Saturday, June 8, 2013
Friday, May 31, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Fake Magazine
These fake magazine pages (inspired by Game-informer) are my attempt to replicate the kind of ads and articles you might see in a gaming magazine. The first and last pages were collaboratively edited by me, Matt Forsland, and Ben Michaelisko. All of the texts excluding titles are placeholder text.
Multiple Exposure
These two photos were taken in downtown Portland near Keller Fountain. I took multiple photos as I walked around this building that was under construction. I then pasted all the photos into photoshop, and layered them over each other. I took the final product and used two different blending modes to create these two pictures. I like the first picture because of the crazy colors, and the ghosting of the building. The second one I like because of the variety of reds that make the building appear almost as if it is on fire.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Depth of Field Experimentation:
Shallow Depth of Field:
I took this photo at a park in downtown. I liked the way the light played across the flower, and allowed some things to really come into focus while others stayed out of focus.

The subject of this photo is a small wooden structure on the beach area of the waterfront in downtown. I aimed to show the rock in focus with a blurred background, and foreground with the middle ground in focus.
Deep Depth of Field:
This photo was taken inside the Powells books store in Downtown Portland. This really caught my eye while I was there one day, I liked the way the tall rows of books lead the eye to the back bookshelf, and the way the light was cast made a warm home-like feeling.
Shallow Depth of Field:
I took this photo at a park in downtown. I liked the way the light played across the flower, and allowed some things to really come into focus while others stayed out of focus.

The subject of this photo is a small wooden structure on the beach area of the waterfront in downtown. I aimed to show the rock in focus with a blurred background, and foreground with the middle ground in focus.
Deep Depth of Field:
This photo was taken inside the Powells books store in Downtown Portland. This really caught my eye while I was there one day, I liked the way the tall rows of books lead the eye to the back bookshelf, and the way the light was cast made a warm home-like feeling.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
These photos were all taken in downtown Portland and Washington Park as I began experimenting with motion shots.
Slow Motion: This is my favorite picture from the slow motion shoot. I shot this in a bright room so I used a small apature, and a longer shutter speed. I had the subjects move from their chairs after a few seconds so that they appeared like ghosts.
Effective Camera Shake: Using a longer exposure, I focused in on the light and shook and moved my camera. This was the result.
Panning: Small apature, medium exposure. This is a simple panning shot that I took in washington park.
Freeze Action: I captured this photo just as he was doing a flip. The result was a that the center was in focus while the edges and background were blurry
Slow Motion: This is my favorite picture from the slow motion shoot. I shot this in a bright room so I used a small apature, and a longer shutter speed. I had the subjects move from their chairs after a few seconds so that they appeared like ghosts.
Effective Camera Shake: Using a longer exposure, I focused in on the light and shook and moved my camera. This was the result.
Panning: Small apature, medium exposure. This is a simple panning shot that I took in washington park.
Freeze Action: I captured this photo just as he was doing a flip. The result was a that the center was in focus while the edges and background were blurry
Sunday, February 10, 2013
These three photographs by Deborah Bay
caught my eye as I was browsing the Critical Mass 2012 winners. These photos were created by taking
pictures of bulletproof Plexiglas that had been shot by different types of ammunitions. What I
really liked about these photos is the sort of impressionistic qualities they
have. These photos are not of an easily identifiable subject, so as you look at
them, your mind is allowed to wander as it tries to figure out what it is that
it is perceiving. When I looked at the first photo, I visualized an eyeball,
with the iris splayed out electrically around the pupil. When I saw the second
photo, I imagined it to be some kind of flying insect, like a moth. The third
photo of a 9mm lock ball, looked to me like some kind of comet, or smashed
pottery. Even after you make out the details, and know exactly what you’re looking at, you can’t
help but to imagine what else it could be. The photographer who took these photos tried
to capture the subject in a way to accentuate the abstract nature and in my
opinion did a very good job of it.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Top Three Pics (1st Quarter)
I took this photo inside of a pet store. I liked the way the colors contrasted with each other in a way that made the foreground of the photo pop.
This photo of a parking meter was taken in downtown Portland. What I liked most about this photo is the way the graffiti's sharp and sloppy turns played against the perfect curved print on the parking meter.
I took this photo with the bright sky in the background to give it a romantic and dreamy mood.
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