Draft 4 fall photography

Artist statement - In this composition I had my models gaze into the distance as to be thinking about something. I tilted my camera so I could get a large portion of the image be the sky. The point of this was to have the face taking up the sky so it wouldn't get covered up by buildings. This makes it easier  to see. Like my last draft I made it so this one had a lighter feel to it. The recipe has been the same the whole time. Yet I don't have the technology to make jasper James level work. I still try my best. 

Draft fall 3 Photography

artist statement - In this composition I further added on to my comps of Jasper's style. This time I tried to have all the models look into the distance in front of a cloudy background. This gave the composition a mysterious feel to it and a glum one too. The way I put this together or the recipe was to take a portrait and place it over a background image. Then once I did this, I erased the background on the portrait image to make a clean looking image. I then Faded the image to blend the two together. I also worked on letting there be a lot of sky in the background so the face of the models wouldn't be hard to see over the city background.  The mood of this piece is laid back and relaxed and this can also be seen in the my classmates faces, especially Jackson's. 

Draft 2 Jasper James double exposure

Artist statement:

Goals - The goals of this assignment was to capture a state of emotion, portrait and background in this composition. I tried to blend the background with the portrait so the portrait would be in the sky mostly the face. Another goal was to come close to the level of perfection that Jasper James double exposure has while using just a compact camera. I also tried my best to use the eraser application in picmonkey to take away as much of the background in the portrait as possible.

Tone/vibe - The tone of these photos is filled with one emotion. Some can be seen as a subtle happiness to pure confidence. I tried to keep a vibe of hope and someone fading into the future and looking to the future or the viewer of the photo.

Recipe - The recipe of all these photos is two images blended together. One image is a background of the city including the sky which is where I place the portrait. This go around I tried to take pictures of only the face, some include a little bit of the chest. I then enlarged the portrait to fit in the sky and blended them together. On the background I took up the brightness, lowered the darkness and took up the contrast.