Polar Panoramas

Right here we have my two Polar Panoramas. The process to make these is similar to the Spherical Panoramas, but not exactly the same.  The process to make these Polar Panoramas stared with us having to take 10-15 pictures in a 360 degree rotation. Each photo had to have an overlap on the photo before. We then had the photos uploaded to our computers. When we were all ready we took the pictures into Adobe Bridge and edited them. We wanted the pictures to look vibrant and eye catching. 

Next, in Photoshop we used to photo merge to put the pictures together and make it look more like a panorama. When the panorama was made we then took it and squished it together into a square shape. After that, we turned the picture 180 degrees so it was upside down. We then used polar coordinates so that the pictures was made into this circular shape. We then used the elliptical marquee tool to make a circle around our masterpiece and used feather and contrast to make the edges look like they were kind of fading away.

In my first Polar Panorama I have a picture of me. To make this picture first I had someone stand on a chair and take a picture of me from above. You do not have to use a chair, as long as it is tall enough for the picture to look like it was taken from above you. When taking these pictures, the person taking the picture had to make sure they got my whole body in the picture so that it wouldn't look weird when I cut my body out of the picture. To cut my body out of the picture, I used the Quick Selection Tool on Photoshop. I was very careful to not make myself look unrealistic. When I was finished cutting my self out, I dragged myself into my Polar Panorama. I then made a copy of the picture of myself and made it all black to make a shadow. My shadow was then edited to make it look realistic. 

     

     

Spherical Panoramas

Here are my two Spherical Panoramas that I made in G.T. class. To make these photos we had to take up to 10-15 photos while rotating 360 degrees and overlapping the photos as we went around. After we took our photos and uploaded them to our computers, we then went to Adobe Bridge to edit these pictures.

Once again, Photoshop has helped us A LOT. In Photoshop we used photo merge to put all the pictures together to look like a panorama. We then made our panorama into a square and turned on the polar coordinates. To make the edges we just used the elliptical marquee tool and feather. Finally, we had a choice to put a black or white back round.

All About Me

   

Hey there. My name is Makena Kahananui and this is my blog. I was born on the 17th of April in the year of 2002, and grew up on the island of Kauai, HI, USA. I am in the 6th grade, and have four other people in my family, my mom, my dad, my sister, and my brother.

Before I came here to Kapa'a Middle School, I went to Kapa'a Elementary School. Throughout elementary school I got good grades and I loved to go to school. Elementary school is actually the place that I learned some of my favorite hobbies, but we'll get to that later. It's even one of my favorite places on the island. Now, I'm in Kapa'a Middle School and it is one of the best experiences of my life.

Outside of school, I love to spend time with my friends and family. My family is a family of music and we love to sing, play instruments, and some of us dance. I love to sing and play the ukulele. I started to sing around the third grade and, I started to play the ukulele in the fourth grade. My grandfather saw that I had talent so he started to teach me the basics of the ukulele, along the way I started to improve. When the school year started, I was officially in fourth grade and it turned out, my teacher loved ukulele too. He taught me how to play even better than before! To this day I am in my school's ukulele band and I still love to sing. My name is Makena Kahananui, and this is all about me.

Final Photomontages

 

Here we have my two photomontages which were inspired by the famous photographer, David Hockney. These are what he calls "joiners". To make these joiners, we used digital cameras to take at least 15 separate pictures of one scene. Before transferring our pictures into our computers, we had to make sure that the pictures that we took are clear and not blurry.

After transferring our pictures into our computer, we edited them in Camera Raw on Adobe Bridge. We made sure that our pictures were vibrant and eye- catching. We then went into Photoshop to start putting our pictures together.

In Photoshop, we put border lines around our pictures and made sure the corners weren't rounded, but at a point. Then, we had to put our pictures together. When we out our pictures together, we had to make sure not to make it look too neat. When David Hockney made his joiners, he made them so that they were abstract. We put our pictures together and turned them so they were not perfectly straight.

Making these were a lot of fun. I actually enjoyed learning about joiners and David Hockney. I hope to maybe more about these one day and maybe even learn more about David Hockney and the type of work that he does.

Magazine Cover

This is my magazine cover that I made in my Kapa'a Middle School G.T. class. We used to digital cameras to take the pictures and Photoshop helped us a lot. We used Photoshop to make text layer back rounds, a brush layer, back rounds, and so much more! It came out so much better than I thought it would.