Final Project: Photostory

Make a Smilebox photobook

AcTiOn!

Instead of trying to capture someone in motion, knowing that it would come out looking corny because I have NO time what so ever, and would have to ask someone to quickly run past me while I took pictures of them. So, I thought I would be cool to capture the action of the water. This is the river that runs at the bottom of my road, there is a little path that leads down the steep bank with a huge stone that allows you to stand the middle of the river, without getting wet. I think I found my new study spot.

Portraits!

I love this picture! This is my nephew Brayden... My troubles with taking portraits of him, and I assume all young children is getting them to stay still long enough to take a picture. I finally gave up and just let him run around, and I got this shot. Taking portraits is becomes very rewarding when you achieve a good photo, but I imagine very frustrating when you can't.

Clone Stamp and Patch Tools

The photo above is my original photo. I had a hard time with these tools. I had a different photo that I really wanted to use. I thought that I was going to be able clone just the object and not the background. Anyway, I used the clone stamp, with the brush size at the highest setting and cloned the entire toy so it looks like there are two (below).

Added TEXT using Photoshop

I took this photo on friday afternoon on my way to work, it is the river that flows through East Burke. (I don't know the name of it).




When I viewed Chris Jordan's website, the picture that stood out to me was the one above. The photo is made up of aluminum soda cans. I think it stood out so much because I never think about the enormous amount of aluminum cans that are being used each day. His other photos are of object that I know are used in huge amounts. I added the name of the photo and his website. This tool is very easy to use in CS4.

FILTER

Thus far this is def. my favorite tool in photoshop! I have seen photos like this but never knew how people do it, now I get to do it myself! I used the poster edges filter for Connor in the Pool. The top photo of the race car I used the crosshatch filter.

DoDgE and BuRn

Wow! It seem like it took me forever to use the dogde and burn tool. I find that this tool is very unforgiving! The top picture is the picture that I "fixed" I lightened the side of his face and darkened the background. I found it hard because I could see the lines where I lightened.

Color and Light Adjustments

I had a difficult time learning the steps using the tutorial because I have a newer version of Photoshop and the button are in the same places. I cropped my pictures first to help focus the photo. I don't notice a huge difference in the photo, I was expecting it to be a lot different.

Photoshop Day #1

I am really happy with both of these photos. The top photo is the view of Burke mountain from my house, we have an amazing view! The bottom photo is the fire under that sap canals whic brings the sap to a boil and turns it into syrup. I even got to drink fresh warm syrup as I took pictures. What more can you ask for :)

LaNdScApE

The MIT information on landscape was very interesting but more importantly helpful. I like when the tutorials show a lot of pictures, I learn well when I can see examples of what is expected. When I thought of landscape photos I thought of open fields in the summer or lakes, but the MIT website broadened my view. Im not sure if the top picture works for LANDSCAPE but I think it fits. I like the sign, but really like the mountains in the distance. I really like this photo on the bottom out of the handfull that I took in the same spot. This one shows the curves in the road better than the others and that is what I was trying to capture.

Composition

"Diagonal rule"
One side of the picture is divided into two, and then each half is divided into three parts. The adjacent side is divided so that the lines connecting the resulting points form a diagonal frame. According to the Diagonal Rule, important elements of the picture should be placed along these diagonals:
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Frame Slideshow

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I can't figure out how to post photos side by side... when I preview the post it looks how I want it to but when I push publish post it somehow changes the format. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? I would be greatful for some advice!!

Rule of Thirds

The photo on the left obviously is using the "rule of thirds" while the photo on the right simply has the object of focus in the center of the picture. I agree that photos that use the "rule of thirds" are more interesting to look at, maybe only because it is new or it might be the effect of the technique.

Light**

9:30 PM
I took twice as many photos to get a good picture at night than I did during the other times of the day. I used night mode on my camera, I found it very difficult to hold the camera steady enough so that the picture was not blurry. I like how the closer lights in the photo are blurry, but most of all I like how the snowflakes are shown.

5 PM

This wasn't my favorite out of the pictures taken at this time period, but this one exentuates the color difference between the morning and afternoon lighting.
7 AM

In this photo the lighting makes it look cold. It was early morning and there is nothing warm about being awake on a early February morning.

Complementary Color Scheme

I had no idea what to take pictures of for this color scheme. So... I went to the store and spent time in the produce section. I love how bright the colors are in this picture!

Monochrome Color Scheme

I chose this photo for the monochrome color scheme because it fits the requirements of monochrome but mostly because I really like how you can see the sun through the clouds. It hadn't been out all day, and when it finally came out I took a lot of pictures but didn't think that it was going to be clear.

Compare and Contrast

This is an old abandoned house about a mile from where I live. I took several pictures in color and also some in Black and white. I like the black and white pictures much more. I think the black and white brings out the harshness of the winter and intensifies how "creepy" it really is. Out of the two photos I like the one on the bottom better. I'm not sure exactly why, it's just the angle and I like that it doesn't show the road. It looks more old fashioned.

Amanda's Insight

The first week of classes is almost behind us! Only two more semesters left... Digital Photography begins in three days, I am very excited to start!