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By: Stirling Kim Moss Renaissance Photoshop Assignment Original Painting - The Jester With A Lute by: Frans Hals Photoshopped Painting - Harry With A Lute by: Stirling Kim Moss           The Renaissance Period is ranked among the most influential periods of art in the history of Europe. It took place between the years 1300 and 1700. It is considered as the cultural connection from the middle ages to modern history. This span of 400 years was broken down into several different movements, one of which is the Baroque period which spanned the years 1600 to 1750. This was a time of development through all of the departments/groups of art. For example, aside from paintings, many musical styles were born in that era, like the Concerto and symphonia. Styles like sonata, cantata and oratorio flourished. Also, Opera was born out of the experimentation of the Florentine Camerata. The work of the Baroque period is ...

By: Stirling Kim Moss Painting With Light The Sounds of Silence My goal for this photograph was to reveal to the viewer my passion for playing classical guitar. Since there is no aural sense to this picture, I painted with light, individual eighth notes in order to provide emotional depth and add sound visually through the use of various colors that I painted with. You can almost hear me playing the guitar. The biggest challenges that I experienced in the creation of these photos was: 1) avoiding subject blur (20 to 30 second shutter speed) and 2) obtaining proper color temperature frontal lighting.

Studio Lighting Research Types of light Ambient light: The light that is already present in a scene, before any additional lighting is added. Main light: The light that illuminates the subject being photographed or filmed. It is usually positioned opposite or to the side of the subject to allow it’s light to easily reach and brighten part of the face or body. Fill light: A supplementary light used in photography that does not change the character of the main light and is used mainly in order to lighten shadows. Diffused light: A soft light with neither the intensity nor the glare of direct light. It is scattered and comes from all directions. Thus, it seems to wrap around objects. It is softer and does not cast harsh shadows. Ceiling Bounce: Rather than firing your flashgun pointing directly at your subject, you point it elsewhere typically up or at an angle, bouncing off a wall or ceiling. Background light: Used to illuminate the background area of a se...

By: Stirling Kim Moss Your Name Assignment How The Letters of My Name Are Connected To The World Around Us As stated within the assignments outline, the purpose of the project was to be able to spell your name from letters of the alphabet found in the natural world around us. I believe that the underlying goal was to train one’s eye to be creative and discover the hidden geometry of our surroundings in both a micro and macro sense. In order to find things that represent the letters in my name, I tried to look for things out of the ordinary, as well as things that peaked my interest. I had to become curious and conscious of all of my surroundings. I discovered fallen oak leaves on a bed of pine needles and noticed and ‘S’ as I got closer with a macro lens. In order to find a 'T', I looked around the bricks of my house, and found an area with a lot of wear and tear and thought it looked like a credible ‘T’. While walking across my front lawn, I came across a fal...

By: Stirling Kim Moss Let The Big Dog Eat! Camera Settings Shutter Speed: 1/500 second Focal Length: 24 mm F-stop: F-5.6 ISO: 1000 The movie, Happy Gilmore, a comedic golf film, inspired me to produce this multiple exposure photo. Golf is also my favourite sport, and I take part in several tournaments throughout the summer break, I am also a member of the Oakville Trafalgar High School golf team. I wanted the viewer to imagine me running up to the ball and striking it with a mighty blow. In order to accomplish this, I made sure to position myself closer to the camera in each succeeding picture. I also wanted it to seem as though the ball's path was headed straight for the camera's lens, in order to shock the viewer.

Short Depth of Field Shutter Speed: 1/60 second Focal Length: 105 mm F11 Long Depth of Field Shutter Speed: 1/2000 second Focal Length: 35 mm F4 Vantage Point Shutter Speed: 1/400 second Focal Length: 35 mm F4 Slow Shutter Speed Shutter Speed: 10 seconds Focal Length: 28 mm F22 ISO: 100 Fast Shutter Speed Shutter Speed: 1/640 second Focal Length: 35 mm F4 ISO: 2500