I chose to creatively document my van, and I think it went fairly well.
Ok so the top two aren't my favorite in the world but I mantain that they are a fairly creative way to look at a van. I like the top right image, just the idea of using a rectangular mirror to frame a shot. The image itself is almost a bit creepy, has a surreal, almost lost quality to it. The top left image is a part of the engine (I'm not mechanic) I like how the light falls onto this repeating pattern. The pattern leads the eye to the top left as it gets blurrier, which is a nice effect. The bottom left image I just thought was a cool , sorta mysterious way to take a picture of oneself. I guess the subject is more myself and not the van, but the van was a medium. Once again, using a mirror to frame a shot, I like that idea and want to investigate it further. Finally, the bottom right image is definitely my favorite. Circular patterns and a close up of a task you rarely think about, let alone take the time to examine. Pretty succesful little task overall; more than anything it taught me the value of going one step further after editting your pictures into composing them. Might have a go at that in the future, a set of composed images with one common theme.
This image could totally be a sunglasses ad, if I may say so myself. In all seriousness though, I really do like this image and I'm stoked with how it came out. Was cruising by and saw this shed with an interesting pattern on it, and sure enough the end product is quite compelling. Shot in RAW, I tried to really bring out the blue by boosting the shadows and messing with the curves. Also brought in a bit of a...gradient I guess you could call it over Kelly's face, I like the transition from dark to almost overexposed on the front of her face. Anyways I'm pretty stoked with these tasks; honestly I didn't think much of their value when I set out to do them, seemed like basic photoshop tomfoolery at the time, but sometimes the simplest tools are all you need I guess.
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