When I first walked into this class, I only knew so much about photography. Before this class, when I got my camera, I was only able to use Automatic mode, and let the camera do all the work for the shots that I produced. After being in this class for a whole trimester, not only was I able to photoshop images, but I also learned how to compose images and produce better pieces of work. One of the things I struggled with in the beginning had to do with the exposure triangle. One of the first couple weeks of class, students were assigned to take demo and composition pictures around the school. When I was taking photographs the exposure on some of the images were really bad, some of the light was too bright, some were too dark. I a also tended to take pictures as well that were too dark. By the end of this class I have dramatically increased my photography skills. One of the biggest things I have learned was how to take better portrait pictures. I went from not knowing how to blur the background to getting quality images with just the right exposure. I'm fairly satisfied with how this class course turned out for me. I have posted some photos below of some before and after pictures to show the amount of improvement I have made from start to finish of this class. Before: After:
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Assignment Description For this assignment, students were suggested to use or take pictures of something with vibrant colors in it. By taking these pictures students were then required to use photoshop to make only one part of the picture pop with color. What I learned
During this assignment I learned how to use certain keys to both inverse colors and desaturate photos as well. In order to get the finished product on the right, the image had to be desaturated by using the keys ctrl + shift + U. Using the selection tool I first selected the area I wanted to show color using the quick selection tool. I then used the keys ctrl + shift + I to inverse the selected area, once I was able to do that I hit the delete button and now the area I selected is now colored while the rest is black and white. Assignment Description For this assignment students were required to take photographs of either themselves or a friend and merge multiple photos together to create multiples of one. What I learned...
Assignment description... Shutter speed: 1/60 Aperture: f8.0 ISO: 100 What I learned
While taking pictures of the moon I went through a lot of trial and error to get a decent enough picture to photoshop. I really had to make sure everything was balanced out with the exposure triangle to get the lighting just right. I uploaded the original picture into photoshop and I messed around with lighting, contrast, black and white filter, etc. Enough editing was able to take away the glow around the moon to show a clearer image. Assignment description This assignment was designed to teach students how to use a camera and tripod to take multiple photos and to merge them together to make a panoramic shot. Students were supposed to go around the school to take these photos and be able to use adobe photoshop to edit. What I learned
I learned most about how to position the camera correctly to make the panoramic easy to merge together. It was important to take 40% of the previous image into the next, this way it allows photoshop to easily see and merge together the photos without any hesitation. I also learned about how to merge them in photoshop. Assignment description For photo 6 capturing shadows meets a high demand for contrast between shadows and light. Photographs can become more appealing to the viewer if the contrast is strong and the composition is presented well. Shadows and light can draw attention to certain parts of the photograph. In this case, I used shadows and light to present a repetitive line of light that vanishes towards the tall dark door in the middle of the photograph. What I learned
During this assignment.... Assignment Description For this assignment students were asked to take a picture of the school either being inside or out. The whole point to this assignment was to change the context of the school using adobe photoshop, making a normal/natural school environment become extraordinary. Students were allowed to insert images from google to perform these tasks. What I learned
While working on this assignment for a couple days I learned a few things about layering in adobe photoshop. Although I have a strong background in photoshop, I had some difficulties getting started with this photoshop assignment since the keys and controls are different than the software I usually use and sizing being a big issue as well. I learned how to size down my original image before inserting images from google to create a high quality image and to continue with the correct proportions. I edited the background as well to enhance the picture to make it seem more like the school was underwater. Assignment description For this assignment students were asked to take pictures up close of something using the macro settings on the camera. Up close shots should be clear ands still somewhat recognizable to the viewer what the object is. I went out on a day off of school this week to take pictures of ice covered branches on the trees. Original - unedited photo Shutter Speed: 1/250 Aperture: f5.0 ISO: 800 More Photos What I learned
For me, taking pictures up close using macro settings was quite easy. I had found that using a longer lens to reach farther distances helped these images to fill the frame. I also used the manual focus to help clear up the shot, however, I had to take a lot of photos to get at least 5 that came out great. Assignment Description For this weeks assignment I chose to capture nature since we had some snow recently. This assignment required that you need to capture an image that says something about the landscapes we live in or says something about nature. Original - unedited photo Shutter speed: 1/640 Aperture: f5.0 ISO: 500 What I learned
During this assignment I had some difficulties trying to capture how fast the snow was coming at the camera. Increasing the shutter speed helped but again I had difficulties trying to focus somewhat on the snowflakes that were coming towards the camera. Eventually, I got a picture that came out decent enough, but I feel like I could have done a better job adjusting the controls to produce a clearer photograph. Assignment Description For this weeks assignment (#3) I chose to take pictures of food. Over the weekend I had made banana & peanut butter toast, and added some ingredients to it to make it look more appetizing. I had taken multiple photos of this toast in many different places to hopefully catch a pleasing meal. Original - unedited photo Shutter Speed: 1/60 Aperture: f4.5 ISO: 125 More Photos of Food What I learned
Something I noticed while looking at photos of food is that food is well served and decorated with spices. As I was prepping my morning toast , it didn't seem appetizing yet, I decided to add a sprinkle of ground cinnamon and 2 cinnamon sticks to top it all off. The extra spices really added to making the meal look more appealing. Another thing I noticed while looking at professional pictures of food is that the lighting is usually very light, it seems to cast a nice glow on the food being presented. In order to mimic the lighting, I tried using natural light, so bringing the food close to an open window really helped the quality overall shot of the toast. I also learned about positioning of the food. Getting the right angle was really important and also dramatically effected each and every shot I took. |
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