Tiny Spherical Worlds

Hello so we recently completed our photomontages inspired by David Hockney and we were introduced to a new art called polar and spherical imagery. I am pretty excited about this project because I always thought they were pretty cool and have always wanted to try to create one in photoshop.

Alright, so composition images are basically multiple photos in one. For example, if add a park bench in the middle of the ocean. These can be created through editing software such as photoshop. Another example of composite imagery is cloning, this is when you take one base image then images of yourself or something in multiple places then you erase  the background from each image and stack the images on one another. An example of this would be if you were playing a board game then edited photos to make it look like you were playing against yourself. Composite imagery is used to create images that are confusing or cool looking. Personally, I like how composite images look because they look interesting to me and other people who see them.


For this project we will be creating two different types of images one will be polar panoramas and the other one will be spherical panoramas. These two types of images both look circular when completed but the insides look very different. These two types of images also both need to include the sky in order for them to look interesting. They both also need be outdoors in order for them look like a real world. The difference between them is that polar panoramas look like little tiny worlds kinda like how a photo of the earth would look like. Polar panoramas also need to have a sky all around them, while spherical panoramas don't need to.

The polar panoramas we have created are also known as tiny worlds. These tiny worlds are supposed to be surreal, I mean they are TINY worlds!. The process to create these worlds is pretty simple until it comes time to blend the photos together to look somewhat real. Since these photos are from a panorama, the two ends won't perfectly blend so there's always a line where the two ends meet. Some methods to remove this line include using the clone tool to repeat colors throughout the image. Another trick to do is to rotate the image so the viewers eyes don't go straight to the spot you blended so they don't notice it as much. And lastly, you can take the images a certain way so that it will be easier to blend them. You can do this by having not as much things in the foreground of the last images, for example, trees, bushes, and fences. You can do this by taking good images in your photo sessions.

Hockney Style Joiners

Hello so for the first semester of our school year we have been working on our video skills. And now that we started our second semester we started to work on photography and photo editing. Our first project is creating photo montages that are inspired by David Hockney. 

David Hockney is 78 years old and lives in the UK. He is very famous for his photomontages such as various ones he has created of his mother. Hockney's Photomontages are amazing works of art and show a lot of creativity. The difference between my photomontages is that his are kind of old and rustic looking, while mine are kind of bright and almost look fake because they have such a pop of color! I just feel that his aren't really very happy because they just look kind of dull and dark, In my opinion, this actually gives the photos a pretty cool look. My photomontages that I have created so far are pretty bright and colorful because personally I like that kind of pop look. Overall I really like the look of both his and my styles of photomontages.

Images can be shared through a variety of social media and other sites. Some of them may be very positive and others can be negative. Images can send positive messages if they are inspirational photos. They can also be positive if the photo is of something that makes people happy. Negative images could be of something that people either don't want to see or is inappropriate. Negative messages could also be images that targets  yourself or others as bad people. Overall, I think that we should really try out best to take photos that send a positive message to the people that will be viewing it.

For our class, three photomontages were required. One was a practice photomontage which we made from the doorknob photo we took, the next one was of one of our classmates, and the last one was a final where we were supposed to take at least 25 photos of something that we either enjoy doing or is special to us. For my final photomontage, I decided to take photos of a basketball court since I really enjoy playing basketball and basketball is special to me. The message I was trying to send was basically to try to get my audience to see that I like playing basketball and it means a lot to me. I was also trying to get the message that I go and play basketball every morning and that I'm trying my best to get better.