iPhone4
Version 7.0
Regular camera
 

Techniques: In order to shoot my picture of the week "Yellow" I decided to choose a day where the natural lighting was very vibrant. I wanted my picture to posses a very natural feeling. As I was walking down the street, the yellow pipes on the side of the brick building popper out at me. After I took the picture, I felt that the tones from the natural lighting were vibrant on their own and didn't need much editing. I used the auto-enhancing setting on my iPhone which made the yellow and the red bricks pop, and stand out stronger against the darker tones.

Strategies: I took this picture using a few strategies.I wanted the point of view to be from an interesting angle. I felt that this would create a more interesting composition than simply shooting at eye level. I stood above the yellow piping on the side of the brick building and shot at a bird's eye view. Since I was shootinf a flat surface, I wanted to make sure there was depth in my photo as well. I accomplished this by making sure there was a variety of tones. I had to make sure the natural lighting was vibrant enough.

Recipe: I chose to shoot this image because I wanted to highlight one of the small details during my day. Walking to work each day there are so many little details that I will notice in the moment, but I won't remember after some time. The yellow piping is the perfect example of an object that I see, but forget within moments. I wanted to hold on to the memory.

Step Back In Time With Me

I shot my photos on an iPhone 4s with iOS 7.04 and used the filters that come with the iphone's natural editing abilities.

While shooting in color I was afraid that I would lose some of the natural beauty of objects. I was afraid the other colors in the background or foreground would distract from my focus and the point that I was trying to capture. I captured this photo when the sun was setting which inspired my warm color tone choice. The natural light and the natural environment really caught my eye when exploring the city to take photos. I have found that my favorite time to shoot is right around sunset, because I love the long shadows and the warmth that the sun naturally gives the photos. This picture captured the environment as is and lets the character of the street speak for its self. I honestly did not do much tweaking to the photo until I was happy with the results. I wanted to focus on the buildings and the aspects of the oldie world feel and so I wanted to eliminate as much clutter as possible. I cropped out the streets below and also the people and cars. I wanted the viewer to have a sense of themselves being on the street and invite them into the picture, not only as a viewer but as an active participator within the work. This technique allows the viewer to find their own individual meaning in this piece and what is happening in this environment. Other than cropping the photo I did not want to change too much. I wanted to warm up the piece a bit to enhance the sunset and oldie world feel, but did not want to manipulate too much. I found that the preset filter called "transfer" was enough to give my photo the feel I wanted to create.

Looking around the web at other photographers, I came across Kevin C Brown, who is actually a photographer here in Philadelphia. He photographs every day life events, which I really enjoy. In his photographs of buildings he has a simlar tone of photograph and we have similar interests in the level of detail we like to capture in photographs. I also like the way he creates his environments, having the background and foreground all relevant parts of the picture.


Find more information about Kevin C Brown at http://kbrown.photoshelter.com/gallery/Philadelphia-Scenes/G0000gErCtYCyg2s/C0000KmI2QI0XlYY

Kajal Patel- Topic 2 Recipe:You Don't Have To Unwrap Me In Order To Know What's Inside

Phone: IPhone 5S 
OS: iOS 7.0.6Application: VSCOCam

I utilized many uniform techniques throughout my collection to make it appear as though all the photographs related to each other in one way or another. I was able to shoot a lot of the photographs up close and personal, zoomed in, to draw attention to detail on the everyday objects that I utilized. The reason for zooming in was to send a message: we pass by things so often, that we forget there is depth within everything we touch, see, and feel. Also, I used a lot of off centering in the pictures so that the subjects of the photographs would not be directly in the middle. I thought doing this would add a bit more meaning and mystery to the pictures that presenting the subjects in a way that is seen so often. I wanted to keep the focus on the subjects so I would use shadows and lighting to highlight what it was that I wanted to give most importance in the pictures and dull down the rest of the image. With this particular photograph, I made the bow the focal point of the photograph but placed it in the corner of the picture. Also, I used shadows to add a bit more depth to the subject. 

While editing this picture, I focused on defining the bow rather than the rest of the picture so I created a natural setting around the bow, adding only a little bit of bright accents to the red. Even though the bow is dark in some of its aspects, I thought this allowed there to be depth to such a common object. You can see all of it, but it carries so many different colors. That resonates with a bit of symbolism to the human facade: we think we see it all until we realize there are so many different "colors" to one person. I shot this particular picture in this particular way to make people realize that sometimes a wall is not just a wall and a bow is not just a bow. There is so much more than what he see at first. Sometimes, it takes a second, third, or maybe even a fourth look to realize there is beauty and depth in everything. 

Hynda Blum- Topic 2: Recipe

Phone: Iphone 4S

Application: Afterlight

With this photo, I wanted to utilize the strong lighting I was presented with in the room. I took this photo inside of a studio of Annenberg. This studio is where my friends and I get a lot of work done for various subjects. The subject in the photo was editing a video and we all loved the way it was turning out. I took advantage of this passionate moment and decided to take this picture along with the great lighting of the room. 

