Swatchy Schemey

 When I first saw this blog assignment I immediately knew what picture I wanted to use to make my color swatches. This picture was taken when I went to Florida this February when I saw the Mets play their first spring training game. I had no idea at the time that the game I saw could be the only baseball game I attended all year. 

Original Photo

I used this photo because it is very aesthetically pleasing to look at. The water with the palm trees and beautiful blue skies not only makes it a gorgeous sight to look at but it also represents perfect baseball weather.

 Color Swatches

I used the three colors shown above to create the color swatches for this assignment. These colors stood out to me more in my original photo at the ballpark more than the others did. I named my green swatch "Palm Green", my orange swatch "Mets Orange", and my blue swatch "Ocean Blue". To create the tints I used the 75% and 50% benchmarks. 

Name Plates

The final part of this assignment was to create nameplates using the color swatches and tints we created with the headers we have on our Linkedin pages. I used all the colors and tints I created to make nice and well-balanced nameplates. 

 Overall I enjoyed this assignment. I had no idea we could make the nameplates in InDesign and I enjoyed making my color swatches. Knowing I created these nameplates from a picture I took at a baseball game in Florida is kind of cool and I would definitely consider using these nameplates on my actual Linkedin page. 

Me(me) is Not Impressed

 For this assignment, we had to create a meme. I love memes. They are apart of my everyday life so when I found out we had to create one I was super excited. When I was thinking of what I wanted to make my meme about it was pretty obvious. Although I knew most students would create a meme based on the coronavirus (COVID-19) it was the most obvious choice. 

 The most stressful part for me when it comes to the coronavirus is that we need to stay inside and practice social distancing to slow the spread. I love being outside all the time and I especially love being with my friends regardless of what we're doing. I miss all my friends back at HPU but being home knowing I can't go see my friends from high school is tough. I especially love to go to the beach. Living on Long Island, I basically live at the beach over the summer. That's why I used the baby giving the fist pump at the beach. It is a perfect representation of what my mood will be once I can see my friends all the time and be at the beach again. I'll give a fist pump and say "Let's go!". 

 I learned a lot of new photoshop skills in this assignment. My favorite new part of photoshop that I learned is how to merge layers. I've used photoshop in the past so I kind of knew how to do this but now that I watched the video's from Heagney and played around with photoshop a little bit I will definitely begin to utilize this method more and more in my projects. 

Instagrammish

Assignment 2

In this assignment, we were told to create a filter on original photos. For my photostory, I will take photos in Port Saint Lucie Florida to cover a weekend at the Mets spring training facility with "The 7 Line Army".  I won't be there till next weekend but these are some Mets photos that I took last season at Citi Field in New York and in Port Saint Lucie this time last year with the group. I gave my photos a summertime filter because baseball helps define American summers. To create this filter I messed around with three different adjustment layers. I adjusted the hue/saturation and the brightness/contrast for each and applied a photo filter to each to help create that summertime vibe. I also added a vignette to each photo. This assignment helped me learn that adding simple adjustment layers can help make a photo look that much better. 

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

Compositional elements around HPU

Compositional Elements around HPU

In today's society, anyone can be a photographer. With apps such as Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, and VSCO, it is easier than ever to share your photos with your family, friends, and the rest of the world. You may come across one of these photos and be like "Wow that looks really cool!". Although it may look really cool when you see it online, it may have taken several attempts to make it look like that. That references the term, "Working the Shot.". That is what I did with my five photos shown below to show off our beautiful campus of High Point University. Using compositional elements such as negative space, lines, symmetry, framing, and contrast, High Point University really is one of the nicest campuses in the entire country.


                                                                                                                                     Contrast

In this photo, I used contrast in the light to show off the sculpture in the garden outside of Blessing Hall. The way the light reflects off the sculpture shows a great example of contrast and it took me multiple takes to get the light reflecting the right way.

Negative Space

In this photo of my friend Spencer, also using the rule of thirds, this shows a great example of negative space with the brick wall. The campus using brick for most of the building shows the beautiful architecture of all the buildings. The negative space highlights the subject in the photo and gives the viewers eyes a rest. 

Framing

I used the arch behind the school of communications to frame the entranceway to the building. The beautiful archway highlights the windows and the clock just above the entrance to the building. Framing is a key element to the composition of photography

Lines

The stairway outside the front of the school of communication is a great example of the compositional element of lines. The stairs and railing make a pathway for the eyes of the viewer up to the front of the building. The lines also help guide the viewer throughout the photo. 

Symmetry

In this photo all the windows along the bakery side of Wanek are symmetrical. If you folded the building in half essentially, all of the windows would align with one another. The use of symmetry in photos helps to make it look more centered and professional.