Week 4: Line, Pattern (in class exercise and self directed)

In this task I had to take 3 photos filling the frame with pattern


f/4.0
shutter speed: 1/100
ISO: 200


f/3.5
shutter speed: 1/100
ISO: 100


f/4.5
shutter speed: 1/60
ISO: 200

In this next task I had to take at least three different photographs of leading lines


f/4.5
shutter speed: 1/100
ISO: 100



f/8.0
shutter speed: 1/60
ISO: 200



f/8.0
shutter speed: 1/60
ISO: 200

Taking an environmental portrait I had to take an image with the subjects gaze leading the viewers eye to a secondary subject in the photo.


f/16.0
shutter speed: 1/60
ISO: 200

Self directed 

In this image I have taken a photo filling the frame. Here I have used the fence as my subject
f/5.0
shutter speed: 1/125
ISO: 800


Here I have also filled the frame using patter this time I used the patter off an oil heater.
f/50
shutter speed: /125
ISO: 100


Here I have used the dish rack and filled the frame of the pattern.
f/5.0
shutter speed: 1/60
ISO: 6400


In the next task we had to take a wider image of a pattern making sure there was negative space in the image here the negative space is the green background and the positive space would be the area which the fence occupies.
f/5.0
shutter speed: 1/160
ISO: 800


Taking another wider shot of the oil heater I forgot to add negative space so there is no negative space the image has just been taken at a wider angle but still filling the frame with pattern.
f/5.0
shutter speed: 1/160
ISO: 100


This is also another picture where I had to take an image using a wider frame and applying negative space to the image here I haven't got any negative space but this is a wider frame of the dish rack. During self directed time I am able to notice what the in class activities mean being able to find the differences in my images and realising that I understand it more during self directed time is great.
f/5.0
shutter speed: 1/80
ISO: 6400


In this task we had to take images of leading lines.
f/10.0
shutter speed: 1/160
ISO: 800


I used camera raw to make some adjustments I took cigarette butts that were on the green part of this image using the spot removal tool I also increased the exposure bringing more detail into the image.
f/5.6
shutter speed: 1/100
ISO: 100


This is an image I took of a fence which incorporates leading lines.
f/6.3
shutter speed: 1/320
ISO: 100


This is also an example of leading lines. Path from the house leading to the front of the house.
f/5.0
shutter speed: 1/60
ISO: 100


Here I had to use the subjects gaze to lead to a secondary subject in the photo I took a photo of my cousin eating her food with her eye leading the viewer to the food she is eating I had to use the flash as it was quite a dark room.
f/4.5
shutter speed: 1/60
ISO: 6400


Taking a Bernd and Hilla Becher inspired image I had found this piece of architecture with a front on view I focused my lens on the object using a wide depth of field and straight lines I took this image.

Week 4- camera raw exercise

Using the distortion panel in camera raw I had to find an image shot with a wide angle and an image with a small focal length value and remove any distortion from the image this was a little different as I couldn't find any distortion in my photographs.


this is the image of my wide angle shot



and this is my image where a small focal length value was used


Finding a image with low contrast I had to use the clipping indicator to set the black and white area, using the vibrance slider I added colour to my photo.



In my rule of thirds file I had to find a landscape image using the contrast, vibrance, saturation and clarity sliders to add colour to my photo.



Finding a close up portrait I had to use the vibrance slider to add colour to my image. I also used the exposure slider to add more detail to my image using the spot removal tool I was able to remove blemishes from the subjects face

Week 2: file format advantages

Raw format 

Advantages

• You get the highest level of quality with raw format
• You can easily correct over and underexposed images
• Simple to adjust white balance 
• Get better detail 
• You get better prints from raw format images
• non-destructive editing 
• Select colour space on output 

PSD

Advantages

• Include layers, masks etc that will will preserve your work
• file extension
• easily alters- edit portion of the photograph and manipulate the entire image 
• Recommend as working files due to large storage 
• no compression on the PSD file format

TIFF 

Advantages

• Larger then JPEG
• Can be uncompressed or compressed using lossless compression 
• save as 32, 24 and 16 bit
• standard format for printing at home or in a photo lab 
• uncompressed image retains maximum amount of image data from the camera 
• recognised format by most computers and is cross compatible with MAC and P.C's

JPG

Advantages 

• high control degree of compression
• small file size 
• suitable for full colour realistic images with a lot of colour and contrast transition
• picture quality is high with small compression
• format is compatible and is displayed correctly in any browser, text and graphic programs on all devices 

Week 3: Camera raw research

What is camera raw? 

Camera raw is a editing software that allows you to use a basic panel to edit your images, you open your images from bridge into camera raw it has a lot of different features for you to work with depending on what kind of editing you are wanting to do. 

In this image I used the black and white sliders to make the black parts in the picture darker and the I used the white slider to make the white objects in the image appear whiter. 

