Reid Dahill

Gate 2 Project 2 Two Logos

The first logo is my personal one. It is a film camera with “Dahill Stories” on it. This post comes from the reason I first wanted to start making content. My family I always tells amazing stories that I’ve always wanted to retell to the world. It is a relatively simple design but holds aContinue reading “Gate 2 Project 2 Two Logos”

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Recreate Two Logos

Original Logos Recreation

Pulitzer Prize Photography

Staff members from Reuters earned the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. They did so by capturing vivid and startling visuals of the urgency in South America. The desperation and sadness of the migrants as they journey to the U.S. from Central and South America is truly heartbreaking. The photographs I chose were takenContinue reading “Pulitzer Prize Photography”

Color Correction and Cropping

Original Photos Edited Photos To start color correcting each photo, I first went into the levels settings, fixing the darks and whites. I then edited the brightness and contrast, as well as the vibrance and saturation. I cropped some of the pictures to make them better adhere the photos to the rule of thirds. IContinue reading “Color Correction and Cropping”

50 Pictures

I chose these to be my top ten photos because I believe each one exemplifies an aspect of design. They all follow the rule of thirds and evoke something in the viewer. Some, like the doors, benches, and bridges, rely on symmetry and lines to create an in interesting image. While others, like the beeContinue reading “50 Pictures”

5 Objects

This assignment tasked me with photographing five objects with personal significance to me. To fully capture the objects I felt deeply about, I had to be mindful of the framing, lighting, and overall tone of each picture. However, since I just moved to school, many of the objects that are meaningful to me are stillContinue reading “5 Objects”

Bracketing Test

Photo 1 – 1/40 F4 ISO 100 Photo 2 – 1/40 F4 ISO 200 Photo 3 – 1/40 F4 ISO 800 Photo 4 – 1/80 F4 ISO 100 Photo 5 – 1/20 F4 ISO 100 Photo 6 – 1/40 F5 ISO 100 Photo 7 – 1/40 F6.3 ISO 100

Picture Upload Test

Influential Photographs

What makes these photos so compelling is their ability to evoke emotion and tell a story. In the first photo, a sense of innocence and safety is evoked as the lost boy plays with the police officer. In the second photo, a sense of fear and panic is evoked. The last photo evokes a senseContinue reading “Influential Photographs”