Kati Keller B&W Mystery

Hello classmates, this was a fun assignment and I had a few photos that I enjoyed taking for this assignment that I'm going to share with you. The phone I use to take this photo was the Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android version 4.4.2 KitKat. The app I used to capture and edit these photos was Snapseed version 1.6.0.



This is a photo of my jean shorts. They are stripped light blue and white denim. I like this photo because it is very rich with texture. To capture this texture I used the focus that is on my phone. I touched the screen to show where I wanted the focal point to be. I noticed by doing this is really captures texture well. I just used natural light in the room I didn't purposely increase the light in the room. After I found an angle and photo that I really liked I opened it in the app an put on the black and white filter. I then lowered the brightness to -63. I liked this because it dded shadows an emphasized the textures. I also increased the contrast to about +38. This really made the white stand out and shows the details.





The photo is of the carpet in my living room. I enjoy laying on the ground and watching t.v. I really liked how the light shining on the carpet really changed the color. The carpet is normally the color of coffee ice cream and when the light shines on it it becomes a tan color. I felt this would be interesting to use of the assignment. I took the photo laying on the ground with my phone mostly upright and tilted down slightly. I then tapped my screen to make the focus the lower center. This allowed the background to be a little blurry. I opened it in Snapseed and placed the B&W filter on it. Also, I am not really sure what it is, but I am going to assume it is another filter and I chose green because it really made the darker parts darker and the lighter parts grayer. I moved the contrast to +44 and the brightness to -11. This really showed the light shining on the carpet like I had wanted it to.





This photo is on my morning tea. I held my camera over the cup, but not directly. I was particularly inspired to take this photo because you could see the tea and herbs inside the teabag. I also liked the idea of the speckles in the counter top in the background. I didn't use and focus or added light for this photo. I opened the photo in the Snapseed app and once again added the B&W filter. I placed the brightness to +38 to lighten up the photo because there was not too much natural light. I set the contrast to +27 to really make the white from the up and the color of the tea water be more contrasting. This one was fun because it was like I was playing with my food.