Color Psychology #2

This is my favorite picture for the color psychology assignment. Blue and orange are on opposite sides of the color spectrum and are considered unattractive when used together. Yet, I think the blue really makes the orange ball pop out. Blue is supposed to give the viewer a cool and calm feeling, while orange is intended to give the viewer a stimulated feeling. I think this contrast actually worked together very well in the end.

Color Psychology #1

The reason why the writers of Spiderman chose the suit colors red and blue was to show off a sense of patriotism, Red and blue being the two main colors of the flag, it stated, "We are better than communism" due to the fact that Spiderman came to life during the cold war. Articles state that red gives the viewer a "take action" feeling, and blue gives the viewer a touch of superiority. I think this picture does give the viewer a take action feel because the red is so prominent from the background. Also, Spidey's stance and the blue give the viewer a feel of how superior Spidey is.

Repulsive to Attractive

The point of these two pictures is to show how the metal is faded and will continue to fade until there is nothing but a dull silver color left. But in this picture, I captured the unnatractive silver and contrasted it with the original bright colors of the playground. I blurred the backgrounds of both in order to really make the points of interst pop. I think that I did a good job, but I also believe that the pictures are too similar for my taste.

Attractive to Repulsive #2

I tried to steer from the generic meaning of attractive with this photo. I think it is attractive because everything forms into a pattern and all the lines are very straight and neat. Also, the color scheme is very consistent and the contrast is very bold, giving me the impression of an attractive picture. But it could also be considered repulsive because of the constant color scheme. The dark colors of the picture are usually considered depressing Also, the background is very gray and dreary, giving the person the feeling that they would not want to be outside at the time.

Attractive to Repulsive #1

For this photo I took a picture of icicles because I believe that they could be considered attractive because they are a raw creation of nature. I added colors into the icicles to make them more attractive. But i also think that these icicles have a repulsive side because of where they are set, have a very jagged quality to them, and come off in a point that is almost scary.

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Inactivity

The point of this second montage is to portray how inactive american lifestlye is. The tv is the brightest part of the picture showing its domincance over everything else. Also the game stack is larger than everything else showing it's dominance over other more proactive activities such as running on the treadmil, reading, skateboarding, or snowboarding. Also, I took a picture of my room with close strewn about the floor and darkened it to give the the montage an inactive and lazy feeling. If you look closely I have the words "Only 31%" across the treadmil. Statistics show that only 31% of Americans reported regular physical activity. I think I did a better job on my first one appearnce wise, but I think that I did a good job interpreting the meaning of the montage on this one.

Importance

The first montage that i constructed was a montage that symbolized important people within my life. All the pictures were added via photoshop, and i darkened them and made them opaque in order to give the viewer the impression that the photos are inside the photobook. The empty portion on the right symbolizes the future and how there will be many other people that will influence me. I chose to include the saying "Live. Laugh. Love." within this montage because that is my family's favorite saying.

Day to Night

The goal of this assignment was to take a picture during the day and edit it to look like it was night. My original picture was too complicated to turn into night so I grabbed one of of google and converted it to night. I added a moon to the picture and think that I did a pretty good job overall on converting it.

iPod Advertisement

I used my friend Audrey as the model for this picture. The goal of this assignment was to take a normal picture and turn it into what looks like the famous iPod Advertisements. I think i did a pretty good job because i toned out all of the rough edges and edited her hand to look like it was holding the ipod.

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