I really wanted to get up close and personal with this assignment. With this photo, I decided to extrapolate what it means facially to have passions or emotions and to really hone in on the whole thing. I think this picture conveys strong, straightforward passion/emotion as a result of honing in and because I chose not to have any sort of potentially distracting background. 

With this photo, I decided instead of doing the entire face of the subject, I wanted to crop and only use this region presented above. I told the subject to wrinkle up their face in excitement and then I got very close to their face and centered the shot. I held down the screen of my iPhone so that it could properly adjust lighting and focus. I then took the photo and this was the result. I then went ahead and edited it in Afterlight. I adjusted the shadowing and highlights slightly and I re-aligned the photo so that it would be as straight and centered as possible.  

Rita Kraynak - Color & Passion Recipe

Device: iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.4

App: Afterlight

This is one of my favorite pictures that I've taken. I was cooking dinner and went to get couscous. When I picked up the bag, there was a lot of couscous stuck form static to the inside of the bag. I thought the pattern looked incredible so I asked someone to hold the bag up for me while I took the photo.

While editing the picture, I focused on contrast and shadows. I wanted to try and add as much texture as I could around the tiny little noodles. The slight tinge of oranges and greens helped add more things to attract the eye to. Also, because of the unique pattern of the couscous (going slightly from bottom left to top right) leads the eye across the entire picture. 

Another editing method I used for this picture was adding a bit of yellow as the shadow color to enhance the couscous and bring a bit more color across the whole picture in addition to the slight amount of saturation I added.

Sam Spellman: Color and Passion Recipe

Sam Spellman: Critique 2 Recipe "Turnt"

I used an IPhone 4s to take my pictures and it runs on the IOS6 version.  Just like in my previous critique, I used my regular camera to take all these pictures and then edited them in different apps from the app store.  For this photo, I actually was not planning on putting this into my blogger account and took it for my own personal use.  I used the flash on the phone and had uploaded it onto my Instagram account and put a filter on it and after it had the filter on it I decided that I wanted to put it onto Blogger. 

After using Instagram 5.0.3 and putting the x-pro II filter on it I opened up the picture in the FX Photo Studio app version 5.1 and used the Cool Blue photo effects option to really bring the blue in the picture out.  I really liked how bright the blue turned out in it so I decided to choose this one. 

Alex Sikora Crit2- Color Recipe "fuzzy morning"

I used My iPhone5 running the 7.0.4 OS (updated)

After the photos were taken I uploaded them into the recommended VSCO CAM app. (v2.1.5)

The photo is a reflection of how i feel when commuting to school at 7:30 in the morning.

I roll out of bed my eyes are sensitive, the lights look extra blurry, and I'm slouched down trying to power nap on the train.

I took the photo on eye level perspective and shot what i saw in front of me.

I then uploaded the photo into vsco cam and used filter c1, no other adjustments were made in the app.

I then process photos through bridge and photoshop.  In this photo is adjusted some extra contrast (+33) to make the lights look fuzzy and glowing.

Rebecca Striplet- color & passion recipe

Device: Iphone 5s
Operating System: ios 7.0.4

Technique: The main technique used in this portrait would be the positioning of the camera. I angled it in a tilted way over the can so that I could receive a different point of view. I wanted it to look like it was the can staring back at you. I wanted to have a sort of zoomed angle but at the same time clear enough for the viewer to be able see the words and know what they were looking at. I used the chrome filter on the iPhone filters because it gave colors a more visual pop look to them.

Strategies:  The strategy employed would be the placement and angle of the can and also the type of filter. 

Recipe: Pick something that is vibrant, that you feel would play with light. The chrome look of the can with the the chrome setting of the filter builds a good color scheme. I also think the darkness of the opened can and the angle of the can brings some mystery to the photograph. The angle makes the can appear to be continuing for infinity while the darkness of the opening brings a fear of what might lie inside it. Although realistically everyone knows whats inside of an opened can but the bright light and the darkness brings the mystery.

Laura Prince Crit 2: Color recipe

Device: iPhone 5c

Version: 7.0.6

Photo App: VSCOcam

This photograph was taken of a chandelier on the roof of a casino I was in about 2 weeks ago. The design of the chandelier and the contrast of the background interested me, so I took the photo from directly beneath the chandelier. After taking the photo, I used the VSCOcam app to put a filter on the picture and then I adjusted the contrast and the sharpness to make the chandelier look even more interesting. I liked the photo because you can barely tell that it is of a chandelier, and looks more like a cool design. There isn't very much color in this photo, but I felt that the blue hues added to the mystery of the object. I like to find interesting things to photograph in random places that I find myself in, I feel that is the best way to capture something interesting.

