What my artistic eye feels is that many pictures have a 'commercial' feel to them, not looking artsy at all, and maybe they're not intended to. What I thought, on a Sunday morning, was to take pictures that don't appeal to my critique and make them look cinematic, like they're shots from a movie, by the help of a YouTube tutorial and my personal preferences. I used Adobe Photoshop to edit them, so by doing this, I also developed my skills in using this program. This is what came out, and I'm very satisfied with the outcome.
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I asked my brother if he could be the model for my small photoshoot and he happily (at least that's what he told me) agreed. All pictures were taken on an iPhone 6S, in my room, in front of my black wall. Moreover, they were all edited with photoshop. The first picture is consists in my brother holding a silver pineapple decoration. When I was playing with the contrast tool in photoshop, I increased it almost to the highest amount and liked what I saw. I love how the neon orange-red highlights on the pineapple and his hand add a surreal yet beautiful touch. I was also fascinated by how the lights were reflected from the pineapple. The second picture is black and white, with a faded effect. I'm mesmerized by the beautiful contrast of the black clothes and background with the white wall reflected in the mirror. Initially, I told my brother to hold the mirror in any angle, but when it reflected the minimalistic, simple white corner of my room, I quickly took a picture. Now, this could be interpreted in many ways, but my view on it is that he is a truly complex person but only portrays himself blandly in order to omit looking different from the others, society, the mass. The third picture is unique in the sense that the photographer (me, in this case) appears in it in a distorted, fish-eye looking way. I adore the contrast between the absolute black (his t-shirt), his hands and the candle holder that he keeps in his hands. The last picture has reached the top of my favorite pictures captured by me as it transmits a pure, loving atmosphere. When I look at it, I imagine a young man waiting for his lover with a gorgeous bouquet. In addition, I'm metioning yet again the contrast between the wall and the flowers; this accentuates the beauty of the flowers. Overall, I declare this photoshoot a very successful one. I learnt to use the objects around me, make them look beautiful and use my creativity. During my stay at Baisoara, I managed to make three videos, one montage presenting the camp, one montage (Crude) and this other one, called 'Run', which has a storyline. It's about a girl at around age 14, who has an unhealthy relationship with her mother after which she wakes up in the forest, under the influence. This drives her to see a hooded man in the forest, after which she wakes up again in her room, very confused and distressed. The end shows her waking up one more time, leaving a an open ended plot. A few things I did as to editing were adding my recorded voice over the videos, as I didn't tell my actress playing the mom to say anything, just to act out. Then, I color edited the clips two times. At first it was at the beginning of the year, and I wasn't aware of any techniques of color grading, after which I came back to my project recently and re-edited it. Before, I added a lot of purple to the shot which made it look unnatural, and the exposure was too high. For the shot where the girl wakes up in the forest, I used the 'earthquake' effect. For the forest scenes, I upped the saturation, to show how the girl sees the world around her, as the substances she took heightened her vision.
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