Final Photomontages

These are my best Photo montages based on the work of famous photographer, David Hockney who first invented joiners which are a bunch of photos that capture a movement such as handing you a cup of tea which he famously took a photo montage of.In the photo montage I took with the people in it I let them just hang around the pole and captured their movement. They swung, talked and danced around and I got it on camera.The second one was a pillar I practiced taking photo montages on. The pictures on all photo montages are shot vertically and I got various shots and angles of the caution tape and most of all, the pillar.

All About Me

Hello people of the internet!

 My name is Imani Belt and this is my first time being in a digital media class as well as having a blog.I go to school at Kapa'a Middle School and I am currently in 8th grade. I have attended Kapa'a Middle School for almost 3 years and have had a lot of fun making friends.

The classes I have most enjoyed taking throughout the years, are art and G.T ( Gifted and Talented program for digital media.) I like taking G.T because you get to learn cool techniques on Photoshop and explore new things almost every project that comes abroad. In art it is also very fun because you get to draw and learn about new Artists and what they are known for and what they have drawn.

I also enjoy the program K.P.A.C (Kauai Performing Art Center) in which we are in plays and act. Another thing that is fun for me is traveling to see my family in California, Arizona, and Oregon. When I grow up I want to be an actress un movies and t.v shows. If that fails I want to be a directors assistant. Please enjoy my blog and have a fun time on the information super highway. Stay fabulous.

Polar Panoramas

These are my Polar Panoramas I created in Photoshop. Here are some steps to help you create your very own Polar Panos. You can also check out my digital sketchbook with this link : My Digital Sketchbook for more help. 

Steps to a Polar Panorama

Step 1: Make sure you have all your supplies together and ready to go. ( charged, organized, etc.)
Step 2: find a location to shoot your panorama in and set up your equipment.
Step 3: Begin taking your photos vertically . They must be vertical so you can get the sky and the ground in your panorama.
Step 4: Then, Upload your panorama photos onto your computer.
Step 5: Open your panorama onto photoshop and crop and rotate your panorama.
Step 6: Apply the effects and retouch.

     To get the cut out on top of your Polar Panorama, here are some more steps: 

Step 1: upload your photo onto Adobe Photoshop and create a copy of the layer.
Step 2: Use the quick selection tool and set your brush size.

Step 3: Select all of your  portrait you want to keep.

Step 4: Use the minus button to subtract all the background parts of your image.

Step 5: Then use the refine Edge tool to smooth your remaining image . when done , file and save your now finished portrait.  

Spherical Panorama

These are my two best panoramas that I created by taking two sets of 10-15 images in a 360 degree angle. I then edited my photos on Adobe Camera Raw and complied into a panoramic image using Photoshop's PhotoMerge plugin.



Next, the rectangular 360 degree panorama that was resized to be square and filtered using Polar Coordinates. Lastly, the final spherical panoramas were selected using the elliptical marquee and feathered by refining the edges. A black or white background was applied before saving the finished composite image.

Magazine Cover

This is my finished Magazine Cover that I created in the fall of 2013 at Kapa'a Middle School.

We used digital cameras and photoshop to create a multi-layered image that describes who we are.
It was hard work but I made it work and got it finished on time. The magazine subject of my magazine was cooking and recipes as shown on the sub headings.

The first thing I changed on my original image in Photoshop was the black contour lines that I outlined my photo in. The next thing I did was add color onto the second layer of my drawing which was the black contour. We were taught to  use the alt button to select the color of my real drawing. Lastly I warped the background image which was a tree and edited the colors to make it match my color scheme.

When I first heard of this project, I was a little hesitant of what it was about and what we had to do since it was my first big project in g.t. Luckly I got the hang of it and discovered that it was actually really fun. We got to choose our color schemes and all these cool techniques learned on photoshop.