Theo's Photography Blog

Strong contrast in color: Steve Mccurry Strong contrast of value: Henri  Cartier-Bresson Strong contrast of shape: Ansel Adams Strong contrast of texture: Erno Vadas Strong contrast in scale: Edward Curtis Asymmetrical balance: Matthew Peoples Symmetrical balance: Ansel Adams Radial balance: Trent Sizemore

I created these kaleidoscopes in lightroom by flipping and mirroring the images and then putting them into a pattern next to each other. The first kaleidoscope was originally a picture of some graffiti on a trash can. The second kaleidoscope was originally a picture of a building downtown.

Project description: In this project we had to take pictures of objects with different colors and group them in warm, cool, mood, and complement groups. We had to chose a photo from each group which we thought best displayed the type of color. We also had to create several grids using the pictures we took. Here are the pictures I chose as well as the grids I created. Grids: My first grid is a 3x3 using a picture of some yellow flowers which I thought contrasted really nicely with the dark gray ground. My second grid (4x4) is a picture of carrots. Complement Cool colors Monochromatic Warm colors Mood

Birds eye view: I took this photo on the way back to school. It was the closest photo I had to what could resemble a birds eye view photograph. I darkened the red and make the colors more vibrant. Bugs eye view: This is an underneath perspective of a construction vehicle. I made the green a bit more vibrant so it stood out against the bright blue sky. I also sharpened the picture. Close up: for this picture, I enhanced the sharpness of the image and darkened the background so the foreground stood out more. Diagonals: This is a picture of a building downtown. I sharpened the image, darkened the background, darkened the shadows, and made the blue more vibrant. Leading lines: This is a photograph of a building downtown. I sharpened the photo and messed with the colors and the vibrance to make the colors more interesting. I also darkened the image so it wasn't super bright. Frame within a frame: I took this photo on the bridge crossing over the highway. I changed the c...

Contact sheets can be helpful to photographers in several ways: it can be used to organize your photos, it can be used to show the best photos you took when shooting, and it can also be used to communicate a development of skill, in that you can compare photos that you've taken over time.

For this project, we had to take pictures that applied to the Elements and Principles. We took pictures in the hallways, classrooms, and outside. We also had to find pictures that applied to the Elements and Principles online. Elements and Principles