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Michael's Online Photography Portfolio Digital Photography Fall 2024

The Lone Ranger

I took a photo of a man at a rodeo riding his horse and I lightened the picture up to make it look nicer. I learned not to make my dodge tool be visible in the picture. My goal was to make a nice picture of a man riding a horse with good lighting. I feel like I could have done better with the lighting since it is visible in the picture. I hope that my audience can get that people still ride horses.

The Cavalry

I took a picture of people at a rodeo riding their horses in a line. I decided to make the colors pop more in Photoshop. I learned that colors can pop maybe too much. My goal was to make a nice picture of people with horses in a line. I feel like the colors may be popping out too much otherwise I feel that it is a nice piece. I hope the audience will be able to see what being at a rodeo is like.

The Standing Lasso

I took this picture at a rodeo in Pueblo, Colorado. I decided to lighten it up in photoshop and make the crowd bigger. I learned how to use the spot heal brush more effectively. My goal was to make a nice picture of a man lassoing at a rodeo to show the excitement of rodeos. I feel that the picture could have used better lighting and the crowd could have been smaller.

Baseball Season

I took a picture of a baseball. In this project I learned how to capture good textures and incorporate small details on my baseball. My goal was to get all the details of the baseball in the photo. I feel that this is a good photo although it is a bit boring. This is to show the audience that sometimes things are better when they are simpler.

Mini Golf

I took this picture of a golf ball and a club at a minigolf place. When taking this photo I learned that I should work on having better angles in order to have no distracting elements in the photo. My goal was to take a nice looking photo of a golf ball about to enter a hole, but I feel like I could have used a different angle to get rid of distracting elements.

The Sad Supply Shed

I took a picture of a supply shed at a mini golf place. I learned how to effectively take pictures in the dark using the dark landscape mode on my camera. My goal was to take a nice picture of the supply shed. I feel like I did good taking this picture since it follows the properties that a photo should follow when being taken.

The Wooden Triptych

The theme I used to create this Triptych was wooden structures. I was able to take many pictures but I chose these three. It was fun learning how to make a triptych and making sure it looked nice. I feel like this triptych went well and the photos did not have many distracting elements in them, making the main focus the wooden structures.

The Vase of Despair

This black and white photo is of a vase. While taking this photo I tried to make no distraction within it and was mostly successful. I feel like this photo is pretty good, even though it is quite boring. I enjoyed using the black and white elements in this photo as well.

The Duo Duck

This duotone photo of a Duck that I took was a fun project. I was able to make it look as though there were two ducks instead of one by using a mirror. I learned how to take nice reflective photos during this project. I also enjoyed duo toning the photo. I feel like this photo turned out well and turned out to be very successful.

The Circus Duck

I took this photo of a duck standing on a ball in front of a mirror to use a reflective element in my photo to make it look like there were two ducks rather than just one. I made this photo black and white and then hand colored it using tools in Photoshop. I feel that this photo turned out very well and has nice colors that pop nicely.

The Surreal Flames

Making this project was fun since I was able to take multiple photos and using layer masks I was able to combine everything to look like hands were coming out of a fire. I feel that this photo turned out very successfully and I also enjoyed making this photo, making it in my opinion, one of my best pieces.

Oceanic Bubble Collage

I was able to take these photos by using oil and water and using a colorful background to make a really nice effect of colorful bubbles. I then took some of my best photos and turned them into a collage. I made sure to use cool and ocean like colors in this collage to make it seem as if they were from the ocean. I feel like this project turned out well and it is one of my favorite ones.

Fiesta Bubble Collage

I took these pictures by mixing oil and water together in a clear pan and used a colorful background to make the bubbles seem to be multicolored and fun. After taking them I was able to make a collage with the best ones I could find and use cool and warm colors together to make it look like a color explosion. I feel like I did well on this project since it used both warm and cool colors and felt like a color explosion of bubbles.

Created By
Michael Vester

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