Homework 11/23

1.)
- Exposure (Levels, Curves)
- Color (Color balance, Photo filtre)
- Vignetting

We use exposure first to determine if we need to correct how dark or light the image is (levels.) We want to have the correct exposure or our image will turn out under or over exposed. We next use curves to change the exposure also.

We use color to correct the color within the image. We use Color Balance to balance out colors so they are correct. If a picture is too blue, we would add red to balance out the colors. We can also use photo filtre to do this.

We use vignetting last. Vignetting adds almost a frame to the image and it draws your attention to the subject of the photo.

2. Quick keys?

Move tool: V
Brush tool: B
Text tool: T
Mask tool: Q

3. Short cuts?

Select-all: Command + A
Inverse-selection: Shift command I
Deselect-selection: Command + D

4. Steps of Vignetting?

1. Select the brush tool. Set your hardness to 0% and your flow/opacity to 100%.
2. Create the diameter of your brush tool. Make sure this almost fills up your whole image.
3. Click the mask icon.
4. Move your brush tool side to side creating a potato shape almost filling your whole image. This will be red.
5. Click the mask icon again so that it is off. Your potato shape will no longer be red, but will be outlined with lines. They looked like dashed lines moving or what it would look like as if you selected something.
6. If there is not a a window on the side of your menu for layers, click the tab "window" and click layers, or press F7.
7. Once your have your layers window, you will have one layer, that being the layer labeled "background."
8. You will want to next click the button that is half white, half black, looking like a cookie. Click the word "curves." This will open up the curves window. Adjust your curves by clicking on a part of the graph. This will make your picture vignetted.

5. JPEG image opening?

When you open a JPEG image in photoshop, you start with one image called "Background."

6. Layers?

To create a new layer, click the half black, half white circular button.
To delete a layer, drag the layer you wish to delete to the trash can button.
To edit an existing layer, double click the layer you wish to edit.

7. Turning off a layer?
To turn off a layer, click the eye next to the layer you wish to make unseen.

8. Photoshop fail?


Her hands are simply doubled, but her sleeve has been put in the wrong place.

Frame within a frame 2

Frame within a frame.

Frame: Windshield. The windshield directs your attention to the subject because all outside is cut off.
Frame: Car mirror. The mirror draws your attention to the buildings because it is the reflection.
Frame: TV Screen. The TV screen draws your attention to the image on the tv screen because the frame is very visible and the image is totally separate from the wall.

Down the rabbit hole.

Giant furniture.
Best friend.
I liked the silhouettes.

Gettin' There.

1. SS (shutter speed)
2. Aperture
3. ISO (how sensitive a film is to light)
4. WB (white balance)

3. Scenario.

Scenario 1.

Outside, it is a bright day. It is afternoon (12/1 PM) and it's winter, there's snow all over the ground and trees.
The sun is out, but with some clouds. It is very white, aside from the blue sky.

- Turn power switch to "on."
- Check monitor to see the current settings.
- Make sure you are on "MF" or "manual focus," not "AF" or "auto focus." If your camera has the switch to "AF," switch to "MF."
- Check the setting on your dial. Be positive it's on "M" for Manual.
- Use the command dial to change your shutter speed and aperture.
- Press the menu bottom, and press the ISO button and adjust your ISO. Remember, if your ISO is too high, there will be a lot of "noise." This will make your pictures look grainy, we want crisp images and we do not want a lot of noise.
- As you look into the view finder, double check your settings on the bottom to be positive your settings are the desired settings you chose before.

1. SS = 1/640 of a second. This shutter speed is very fast. It will not let too much light in because of the amount of natural light there already is.
2. Aperture = F14.0 - for the amount of brightness, you want a small aperture opening to not let too much light in.
3. ISO = 100 - we're using a low ISO because the picture is already very bright with the amount of natural white in it.
4. WB = low - a low incandescent white balance, or even a cloudy/shady setting would be good for this photograph because the snow and sun contribute to how much natural white is in the picture. The cloudy, or shady setting will balance out the white.

All we see or seem is a dream within a dream.

Haven't really posted anything lately.. working on my over the shoulder shots (yeah I know, real late.)

But here are just some pictures recently. Blogger definitely made the quality look different..

First photoblog assigntment!

Quality 1: Shallow depth of field.

Quality 2: Large depth of field.

Quality 3: Fast shutter 

speed.

 

Quality 4: Slow shutter speed.

Quality 5: Image blurred due to camera movement.

Quality 6: Overexposed.

Quality 7: Underexposed.

Quality 8: Out of focus.