Balance, Contrast, and Kaleidoscopes

My first kaleidoscope has very dark colors with pops of blues and pinks. The original photo was a light sculpture near PSU which I cropped and changed the colors to be brighter. I liked this photo for a kaleidoscope, because the photo has many different lines that connected to create an abstract pattern. 

I liked this kaleidoscope, because it resembled a flag and had a contrast in both color and texture. I also liked the way each of the lines connected, whether it was the vines, the fence, or the freeway. The original photo of this kaleidoscope is a fence that has vines along it and the freeway below. I changed the colors of the smooth textured freeway and enhanced the greens on the fence in which the vines are hanging on. 

In this kaleidoscope you can see two faces staring at each other, as if they were ready to fight. I liked this kaleidoscope, because it created an image with a very different look and feel than the original photo. The original photo was a fire pit on the beach ready for a nice family gathering, but with enhancing the blacks and changing the image into a kaleidoscope the feel of the image became spooky and dark. 

This kaleidoscope is very colorful with so many different patterns and textures throughout. I liked the original photo, a tree stump covered in mushrooms, and with a lot of editing I could bring out all the natural colors to create a kaleidoscope that really pops. This is my favorite kaleidoscope for it has a different feeling then the rest, a feeling of happiness and design. 

Contrast in Scale
Beaches remind me of wonderful sunsets and a sparkling ocean, so I added warmth to the photo and blacks to give the dogs and my friend Sam a shadowed look. Helping the observer see the contrast in scale from the rocks to those on the beach. All the editing made a cloudy day seem sunnier, while the clouds still add a different texture to the photo.

Contrast in Texture

This photo shows three different textures, the grate, the shoes, and the rock cement. I liked how the colors all represent the fall season and how the grate became a golden color to match the leaves. The leaves add extra texture and feeling of the fall season. 

Contrast in Texture

This photo I refrained from editing, for I believe the original photo already has a good contrast in texture. The moss is very clear, while the sky behind is blurred and mixed with the trees. I chose this photo, because it has a diagonal balance and three different texture, two being very distinct. 

Rotational Symmetry 

This photo shows a bike in the city with enhanced coloring on the street lines and the bike rack. This photo also shows a contrast in scale as well as rotational symmetry, with the bike appearing much larger than the cars behind. 

Color Contrast

I liked this photo, because the colors are very distinctive and bold. This photo has color compliments of orange-yellow and blue-purple. I added saturation to the leaves and changed the brown dirt and rocks ,that the leaves had fallen on, to a blueish color making the color contrast more obvious. 

Color Contrast

This photo showcases a peeling paint job and the color contrast between the previous paint color and the color it was more recently painted. I cropped the picture to show the detail at the bottom of the lamppost and added saturation and vibrance to enhance the bold colors along the pole. 

Symmetrical Balance

This photo shows symmetrical balance and old architecture. I liked the textures of the wall and the design of the the metal grate over the window. The original photo was only black and grey, so I added extra saturation to each color to give the photo a bolder look. 

Diptych 

This diptych is the same photo with the camera lens zoomed on different parts of the photo. I liked  how the colors popped out in the blurred photo, while the other has a great shot of Downtown Portland and the ice covered mountain in the distance. I chose this picture, because it has a holiday theme and great contrast in texture. 

Diptych 

These are two different photos that I cropped to create one long river along the beach. I enhanced the blues in the water and took up the saturation on the rocks. I liked how the sky reflected into the water, giving it the same color. I also liked the the contrast in scale with the ocean seeming so small compared to the rocks in the bottom picture. 

Triptych 

When they put up this mural on the wall this summer outside my building, I always wanted to get a photo of it without busy downtown taking your eye off the mural itself. The mural is skinny and tall, so I took three different photos, one of the bottom, middle and top. I enhanced the colors on the brick and made sure you could see the mural easily. 

Triptych

This Triptych is of my building going up. The bottom photo is the first few floors were the offices are, the middle where the apartments are located, and the top being the roof where the windmills are powering the entire building. I changed the color to black and white for the blue on blue was too much for me. I liked how this photo is a growth of the building, but all three photos aren't off the building's shell itself.