Activity 15

For this picture, i started ff by creating my mask and choosing a picture that would be easy to insert my photo in. After i cut out the ornament, i blurred the entire background for a more dramatic effect. Finally, i adjusted the colors of my photo and made it  lighter and created more of a contrast to the ornament. Anyway would love this as a christmas Card! :p

Activity 12

                          Expressionism 

For this activity, i chose to do expressionism. I picked all things that have some what of an importance to me. I added all different types of effects. I used filter>texture for most of them. I also used the burn tool and the color balance after going to adjustments.

Activity 11

Activity 10

   For this photograph  my main focus was his face and hair. I believe that is what is seen first in a person. To remove most of his wrinkles i used the blur tool. I also used the clone tool by using the option key. I used the clone tool quite a lot for this. I used it for a majority of his hair and to close up his buttoned down shirt. The less skin, the better. I also used the burn tool to eve out his hair and make it darker. Finally, i went to image>adjustments>curve and fixed the colors. By making it lighter, it made his face brighter and knocked off at least 20 years!

For this part of the activity, we had to turn a over weight person skinny. My main tool was the eraser tool. I literally just minimized most of her with the eraser and just removed calories by the thousands. The second tool i used was the free transform tool. I mostly just minimized the scale and put her on a slant so the main focus isn't on her body. I also urned out her jeans completely. The jeans were ugly and darker colors are always more complimenting anyway. Finally i increased the contrast and gave her some color! Jessica should be appreciative ;)

For my final part, i had to turn Kate Moss into a big lady! I started off by working on her face, i used filter>liquify and gave her the heavier effect. For her body, i went to edit>transform>wrap. I selected her body only with the lasso tool and stretched her out. Then i wen to edit>transform>scale and maximized her from the sides and made her shorter. Finally, i went to image>adjustments>curve and fixed the color to make the quality of the picture a lot better. She wouldn't be my biggest fan after seeing this photograph

Activity 9

                                               Jason McGeenald. 
For this activity i embedded quite a lot of different elements and layers to it. I started with a base of a hawks head, copy & pasted it again but flipped it to be horizontal and gave it the double head effect. Then i used the magic wand for the mouses body and replaced its ands for gorilla hands. To make it look as real as possible i used the blur tool and went to image<adjustment>curves to give it a base color. I also added a squirrels tail and an elephants trunk. Then i embedded all the layers together and turned it in to a JPEG. After choosing a background that fits a possible habitat of the animal, i copy and pasted Jason McGeenald twice and changed the opacity to a very low level. I thought this gave it a better look overall. 

Activity 8

         

Shallow Depth of Field 

  

With these two works, i made sure to show high contrast. By changing and decreasing the opacity of the background, i put the most focus on mirror which also corresponds to the framing that i needed to do. As for the second picture, i created the contrast by defining and making the colors more intense. I also change the opacity of the soccer ball and making it transparent. 

Activity 7

For my portrait i decided to use the beautiful Nick Zano. I started off with a background of a sun set. By using the blur box, I blurred out the picture to the point to where you can't really make out what it actually is, you just get the positive effect. The i started a new layer of Nick Zano's portrait. I cut him out using the lasso tool. After that, i went to filter> Texture > halftone pattern. Then to add more contrast, i went to image> adjustments> contrast. I feel i got the full effect out of his portrait. :)

Camera Quiz

1. What does this symbol mean?

B. Flash Off

2. What does this symbol mean?
 

C.  Landscape Mode

3. Only photos taken on a digital camera can be exported to a disk or flash drive?

A. False

4. Aperture is the first "line of defense" for controlling light.
A. True
5. There are 2 ways to control light with a camera.

 A. False

6.  A setting of f/4 refers to shutter speed.

False 

7.  What does this symbol mean?

  

 A. Marco Mode

8.  What does this symbol mean?

 

Might Mode 

9.  It isn't that important to control the lighting when taking a photograph because it can always be fixed later using Photoshop.

False

10. The button that is pushed to take the photograph controls the

A. shutter 

11.  If you were shooting in the early morning (pre-sunrise), what apperture setting would you most likely want to use?

f/2.8 

12. What does this symbol mean?

 

A. Action Mode 

G

13. The best way to get a really close shot of a subject is by zooming in and moving as close to the subject as possible.

