PHOTO 1 BLOG 2019-2020 - Hope Miller

I feel like this could be achieved with one photo, using Photoshop to distort and cubby different parts of the image. However, on the basis that multiple photographs were used and Photoshop was used only to place the photos in their respective spots and crop them, these are my responses. At least 15 photographs were used, but it could be as many as 30. I do not believe that they were taken at the same time of day. Take the image at the top that says “Mathew Street The Beatles”… the buildings look a lot darker than their surroundings. Perhaps it was later in the afternoon when McNally shot some of these? There is one prominent vintage, grimy overlay on the entire image, most noticeable at the bottom of it. There are dirt stains and scratches covering the entire bottom of the image. There are also some specks at the top of the image, which could be part of the same overlay that caused the vintage dirt at the bottom. McNally also likely used some subtle lighting changes (like...

PART I. I feel that my images for the most part have reflected a good amount of quality and effort. I’ve noticed that the images that I like the most are the ones that requite creativity and thought (I.e. the Blue project, the Three Doors project, etc.). This could be due to my incessant need to take each concept given and transform it in a way no one in this class (in particular) will. However, my quality drastically decreased when I was asked to perform more menial tasks such as the Hotel coloring project, or the project in which we divided a canvas into ninths and applied filters to them. However, I have always reached the deadlines on all assignments, no matter what type they are. With every creativity-based assignment, I make it my intention to take it further than the prompt given. I hope that I have achieved my goals (especially my blue and reflection of the future images), because my main goal is to not settle for the first idea or the most simple solution. My ego won’t let ...