Portrait: Carolina

These are my 4 portrait pics of my Bestie Carolina. I wanna thank her 

for portraying such great poses and making me laugh as I took pictures.

This is one of my best friends, Carolina. It took this picture by this

"back path" right behind my house, where there's a bunch of inspiration

to take pictures of. I decided to pose her resting on the wooden post, because

I thought it would balance the perpendicular lines of the post. I used the rule of thirds

as a way to create a nice symmetry yet, not have her directly in the center.

Now this is an impromptu photo i took at the tennis courts I live by, and 

I really find the fact that she's just hanging over the net funny. It's not something

everyone does on a daily basis, but in my case, it provided me with an object

for Carolina to pose randomly and how she felt. To me, this picture says "I 

should have joined tennis with Romelyn at the beginning of the year but there's 

always 3 more years to join." Something I would have erased was the annoying 

lamp post in the back, and with all the good tone range with Carolina, the light post just has to

be there. -__-

Not so surprisingly, this picture is one of my favorites. I love how it

captures the sadness and humble vibe through her clothes and expression. I didn't

expect her jacket to tell a story, and when I was editing, I wanted to bring it out even more.

My favorite part is how her jacket really contrasts against the rest of the shadows,

and emphasizes her sad appearance. The tree also helped in the making, with all

the depth its bringing, it somehow says "she is empty," just like itself, with no leaves. Also, thanks 

Coco for being a great model :)

Last but not least is this important photo. I took this in front of the tennis courts, right 

outside the border of the fence. One of the things that really pop out to me is the cement

stains. I like how it contradicts the bubbly and happy smile she's showing. But this time,

two things I would have changed were the sharpness of her facial features, and the stupid light 

pole in the back (curse you!). I also didn't realized that this picture tells more than just a smile.

The cement stains appear to be dripping, and some faded and stronger than the others. In my pers-

pective, it explains how on the the outside she might seem happy and cheery, but when you

get to know her roots deep down, you learn there's more to her.

More of my georainbow sweater

Geometric sweater

 

Imagine

Imagine........

Lines

 Straight up the Sky

This picture of the light pole I took at the Cp Tennis courts

didn't take me long to edit. Lightroom provided me with simple 

tools to achieve this look. Such as the color temperature and the clarity.

Since I play tennis, I instantly thought to take a pic of something else 

other than the courts. I think this is a great line photo because it shows the height

of the light pole, and the perpendicular lines on the top. This is a picture of straight lines.

 Squiggled Sweets

As yummy as it looks, the fake cupcake didn't take long to edit as well.

Again, Lightroom gave me enough tools to make the cupcake look as decieving.

I used the temperature, exposure, and blacks tools to edit it. My friend Alexis actually 

isnpired me to take this photo, because I didn't have any other subjects in mind 

to take pics of, and she had this in handy. I think it is a good line photo because it shows

the squiggled lines from the frosting, and the diagonal/vertical lines from the cupcake liner.

The cupcake is mostly of squiggle and diagonal/straight lines.

 Curved

At lunch I always eat on this wooden bench that I never knew would 

be helpful for school. I used Lightroom to edit this with the tint, brightness, 

and contrast tools. My Best friends inspired me to capture this photo because

we always have good laughs and memories to tell whenever we sit here. The bench

is a good example of a line photo because  it gives the illusion of a curved grain

on the bench, while in reality its not. The Bench has curved/straight lines.

aRound the Balloons

My niece's first birthday was this year, and I decided to 

take a picture of her balloons. This time I used a little bit of Photoshop, erasing 

and repainting some random spots on that didn't come out on camera as well.

Then I used lightroom to turn this into a black & white pic, edited it with

the Blacks, temperature, and exposure tools. And with all the pink, purple,

and blue colors going on in her hello kitty party theme, I was inspired to take this picture.

The Balloons represent a good line photo because they aren't so typical, plus they're 

different from my others. The Balloons have round lines.