Trader/Traitor

New idea, playing with the framing still. Thoughts?

--David

Crown

Shot on my late Uncle's Crown Graphic, in my dad's home studio.

While my dad was pulling together all of the backs, we found that there was still film in the Polaroid back. Not entirely sure how old the film was, but it's still working pretty smoothly. This is one of the first shots I've taken on this camera. I feel very honored to be able to use my Uncle's camera.

--David

50mm Diptych

Quick testing my new lens today! :D

--David

Towers - A Work in Progress

I'm continuing this series of shots with the 500mm. Here's the current lineup, I may or may not add two more into this.

--David

Tower

Taking fun shots with the 500mm.
© David Velasco 2010.
--David

Digital II - Photoshop Exercises

Just finished these up this past week, we've been working on editing through ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) and retouching in general. Of course, the assignment was to use a self-portrait to learn how to retouch. Let me explain why I took this in the direction I did.

When we first started, I did the standard fashion retouching: I removed blemishes, smoothed out my pores, etc...and afterward it kinda made me feel sick to my stomach. I didn't like the idea of fixing myself up in that sense with Photoshop. So, instead I took it in this direction, creating things that were a bit beyond what retouching entails.

First image is edited soley in ACR:

Second image is 90% ACR, 10% Photoshop CS5 (pretty much used it to fix up things with more precision and added the vignette.)

I'm really enjoying this class, I think I'm really enjoying compositing and retouching.

--David

Networking Narratives

First Assignment for Digital II, an exercise in compositing and pixel management. Pretty happy with how this turned out, even if it did drive me crazy near the end.



Will post more as the year goes on.

© David Velasco 2010.

--David