Color and Passion : Critique 2 : Aubrey Bourgault

Pictured above I have the original image (on the left), and the edited version (on the right).  I was actually walking to my car on 15th street when I saw this abandoned phone booth with garbage stuffed inside it.  I walk this route every day to and from class but it was my first time actually noticing it.  I bent down slightly and took this photo at a slight angle so it would not be directly straight.  I took this photo on my iphone 5 that runs on ios7.

My original picture was a bit blurry so I knew I needed to edit it. All my editing was done on the application Afterlight. At first, I increased the clarity of the image to bring out the graffiti and texture of the garbage.  I then also increased the brightness and saturation to bring out the contrasting colors inside of the pay phone. Lastly, I added the filter "captain" under original filters.

I felt that the editing was necessary to make the image more bright, colorful, and visually appealing. I shot this photo on an overcast day and I did not have that much natural lighting to work with.  We were supposed to shoot images that had color and passion and that is why I blew out the colors and added so much brightness.  Typically one wouldn't think a dysfunctional pay phone that hasn't been used in years has much passion, but I tried to bring it back to life like it once had.

Maggie Gottschalk's Crit2 Recipe

Device: Android Galaxy S2

Software version 4.1.2

Similar to my last critique, I took multiple photographs of each scene/object and then proceeded to choose which framing worked best.  Early in the week, I posted a photograph of this same truck that simply focused on its features.  I did not like the photo and I soon realized it was because it did not include the truck’s environment.  The truck was the main focus of my photograph; therefore, I strategically placed the truck in the corner of the photograph to allow for movement.  If the truck was placed in the center of the photo, then the viewer is immediately drawn to this object and the rest of the photograph remains unappreciated. 

I simply shot the photo using the standard camera on the Android.  For the majority of my photographs, I did not using any apps to edit the them because it would result in over saturation.  This photo, however, appeared a bit dull so I edited in the Camera360 app.  I chose an HDR effect called “primary” that simply brightened the colors a bit.   The other effects in this app seemed to oversaturate the photo.

Steve Brydzinski - Crit 2 - Recipe

POW#4

• Techniques: Throughout this process of shooting in color for crit 2, I realized how much more I enjoy B&W.  Regardless, the task was to shoot in color, and so I did.  I found myself more attracted to blown out colors and contrasty/vivid images.  Therefore, my collection of images all used an app or two with filters and fx that each one offered.  The three main apps that I use are photoshop mobile,  facetune, and a new one that I tried out called Mobli (It has unique adjustable filters that are unlike most that Ive seen so far).  My shots consisted of using different angles and perspectives, taking advantage of natural lighting as well as artificial lighting, Depth of view, and app editing with filters and Fx.

• Strategies: My strategies were pretty simple.  I wanted to make the things I love to do, and what makes me happy – stand out in a new way.  Take what I know and love, and make it seem new and different.  I really think Depth of view and lighting played a big part in that, and then the colors and contrast were all edited to achieve the look I was interested in. 

In regards to what I actually did for my POW#4:

1)    Opened photo in photoshop app

2)    Upped the vibrant and contrast fx to make a deep dark and and vivid effect.

3)    Save the photo.

4)    Open that new saved photo in facetune

5)    Go to filters.

6)    Go to lighting > darken > adjust to 65%

7)    Save photo to library > Wallaahhh.  Done.

Kathleen Fitzgerald - Crit 2 - Recipe

 POW Image #12

The iPhone 5s with iOS 7 was used to take this photo. I used the Camera+ (version 5.0.1) app to edit.

Throughout this project, I really tried to focus on the way I angled and framed my photos. I also wanted to capture darkness, shadows and color all at the same time. After taking my photos, I slightly enhanced the colors to see if it would work with the photos and pop more. It worked for most of the photos, but some of them came out too saturated. By saturating the photo above, the color of the wood, wall, and hula girl became more vibrant against the darkness in the crack of the door. I decided to take the photo on the same level as the hula girl to make it more personal. When I look at my photo, I feel like I'm in the same little world as the doll. I put her in the crack of the door to make it more mysterious like she is coming out of the darkness. I first put the hula girl under my bed, but there was too much empty space behind her and it wasn't dark enough. I then saw my closet cracked open and thought it would be a neat spot to place her. I laid on the floor, placed my phone on the floor, framed the picture and took the photo. I am pleased with the way it turned out! 

Janelle Roedan - Color Recipe

Device: iPhone 4s
Version: 7.0.6
App: ProCamera

It was one of the few sunny days we have gotten this weekend when I shot this photo. I was having a great time out in the city and I told my boyfriend to hold his hand up so we could cover the sun and take a picture - I was feeling a little artistic then. I took this photo with the camera that comes with the iPhone 4s and uploaded it into the ProCamera application to edit it. 

