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LIVING PORTRAITS

For this project, I found a nice poem about the feelings involved with a quiet corner. Because I don’t have many willing models in my household, I decided to be my own star for the journey. Armed with a DSLR, a tripod, and a warm table lamp as my lighting, I went line by lineContinue reading “LIVING PORTRAITS”

220 FINAL PROJECT

This video I made to express my gratitude to the great experiences I have had over the past year of my life. I edited it to be a 4:5 ratio video, most optimal for posting on a social media platform. I like to think of this kind of like an homage to my freshman year.Continue reading “220 FINAL PROJECT”

SURVIVING 220

For this project, we were tasked to make an interview style video where we described how we survived COM 220 and gave advice to future students of the class. I gave it my best shot.

Reflection of Digital Designs

This graphic made by the UCLA Athletic Department is a great example of digital design. They lean heavily on repetition and proximity to make this collage of people into a pyramid. This pyramid shapes adds a sense of unity to the picture that might be missing if they weren’t put in proximity with each other.Continue reading “Reflection of Digital Designs”

Influential Professional Designer

For my influential professional designer, I have chosen the Nebraska Football graphics department. Nebraska has one of the most storied college football teams in the nation. Over their 118 years of existence, Nebraska holds claim to 5 national titles, as well as one of the most loyal fan bases in college football, having sold outContinue reading “Influential Professional Designer”

10 Monuments (Layer Masking Practice)

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Famous Logos Recreated

Influential Photographs

This photo is meaningful to me because it was taken by my good friend, Peter Fortunato. Peter is the person who got me into photography/videography, and seeing him grow has been super rewarding for me. This picture has extremely satisfying coloring and lighting in the skies, and makes for a beautifully composed picture. I loveContinue reading “Influential Photographs”

Bracketing Test

Bracketing: the general technique of taking several shots of the same subject using different camera settings. For this assignment, I had to take pictures of the same subject while changing one setting at a time to see the effect it had on the lighting of the scene. It is clear through this assignment that ISOContinue reading “Bracketing Test”