Architectural Blend, Yount

The concept of this piece was about changes and opportunity in life. It's kind of a play on the old cliche of when one door closes, another one opens. Instead I modified it to be more about when a door closes, a window of opportunity opens. It's mostly about seeing the positivity in change.

As far as the Photoshop techniques used, I used a lot of masking and perspective changing to get the window to fit into the door itself. I also had to play with the levels and curves to try to get the lighting to match up given that these were taken in different lighting scenarios. In doing this I also added a layer of white cast behind the window as well in an attempt to mimic light shining through the window and onto the surrounding area of the door.

To go along with the lighting scenarios being different, my photographic techniques that were used were trying to get similar angles so that I could try to manipulate the window less in Photoshop and to make it look more organic. I also had to match the grain of the window to the grain of the door photo, given that the door photo had a higher ISO because of it being in less direct light. I think overall though, the grain adds a nice texture to the piece, and that coupled with the black and white filter give a more film like feel.

architectural blend

Architectural Blend

This semester I have focused on the idea of "southern culture" and what that idea may entail. I used several images taken on trips specifically exploring southern culture. What does it mean to be southern? What is southern architecture? There are many types of architecture throughout the south, so I chose to incorporate a few aspects into a main building that I feel represents the majority of the southern buildings in my area.