Week 9

 

DODGE & BURN

 

 

Original

I struggled with the assignment regarding Dodge & Burn. I found that by using the tool it only allowed me to do so much with what I had. I only let me lighten the bright parts and not the dark parts. After two hours, I came up with this alteration.

 I began with altering the vibrance and saturation of the photo. As I'm typing this out, I wonder if that is why I had such trouble with the adjustments. Hmmm. I then chose the dodge tool, because that is the only one that I could manipulate with. The brush size is used was 88px with a 100% hardness. I then went and highlighted all the sunny spots in the photo.

 

FILTERS

 Original

 

I love this gorilla! One of the many highlights of heading south on Route 7. I started off my cropping the picture. I then used the Fresco filter to alter the photo to give it an artistic feel. Then I used the brush tool to add red to the VW. Feeling brave, but not confident, I tried the dodge tool to lighten the teeth.

 

 Original photo

 

I had fun with this photo! I started off by using the Liquid filter and cascaded the tool to flow with the water. I then sharpened the edges. Next, I went in to Accent the edges I used a edge width of 2, edge brightness of 26 and a edge smoothness of 7. Finally I added the Ocean Ripple filter and adjusted it with a ripple size of 5 and a ripple magnitude of 5.

Color & Lighting

                                                             Color and Lighting

For this weeks assignment I decided to try something a little different with the color and lighting of the skull photo's. The only thing I adjusted in this photo is the skull. I wanted it to pop out. I used the quick selection tool and then adjusted the hue/saturation. I then adjusted the curves with an input of 164 and an output level of 220.

The next photo is adjusted it completely.

I started with the vibrance/saturation of the photo. I then put an emerald green photo filter on it with a 12% density. I then adjust the input levels and then the color balance levels, but only on the shadows. I wanted to highlight the greens without drowning out the shadows of the photos.

 
 
 

Graphic Manipulation

 

Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

 

This is such a fun program ! I have experience with this program and it was hard for me to stick to the outline of the assignment. The outline was to use the crop tool, lasso tool and marques tool.

I took it a little further perhaps, once I got manipulating I couldn't stop myself. I am still having trouble with layers.

 

 

To start I cropped this photo. (Original is at the bottom) I wanted to make the grass even with the sky to give it equality. I then used the marques tool and highlighted the farm and the mountain, used the free transform tool. I found the free transform by right clicking after I highlighted the subject. I made the farm and mountains larger. I then warped the grass and skewed the grass to give it depth.

 

I started by cropping this photo. I altered this photo quite a bit. I used the lasso tool to highlight the trees along the middle of the photo and used the vibrance tool to make the tree line brighter. I adjusted them equally- vibrance @ +75 and saturation @ +51.

I then went in and changed the color balance of the entire photograph. The color balance levels are: Shadows: Cyan 0       Green +32          Blue +70

Highlights: Cyan 0     Green +9       Yellow -19

 

Layers

 

I played around with layers and adding to the photo. Here is added a posturize layer and adjust the curve settings. I then added some water from the photo above, that I altered. Although it doesn't line up completely I think it adds uniqueness to the photo.

 

Below are the original photos

 

 

Landscape Assignment

 

 

According to dictionary.com the definition of landscape is, " section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint."

Living in beautiful Vermont, the landscape tells a story, shares history, is rural,  and makes you stop and take in the view. As you are driving along the road you sometimes forget to look around and take a close look at the rolling hills, the fields of corn growing, or just those pesky dirt roads that offshoot from the main roads. While driving the roads of Addison County this fine afternoon, it was a breathtaking day. The weather was amazing, the position of the sun was perfect, and the views were perfect for finding that "perfect shot".
What I learned about taking photo's of landscapes is that you need a perfect balance of colors, lights, elements, and the right spot. When taking the photo's I tried to get a focal point and then incorporated the rest of the landscape in the photograph. To get the right balance. As I was scouring for the right photo I tried look for lines, for a balance of elements, and just an image that made me want to jump out of the vehicle at that moment.