The benefits of using Camera Raw 

1. You are able to use the grey picker to colour correct an image

2. The adjustment panel allows you to make the background of a picture black and white leaving the subject still in colour.

3. You can press the Q key to look at your before and after work letting you see the changes you made before and after editing. 

4. Using the exposure slider you can bring back detail to underexposed and overexposed images

5. If you have images that need to be straightened you can use the tool in camera raw that allows you to straighten your images. 

Week 2: Benefits of using Adobe Bridge

1. Adobe Bridge allows you to export any photos in your collection. The photos can be exported in JPEG format which can be viewed on almost all computers and devices.

2. Adobe bridge is easy to use, you can drop photos from other applications which includes windows explorer this makes it easy to load photos into Bridge.

3. In bridge you are able to use batch renaming to rename all the files in your photo collection.

4. It gives you your metadata for the pictures you've taken and also filters your images so you know which ISO you used, exposure time, aperture value, focal length etc. 

5. Another benefit of using bridge is you're able to open your images in camera when you're finished editing you can click "done" and be returned back to bridge where you can open your next image but if you're in photoshop when you click "done" you're left with a blank image on your screen. 

6. Bridge allows you to add copyright information to photos and documents which is a must if you're a photographer or designer.

Digital technology- Wk 3 camera raw exercise

Straighten: In this task I had to use images that I've taken and open them in camera raw to make adjustments using the straighten, cropping and rotating tool. I prefer to use the straighten as I have pictures that need to be straightened and it makes them look a lot better then they did.


Landscape image: In this task I had to find a landscape image that I've taken and use adjustment panel in camera raw to darken the sky I like that I am able to darken my image sometimes they might be a little to overexposed and the adjustment panel lets me bring back detail into my image.


Underexposed image: I used an unexposed image and used the adjustment panel to put more exposure on the subject while leaving the background underexposed.


Black and White: In this task I had to use the adjustment panel to make the background black and white while leaving the subject in colour I like this tool as I am able to brush over the areas that I want to be black and white while leaving the subject in colour.




HSL grey scale panel: In this task I had to choose a landscape/portrait image that I've taken and using the hsl grey scale panel convert it to black and white I like this panel as I  am able to take a picture with colour and turn it black and white.

Self Directed


For this image I used the straightening tool to straighten my image.


Using the rotate tool I was able to rotate my picture.


In this image I used the cropping tool to crop out negative space that was around my subject.


This is my original picture of my subject before I used the cropping tool.


In this image I used the automatic straitening tool to straighten my image I like this tool as it allows me to do it automatically which is a faster technique.


This is a before and after shot that I took before I straightened my image.

I prefer to use the the cropping tool incase I have things in my image that I don't want to in there I also like the straightening tool as it allows me to adjust images that are not straight.




Choosing a landscape image I had to use the adjustment panel to darken the sky. These are my before and after images. I used the exposure slider to darken the sky in my image.


I used one of my slightly underexposed images and opened it in camera raw using the adjustment panel I adjusted the exposure to correctly expose my subject while leaving the background underexposed.


In this image I used the adjustment slider to turn the background black and white while leaving my subject in colour. I also used the spot removal tool to remove the cream that was left on the top of the bottle.





I had to choose a portrait and landscape image using the HSL grey scale panel to convert it to black and white.

Week 3: digital technology camera raw exercise

Flowers.jpg

In this task we had to open the image in camera raw and use the grey picker to colour correct the photo then save it using specified instructions

Saving for web
Destination: same location
Format: JPG
Quality: resize to 1000k
Colour space: sRGB
Sharpen: for screen


Landscape.tif

This is the same task but with another image I had to use the sliders in camera raw to colour correct the photo using the sliders I made the water and sky appear more blue and the grass and trees appear more green.

The same instructions were used to save this image from raw to jpeg


Landscape 2. CR2

Opening this image in camera raw I used the sliders to pull detail from the bottom right hand corner of this photo to show what was darkened by the shadows before I edited it.



Murawai.CR2

With this image I used the sliders to alter the photo. Contrast (to increase contrast) highlights (to pull detail into the sky), clarity (to increase detail in the foliage), vibrance (to increase the green and blue in this image) and cropping it to 1:1 ratio.


Beach_walk.DNG

Opening the image in camera raw I had to use the basic panel to colour correct the image and crop out the man that was in it.



Overexposed image

Using the basic panel I used the exposure and highlights slider to bring detail back into this image.


Underexposed image

Using an image from my shutter speed exercise I opened the image in camera raw and used the basic panel exposure and shadow sliders to bring detail back into the photo.


In this image I had to

• change exposure 
• increase/decrease contrast
• increase detail in the highlight or shadows
• increase/decrease clarity
• increase/decrease saturation

I also did the same thing in this image.