On the application, ProCamera, all I had to do in order to make this shot just a little better and brighter was use the fix yellow and contrast under the ProFix tab. This helped with the color contrast and really made the blue skies pop a little more. The 'fix yellow' option made the hands and the apple sign pop a little more in front of the blue skies.

As I grabbed my phone to take the picture, I noticed the apple sign on my hand which was reflecting from the sunlight. I love the effect and how it looked so I snapped a photo and it came out great. I also liked how I didn't center my objects. They are on the far right side which makes it better. I love the color contrast and  how the blue skies really pop.

Megan Valenson: Recipe: Color

Device: iPhone 4s
Version: 7.0.4
App: Snapseed

I was walking through the building that I work in when I looked out of a door I pass probably everyday. The door was to a little balcony with this bucket on it. I took this photo using the preinstalled camera application on the iPhone 4s. then I uploaded the picture into the snapseed application.

Once I had the picture in the app I first brightened the shot a bit. There was a light coming from above my right shoulder when I took the photo but I wanted to ensure that the orange would pop. Then I increased the contrast to emphasize the almost spotlit bucket of water agaist the darker mysterious background. I wanted the viewer to wonder what was in the darkness. I also liked how when I increased the contrast the dirt in the bucket became more apparent. This isn't a feture that I expected people to see immediately when looking at the picture. After a moment or so though, I wanted the viewer to see this and wonder further about the scene. I also sharpened the photo and increased the grain slightly just to make the photo have more depth.

I took this picture because I felt like this was a space unintended to be seen. It is small and dirty and while it felt slightly grotesque to me that was part of why it was interesting. I felt it was a good contrast to a lot of my more plesant or appealing photos in the collection.

Michael Zimney - Bright Color - Crit 2 Recipe

            For my recipe I chose my photo of stacked colored blocks as my POW.  I used an IPhone 5 with the app “Camera360 (version 4.8)”.  The phone was initially set to the “basic color” setting.

Techniques – After my daughter had stacked her blocks I noticed that they might be an excellent representation of color.  I got very low and close so that I was on the same level and intimate with the blocks.  I took several shots and did not like the shadows that were coming across so I adjusted the light in the room so that there was no shadows on the blocks.  I then tried several different angles and distances until I got the shot that I eventually submitted.  This shot involved me bringing the phone very close to the ground and maybe 1 foot away from the stack of blocks.

Strategies – My goal with this shot was to explore bright, contrasting colors in an attempt to see what kind of feeling or emotion they might elicit.  I purposefully avoided shadows, in that I did not want them to affect the purity of the colors.  My hope was to manage to create emotional reactions.  Throughout all of my shots this section, I held to the same theme, which was to take things that were ordinary or mundane and try to frame them from a different perspective so as to create art.  In the photos that had contrasting colors my goal was to not have those differences be subtle, but rather, create stark and sharp edges between the objects of color so that each color could stand out from the other but, work in conjunction with each other.  Additionally, with this shot I wanted to try to retain as much purity as possible, so I did very little in the way of adjustments.  I spent more time getting the lighting and angles the way I wanted them pre-photo.

Recipe – Again, my goal was to do as little post-production as possible.  Once I had adjusted the lighting and had the shot I wanted, I used a cropping tool just to take a bit of the edges off and get the blocks framed just the way I wanted.  After that, I did use the sharpening tool to make the blocks as crisp as I could.  I actually adjusted the sharpness as far as it would go.  After this, I used a very little bit of the saturation tool (maybe 8%) just to enhance the already vibrant colors a little bit more.  That was all I did to affect the photo.  I did much more pre photo than post.

Kelsey Kondraski Critique 2 Recipe

I used an iPhone 4 to take these photographs. It runs on iOS7. I took the pictures with my regular iPhone camera. I tweaked them in apps that I downloaded for free.  I used Photo Editor by Aviary which was version 3.2.0. I also used Camera Awesome version 1.1.9.  I played around with the apps to see exactly how much I could do.

I used several techniques with these photos. I got close up for alienate the colors in the photographs.  In the picture with the hand you can only see a few main colors. The colors that really “pop” are purple, red and white. These draw the eyes in from the hand to the pen to the paper. In the light photo, I took a picture of the top of a television. The light cast a green shadow which is mysterious and interesting. The light itself is brightest in the middle and shadows darken as it expands. This is the green lighting I used to make the photograph more interesting. If this was a regular light it would be a dull picture but the green gives it an element of mystery. I also used angles that are not commonly used. Not many people look down over their television or up close to what someone is writing.

My recipe was simple. I wanted to find simple objects to photograph that could be brought into a complex light. I first chose to use a close up to use a few colors as possible. Then, I shot several pictures from different angles to experiment with the photos. I then auto enhanced the photos to even out the colors and brightness. I didn’t do much with the pictures after shooting them because I prepared beforehand.