WEEK 9 ASSIGNMENT

Maggie Taylor

I like this image because this is simply cute. The red of crown makes a sharp contrast with the dog and background.  What techniques she used this image was  she produces prints by scanning objects into a computer using a scanner, then layering and manipulating these images using Photoshop into a surrealistic montage.

Lou Beach

His work covers many genres but obviously his anthropomorphic images caught my attention. I just love the composition, the color, I think the entire use of the found images works brilliantly to create a photo of almost a memory that i would never imagined was totally untrue.

Dave McKean

This image has beautiful color tones and very wonderful motifs, and this gives me an imaginative power. The texture and color draw me to this image.

 Hannah Hoch 

Many of her pieces sardonically critique the mass culture beauty industry. I didn't know the background of this image but I felt like there were deeply meaningful messages. What drew me to this image was the vintage look. The washed-out orange emphasized the letter and guy.

Rene Magritte 

This image makes me nervous but it attracts me. I felt like the red cloak draws me into the birdcage. The color of the artwork is cool as well.

Mika Ninagawa

http://www.ninamika.com/en/all

Mika Ninagawa is a Japanese photographer known for her vibrant and brightly colored photographs. She has enjoyed significant commercial success in fashion and advertising. She made her debut as a full length film director in 2007.

 Ninagawa has become a cultural icon in Japan. Flowers, goldfishes and butterfly are her preference subject and her trademark look is her use of vibrant, contrasting colors and dynamic angles, Also her combination of traditional Japanese elements and futuristic palettes which makes her work immediately stand out.  Her photographic style is one that can be instantly identified by her versatile style and the drawing from various fields. Her work is very acclaimed across the generations from teen fashion magazines to high-end commercial fashion plus advertising. Her unique photography technique creates a fantastic world.

How to Make Apple WWDC Logo in Photoshop.

Final Image Preview

This is the tutorial how to make Apple WWDC logo.

http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30971173/1/quick-tip-how-to-make-apple-wwdc-logo-in-photoshop-cs5

Basic Photoshop Tutorial

Basic Photoshop Tips for Food Photography
http://soupbelly.com/2009/06/20/basic-photoshop-tips-for-food-photography/


How to remove background in photoshop
http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/ExtractSM.mov

I tried this photo to remove background ( Clone Stamps, Levels, Curves, Color Balance..and so on).

Result

NAOKI HONJO

http://honjonaoki.com/

Japanese photographer Naoki Honjo is known for his cute representations of familiar places shot to look like miniature models of real things. He achieves the effect by using the tilt-shift technique which creates a very narrow line of focus.
His photographs is look like toys which is looking at the whole objectively from the top. I like his curious and cute photograph. Also he wrote the afterword of his book "Small Planet" published in 2006, "Small changes in point of view can lead to big changes of consciousness" I think this is the role of photography.

PHOTOSHOP HOAXES

North Korea Restores Order to Kim Funeral With Photoshop

The funeral procession for Kim Jong-Il was held with military precision and when a handful of dawdlers messed up those regimented lines, they were eliminated. From the photo. The photo released by the North Korea's state news agency and transmitted by the Germany-based European Pressphoto Agency is slightly different from a photo taken at nearly the identical moment and released by Japanese agency Kyodo News.

In the photo, the shadow cast by Mr Kim’s calves runs in a different direction to the shadow cast by the soldiers either side of him, the Times pointed out. In addition, a black line running along the stand on which the soldiers are positioned mysteriously vanishes on either side of Mr Kim – suggesting his picture may have been superimposed onto the image...