Final Project: Longboarding Advertisements

For this assignment, I really wanted to do something with action photography. It is probably the most interesting aspect of photography in my opinion, and it is something I really enjoy doing. I also wanted to work with text since it is something I have struggled with in the past. These two ideas led me to create a series of longboarding photographs where I used text and action shots to create advertisements for various aspects of longboards. From boards, to trucks, to wheels, I tried various methods to draw the viewer's attention such as highlight certain aspects of the photograph with color.

Assignment 5

 For this photograph I really wanted to emphasize the plasticity of the hands. That coupled with the odd look of the gooey seeds created what I thought to be a pretty eerie picture.

For this photograph I really just wanted to play with lighting on a white background. I liked the sharp angles the glass made when "reconstructed". I found it really interesting how the light hit the different parts of the glass.

For this photograph I took this candid shot and tried to really experiment with all of the different sliders and setting in camera raw. I touched almost ever single slider at least a little bit in order to create this psychedelic, surreal looking photograph.

 For this photograph I was trying to recreate a film still from the movie Kickass. My friend does downhill longboard racing and therefore has a set of leathers. I found it really interesting how the leathers were really similar to the costumes seen in the film stills of the movie.