Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy is a sculptor who documents his work by taking photos. He is an environmentalist. You can see that in his work, too. He uses natural objects to create sculptures which represent the character of the environment and landscape.

Andy Goldsworthy spends a lot of time preparing his individual pieces of art. He builds his artwork with round shapes to express the flow of nature.

Sometimes he has to do one thing over and over again because it got destroyed. But he gets to know the objects he is working with better each time.

Surrealism

Abstract

For these photos I edited the levels and the hue and saturation in Photoshop.

I changed the color for the fire to purple, for the fence to red, for the dresser to green pink, and for the stairs to blue.

I think that my most successful photo is the one which shows the dresser, because I really enjoy the colors and the angle from which it is taken.

The rule of thirds is used and the focal point is in focus. I also think that the 'wave' at the bottom is unique.

Macro

I edited all photos i took with Photoshop and changed the levels and the brightness and contrast of them.

I think the most successful photo is the one with the table and the snow. I prefer the picture because you can even see the little raindrops.

The contrast between the black table and the white snow is very appealing.

Imitation of Linda Lantzy

I imitated Linda Lantzy's work in this photo. She takes photos of different seasons to show several atmospheres.
I edited it with Photoshop and changed the brightness, contrast, and levels so that the red comes out more.

This photo is an imitation of Linda Lantzy's work. She takes photos of landscape scenes in different moodes.

I tried to copy her photo that I posted on the blog before.

Then I changed the brightness, contrast, and levels in Photoshop so that the colors are more intensive.

Question: Which photo imitations do you prefer? Which one do you like best?

Imitation of Ansel Adams

In this photo I imitated Ansel Adams. I took a photo of a scene with snow because he took many winter scene photos, too.
In Photoshop I changed the brightness, contrast, and levels so that the black and white tones are more intense.

This photo is an imitation of Ansel Adam's work. He took black-and-white pictures of beautiful landscape scenes. So I tried to copy him as good as possible. He took many photos of lakes, so I did the same.
I also changed the brightness, contrast, and levels in Photoshop so that the photo has more depth.

Question: Do you think, that my photos are a successful imitation of the artists?

Linda Lantzy

Ansel Adams

Second Photomontage

For my second Photomontage I chose a black and white picture as the background and added a red car.
I think it is a great contrast and the focus is definitely on the car because it is the only colorful object in my montage.
My question for you is: Do you like that I used a black and white picture?

First Photomontage

For my first Photomontage I created a picture which shows the sea and the beach. I started with my background. Then I added the different layers. I used one for the beach chair, one for the lighthouse, and one for each of the four seagulls.
The focus is on the beach chair because it has another color than the rest of the picure.
I tried to make this montage as realistic as possible.
The question for you is: What do you think of the different images I added? Which one do you like best?

Know your camera

Know your camera

Name of camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ4
megapixels: 8.1
Top 10 things I learned about my camera: 10x optical zoom; 28mm wide-angle Leica DC lens; ability to take 1920 x 1080 pixel High Definition-ready photos; new Intelligent Exposure and Digital Red-eye Correction; 5 basic shooting modes and Scene Selector for different modes; Face Detection; 27 MB of internal memory plus SD/SDHC/MMC memory card slot; MEGA Optical Image Stabilization system; Intelligent ISO; 2.5-inch TFT color monitor
3 questions I still have about what I read or my camera in general:
How does the ISO work? How can it determine that an object is moving or not?
How can the camera automatically adjust the brightness accordingly with the Intelligent Exposure?
Why do night pictures not seem that great even if the night scene mode is selected?