs and fascinating aerodynamics, this beautiful, flightless bird is one of the only truly pink creatures on earth. I like pink...in case you were unaware. 

This Photograph was taken with a small Nikon digital camera and I feel is a testament to what can be achieved with skill absent from heavy duty equipment. I've since acquired SLR's with high quality lenses, but have always been pleased with the high definition of this photograph. Naturally, I have cropped it to an aesthetically pleasing composition and edited the colors and lighting in Adobe Photoshop. The original is much darker and less sharp. The sharp contrast of pink, coral and orange on a sort of textured, green canvas, creates a cooperative color scheme however, the uniqueness and intrigue of the photo belongs to the beautifully twisted neck of the subject. 

I've been told I need to be more flexible in life but felt this title was appropriate to my general response. This lovely flamingo however, reminds me to bend without breaking, walk with grace and stand apart from the crowd. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Rosie Jarman | Assignment 1 - Still Life with Birkenstock as Art Object

I work in the registration department of the BYU Museum of Art and a huge part of our job is conducting condition reports where we carefully examine art objects for flaws and markings. For this project, I decided to turn the critical eye of a registrar onto an everyday, very flawed object; a Birkenstock. I chose this particular shoe because of its definitive and iconic design, using the context of a condition report to draw attention to the fact that many everyday objects have been as carefully designed and crafted as any painting or sculpture in the museum. Furthermore, by choosing a Birkenstock in particular, I wanted to explore the fact that it's a product whose popularity rose and fell and is rising again. Much like styles in art, the style of a shoe is enormously dependent on the taste of the age in which it was created and therefore, both works of art and shoe styles are susceptible to going in and out of fashion.

I designed my own condition report sheet, took the picture of the shoe for the sheet, and took the polaroid attached to the clipboard (as polaroids of works are often included with their paperwork) all in the style of a professional condition report and art object file. I then composed, shot, and edited the "still life" to include a few additional tools of the registration trade like clipboards, folders, and pencils. I adjusted the image to have a dusty quality in tune with the golden browns of the objects because it reflects the academic and historical qualities of the registration department.

Micah Domingo-Assignment 1- Indiana Tones

After thinking about what photo to use for this assignment I decided to use a picture I took of a bridge in the jungles of Honduras. I really wanted the wood from the bridge and the lush green landscape to pop so I used the quick select option to highlight the bridge to make it a more brown/red. I played with the brightness, saturation and overall color tones to highlight the shape of the leaves and brighten the green and the rusted metal. This picture reminded me of the Indiana Jones movies so I called it "Indiana Tones" because I adjusted the overall color tones as well. I also adjusted the shadows to give it a darker feeling as you cross the bridge into the unknown.

Christine Marsh-Assignment 1- Light Clarifies

I got the idea for this picture while in Sunday School talking about light. The theme was that light has many properties. One of these properties is the ability to clarify. With this assignment, I wanted to focus on the light and the idea that things aren't always as they seem. The shadows represent an absence of light. A person looking only at the shadows might mistake the couple as being romantic or in a loving pose. However, when the viewer focuses on the light hitting the couple they see that the two people are actually in an argument. First, this photo was cropped to remove all the outside distractions such as benches and debris. Next, I photoshopped the shadow of a finger out to focus the viewer on the romantic nature of the shadows. I also lightened her shirt to give it contrast against his dark suit. Lastly, I played with the overall lighting of the entire photo to help the shadows stand out more boldly.

Assignment 1 - Leaving the Nest...Learning to Fly

This picture tells the story of a mother's emotions while watching her baby leave the nest to spread her wings. During my youngest daughter's senior picture photo shoot, I took this picture while she walked to the next photo pose. At first, this picture spoke to me of her independent spirit, and her confident stride screamed "I am ready to fly!" I knew her heart was filled with the hopes and dreams of every young performer...believing success was certain. Her trusty "money maker" slung across her back, and her powerful and trained vocal chords ready to sing to the world. Today, the tears are streaming because I have watched her struggle over the past two years. Her dreams are still in clear focus, but life is tough outside the safety of the nest. My mother's heart wants to reach inside this picture, pull her back and keep her safe. I brightened the sky to blue from gray, illustrating her bright dreams, and accentuated the broken road and rust on the metal to show the difficulties life can bring. Through my wet, blurry eyes I still see her soaring!

Jenna Barratt- Assignment 1- The Power of a Moment

I took this photo to show the contrast between the values of capturing the moment and living in the moment. Sometimes, we are so encompassed by documenting everything that we forget to actually make the most of our experiences. I lightened up the hand to make it pop and gave it more contrast to add greater shadows because it gives the image a lonelier tone- as if I expect the captured instant of happiness to make up for being alone at the moment. I also lightened up the photo to showcase it more because it is the focus of the image, and I did not want it to blend with the background.