False 

14. What does this symbol mean?
 

B. Red eye on 

15.  3 ways to bring photographs into a computer are to import photos from a digital camera, scan a photograph and

A. scan a negative 

16.  You can change the white balance on the camera by

D. Going to the function menu in Mode menu 

Emphasis

Emphasis Merged 

The 7 Principles

1.Contrast 

2.Emphasis

                

3.Variety 

4.Harmony 

5. Balance 

6. Rhythm 

7. Movement

Activity 4

Framing -The way you frame and crop your shots has power to give a sense of size to a scene that may not actually be there. To get the effect the photographer has managed to get the angles right so that there’s no horizon and they’ve filled the frame with their subject.  

Shape- Shape is a two-dimensional element basic to picture composition and is usually the first means by which a viewer identifies an object within the picture. Form is the three-dimensional equivalent of shape. Even though shape is only two-dimensional, with the proper application of lighting and tonal range, you can bring out form and give your subjects a three-dimensional quality. Lighting can also subdue or even destroy form by causing dark shadows that may cause several shapes to merge into one.

Lines: The lines that can be found in images are very powerful elements that with a little practice can add dynamic impact to a photograph in terms of mood as well as how they lead an image’s viewer into a photo. Over the next few posts I’ll consider three types of lines, ‘horizontal’, ‘vertical’ and ‘diagonal’. Each one has a different impact upon a photograph and should.

Pattern- Filling your frame with a repetitive pattern can give the impression of size and large numbers. The key to this is to attempt to zoom in close enough to the pattern that it fills the frame and makes the repetition seem as though it’s bursting out (even if the repetition stops just outside of your framing). Some examples of this technique might include faces in a crowd, bricks on a wall, a line of bicycle wheels all on the same angle etc. Almost any repeated appearance of objects could work. The other common use of repetition in photography is to capture the interruption of the flow of a pattern. For example you might photograph hundreds of red M&Ms with one blue one. Broken repetition might include adding a contrasting object (color, shape, texture) or removing one of the repeating objects.

Lighting- When it comes to the direction of light, there are 360 degrees of possibilities. When the light isn't working for you, change it by moving your position, your subject's position, or the light itself, if possible. There are many other types of light, and most of them aren't very conducive to photography.

Texture- texture helps to emphasize the features and details in a photograph. By capturing "texture" of objects being photographed, you can create form.

When people observe a soft, furry object or a smooth, shining surface, they have a strong urge to touch it. You can provide much of the pleasure people get from the feel of touching such objects by rendering texture in your pictures. Texture can be used to give realism and character to a picture and may in itself be the subject of a photograph. When texture is used as a subordinate element within the picture, it lends strength to the main idea in the photograph. It usually takes just a little different lighting or a slight change in camera position to improve the rendering of texture in a picture. When an area in a photograph shows rich texture, the textured area usually creates a form or shape; therefore, it should be considered in planning the photograph

High key and low key lighting-  both High Key images and Low Key images make an intensive use of contrast, but in a very different way. When approaching a shoot of a dramatic portrait, the decision of making it a High Key, Low Key or "just" a regular image has great impact about the mood that this picture will convey. While High Key images are considered happy and will show your subject as a tooth-paste poster; Low Key portraits are dramatic and convey a lot of atmosphere and tension. Let's explore those two dramatic lighting alternatives.

Great depth of field-To illustrate: in landscape photography, generally you’re working to achieve a very large depth of field. You want EVERYTHING in the scene to be in sharp focus. With portraits, photographers are often shooting for (lame pun intended) a more shallow depth of field, focusing in on their subjects and working towards fall off or blur in the background

SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD-  The quest for tack sharp photos is something most photographers are on the quest for – but sometimes it is a lack of focus can really make a shot what it is. Here are 12 images that either are completely ‘unfocused’ or which use focus selectively. 

Abstract- to see abstractly by looking for geometrical forms and compelling compositions despite the “subject matter”. A good way to sidestep preconceived images is to consider a subject that’s commonly photographed, a well-known icon.

Photography

1. This portrays line and harmony because i has serene colors and different styled lines. It contains straight and curved lines.
2. This shows shape and contrast because the dark blue and white really stand out creating the contrast. It also contains different shapes.

3. This shows texture because it has a fabric like material and rhythm because the patterns have different sizes.
4. This shows color and unity because it has one set color but different shades of it and it shows unity because they all work together.

5.  Shape and balance is shown because different shapes are created within a picture and the colors used compliment each other creating a balance through color and shapes. It also shows symmetry.


 This image portrays contrast making it stand out  even  more.
Luganski – Helsinki photographer, creative photo manipulations.