Adobe Bridge

Morgan G. Photography


Just follow the above link to view all of the images I have created for my digital media foundations class.

Table of Contents

I created this table of contents based off of the design template on the DMF web site. I spruced it up a little however, by adding images that I felt were more visually interesting. I enjoyed learning how to use InDesign, especially how to place images behind text and changing their opacity. I definitely think that that is a technique I will use for my final project.

Classic Advertising

While working on a project for my Photography class I found myself drawn towards 40's and 50's style advertising. Everything from the models to the text makes these advertisements so appealing. These are some of the images I used to lay down a foundation for my own project.




I absolutely love this ad. It's basic and limited in its color palette but I think that makes it more vibrant and powerful. It also used a wonderful repetitive diagonal line. You see the diagonal in the models pose, as well as the vacuum, and the drawings of the model in three different positions. These lines help move the eye to the GE company logo at the top right corner as well as down to the text at the bottom of the page. They also strategically placed the dark band across the page to separate the text and image, yet this also is what makes them work together.





This is another classic ad. Again you see a somewhat limited color palette and a great use of form. The text and the model almost form the letter T. This set up helps the eye to focus on the most important pieces of the image. The Budweiser text and the drink itself in the hand of the model.

Typography

In photoshop I fiddled around with different text styles and fonts to create these three designs. By changing the orientation, color, and size of different fonts I found that placing them together became much more visually interesting than viewing a single letter on a plain background. Using different background colors and styles I created an image that can be read as both an animal print or the letter K. The letter Z feels very wispy or romantic in nature, while the letter B is simply about random design and the effects that can be created from playing around. I think that by playing with the elements of typography I have a better understanding of the relationship of letters to images and to each other.

Obama's Speech

I am not normally one to speak openly about my political views but I think it's important to share this video. Today the votes have been tallied and it has been decided that Barack Obama will be the next president of The United States of America. The speech he gave tonight was by far the best speech I've heard from every party during the entire 2008 presidential campaign. America is in dire need of change, and I think this is the first step towards change for the better.

Bang

I was simply searching the web when I stumbled across this awesome work of typography. I absolutely love the idea of using letters to create imagery. I found this image at http://rodrigocalves.wordpress.com/2008/08/

Everyone else has had more sex than me...

This poor bunny...adorable yet sad in is realization that everyone has had more sex than him. But they are all bunnies too and that is what bunnies do. Except for him, apparently. I think there are a lot of funny parts of this video but when sad bunny slams his face on the ground repeatedly at 0:46 and becomes angry twitchy eye bunny at 2:09 I bust a gut. Isn't it ironic that he's got the #1 on his chest which is usually an indication of success? And whats with S&M Bunny with the keyboard solo? It's hilarious, minus the tears. Don't worry bunny #1 I'm sure you'll make millions of bunny babies one day...who knows, it might even be with bunny #1718.

Movie Poster

I am really happy with the "movie poster" I have created. I started with an image I took of a dancer in a gasmask in silhouette and in photoshop used contrast function to really make a true black. Then I filled the background layer and choose the radial style and gradient to create the black and white background. I thought that the letter G looked nice placed under the leg of my model so I created a title with that letter. I then choose to use Bookman Oldstyle as my type font. I changed the color of the quote to make a more powerful contrast over the background.
I'm excited to make another poster.




Just to clarify, because I was asked about it...the image of the dancer in the gasmask is a picture I took myself. She's a friend, I own the mask, I love photography. Enjoy :)

More Collage!

I used a bunch of layers and copies of those layers to create this collage. With a copy of a layer of the ballerina I changed the color of her dress by adjusting the hue and saturation. Then I went back over her skin using the history brush to bring back the original colors and tones. I repeated this step with each dancer. I just used the filter tool to put texture into the background. I also used the extract filter to place the cats open mouth at the top of the stairs.

Collage

I was really excited to do a photo collage in photoshop but the actual process turned out to be quite frustrating. I think now that I have a better idea of how to create the images I want my next collage will be a lot more fun and easy to do. To place the ballet dancers onto the picture of the alley I used the extract tool. I then had to carefully go over their outline using both the history brush and eraser tools to define a nice clean edge. I then placed them onto the black and white photo and blurred their outline to soften the image.
I am determined to do more collages now that the frustration has passed.