Final Slideshow

Portraits

This is not my final slideshow. I was saving these photos for my final project, but when I read the directions I realized I could not use these photos. There is not really a story here, and the photos were taken over time when they should be taken around the same time period. I wanted to share the photos anyway.. please enjoy!!! My final slideshow will be uploaded today..

Portraits 2

Here are a few more portraits that I took that same day.

Portraits

Here are some portraits that I took of my cousins. I ended up taking several pictures because every time I took one photo they would all move, well run towards me so they could look at the picture on the camera's display. I had to set the camera on continuous shooting. I may post more pictures after I spend more time in photoshop this week.

Watermark and Filters

For filters I used the plastic wrap filter along with lens flare in the upper right corner. Sorry if I am late I did not realize this was an assignment.

Horses

Alright so I used and tried several different tools for this picture. I cropped the photo, and then adjusted the color level. I dodged all of the trees to lighten them up. I then selected the dark area in the horses neck with the lasso tool. I dodged the heck area as much as I could, and then adjusted the brightness/contrast of the neck area. I wanted to be able to clearly see the separation between the two horses. I did not care for the snow region that was shown so I used the clone tool to remove the snow. I like the photo a lot better than before, but it still needs work. It is a work in progress.

Clone

Original

Retouched

Photoshop Dodge and Burn

The original is the top photo and the second photo is photoshoped. I played around with the level of color, and may have played too much. It may be too contrasty or something. I created a 50% gray layer, and burned the grass to create more texture. I also burned the tree line in the background.

The first photo is the original and the second is photoshoped. I adjusted the color level, and then burned the ground. By burning the ground it brought out more texture within the grass. I tried to burn around the right eye to darken it up a bit, and burned part of the nose to create contrast between the grass and nose. I used the clone stamp to take out the other two horses in the background. I would have liked the nose to be in focus more, but I did not get another chance to get this shot. Maybe next time.

The first photo is the original and the second is the photoshop version. I started out by adjusting the color level of the photo, and then I made a 50% gray layer. I dodged within both of the horses faces, and burned the trees in the background. I also dodged the brown horses nose to allow it to stand out from the trees.

Photoshop Color and Contrast 2

In this photo I selected each flower and made a separate layer for each. I went back to my original photo and changed it to black and white and increased the intensity of the gray scale for green. I then went back through each layer to erase the left over green from where I selected to leave just the flowers. I chose yellow and purple to saturate more to create this photo.

I used the same method as the flower, but I did not chose any colors to enhance.

Photoshop Color and Contrast 1

This is a photo of my cousin. I first went into levels then tried auto. I decided I liked the way it looked so then I went into hue and saturation clicked on blue and increased the blue then increased the saturation. I also took out the cloud near her shoulder using the clone stamp tool.I thought I liked the photo before until I played with the color and now I like it a lot better.

With the shadow picture I used the clone stamp to get rid of the dark green bush in the right corner. I again went into levels and darkened the shadows because I did not like how auto looked. I then went into hue and saturation to change the green into a magenta and by increasing the saturation and hue the result is the second photo, Which is different.

Photoshop Fun

While driving home from school I noticed a nice clear blue spot in the sky framed by dark clouds, and thought to myself it would be pretty neat to have an eye within that spot. I continued to think about this spot of blue sky all the way home, which is an hour drive. I then thought it would be neat to try to put clouds within the eye like a reflection or another image as if the eye was looking through the sky at something. When I arrived home the spot was no longer framed by dark clouds, so I tried it out anyway and came up with this photo. I took a picture of one of my sister's eyes and the clouds that I saw. As I was playing around in photoshop I couldn't quite get the image inside the eye as a reflection, so I continued adding clouds around the eye until I was happy with the result. I don't quite like the clouds on the left side that are traveling over the eye.

In the second photo I tried to fix the clouds on the left side and made the clouds on the top of the eye have less of an edge. I am still not sure if I'm completely happy with it yet.

Photoshop 1

So this is my first time working with photoshop and have learned it takes a lot of practice. In my first photo I used the picture of the lily that I took and a picture of candles that I took. I used the lasso tool to select the candles then created a new layer to drag into the photo of the lily. I then used the eraser tool to clean up the edges of the candles. I changed the opacity of the candles to try to create a relaxing peaceful scene.

The second photo is my favorite. I used the picture I took for frames, and added a picture of my sister within the frame, which is a bus mirror. I resized the picture of the bus mirror selected it, made a new layer then added the bus mirror directly over the picture of my sister. I used the eraser tool to erase some of the mirror to allow the bottom layer to come threw.

The last photo is of grass with three shadows on it. I used a photo of fall leaves as a bottom layer and used the same method as the second photo. Dragged a direct layer then used the eraser along the shadows to bring out the fall leaves. As I said before photoshop is going to take a lot of practice.

Landscape Pictures

All of these pictures were taken in Vermont looking at mountains that are in New Hampshire. This first picture is one of my favorites I really like the blue in the sky and how the clouds pop. The mountains are not centered and the trees in the foreground give perspective in how far away the mountains really are. I dislike the two trees right in the center of the photo I feel like if those two trees were not there the photo would really open up with a snow covered path that leads the eye back to the mountains.

The second picture is of the mountains again and part of the Connecticut River. In this picture I like how the river leads the eye off to the distance, and I also like the trees and branches on each side of the picture they frame the river and part of the mountains.

The third picture shows the same mountains as the first just a different angle. I love how the snow on the mountains stand out with this angle. I also really like the line of trees on the bottom of the photo because they stop the eyes from leaving the bottom of the photo. The branches from the left stop the eyes as they follow the mountain line.

The fourth picture is a close up of the snow covered mountains not a great picture, but I really like how the tops of the mountains look. The picture does not really have much to lead the eyes around.

Composition

http://www.secondpicture.com/photography_composition.html

I found this to be a great website that talks about different angles, frames, space, depth of field, and the rule of thirds. Here is a great quote from the website above: "The purpose of image composition is to create a visually compelling picture, a picture that evokes the interest of the viewer. A successful shot attracts the eye for a while". It is great to have a photo where the viewers eye can find the subject and then wonder throughout the picture without leaving the composition.

http://jurate.atspace.com/introduction.htm

This is a website that shows different compositional schemes. I focus on the different schemes when setting up a drawing or painting, but I'm sure they can be used for photographs as well.

Rule of Thirds

Both pictures are of a scented dried fruit air freshener. In the first picture it is centered which was automatic for me, and then after exploring different angles I begin to think about composition. It takes a lot of practice to get yourself out of the routine of taking a picture with the object centered. I like the rule of thirds composition because it gives room for eyes to wonder within the composition rather than having everything focused in the middle.

Frames

Lighting Changes

The picture to the left was taken with the flash on in a darker light setting room. The camera was also set on manual setting.

The next picture was taken on manual mode with a low shutter speed of 10. The lighting used was a wall light that sat behind the flower.

The third photo was taken again on manual mode with a low shutter speed of 10. The lighting this time was a lamp that sat to the side of the flower.

The last photo was taken with the same lamp and same settings on the camera just a different angle. I think my favorite would be the second picture that used the wall light.

Sunset

Here are a couple of pictures that I took of a sunset on the Connecticut River.

Week 4

This is a flower that I thought showed an analogous color scheme using pink, orange, red, and purple. The flower is a part of a valentines bouguet.

This is a photo that I took this fall that follows the complementary color scheme orange and blue.

The photo below has an analogous color scheme within the leaves using yellow and orange towards the edge of the photo.