Portrait Photos

The first two images I took over the weekend. My brothers were not too thrilled when I asked to take pictures of them. I would like to take the time to take portrait images another week so I can use some of the techniques read about and actually have people how dont mind me taking the time to take their picture. I caught the first image as my brother was walking away and it came out better than I expected, I got a lot of blurry images this weekend unfortunately. I cropped the first photo so my brother was in the rule of thirds. I also played around with lighting and saturation. For the second image, I had someone else take it but I placed us and set the background up. I wanted to capture part of the mountains and me being the smallest needed to be in the center. 

The second two images I have taken previously this fall. I really like how they came and think they are good images for Portrait photos. I love the angle on the first image and the lighting was perfect. I had to move quick to get this photo, her expression is priceless though! The second image I got on the swings, I wanted to capture something "in motion" more or less. I was able to capture both of them smiling and I liked how the girl on the left is only looking halfway and it is more of a "candid" approach.

paint tool

I gave the paint tool two attempts as well. I found this tool hard to use, it was difficult to make the paint "blend" with the image and save it from looked actually edited. The top image I added colors into the sand with one of the printed options (on GIMP). The bottom photo I used fuzzy select and the paint bucket to fill in the red on the mask, and then used the paint tool with the same color red to go over it all. I like how the sand and shadow paint edit came out better than the bottom one. 

 

clone tool

I gave this two attempts with the clone tool. For the first images with the beach access sign, I took out all the wires and pole. This took me a few times to get it right. I still think it could be a little cleaner. I had to play around a lot with the opacity and re-clicking the clone tool to get the sky proportioned properly and not leave marks. For the second image, I edited the show. I tried to get the scuff marks out of the bottom of the shoe. But, again I think that photo could be cleaned up more with practice. 

text edit

When we first started editing photos this was actually one of the first things I wanted to do, I love this photo and the saying. I feel that they go together really well. The layout of the photos fits where I placed the text and the wave underneath I feel adds a cliche effect to the image. 

Filter Photos

I added sparkle and one of the Lighting effects filters here. I adjusted the lighting filters effect in the upper left corner of the image I felt it made it look like the sun radiating and shining on the sand. I kelt the radiating color similar to the blue from the water as well to keep balance in the photo.  I then added in the sparkle, I felt it blended nicely with the sea glass and sand. It have the image a "magical" look! I had to play around with many filters for each of these photos before I got ones that I really liked and worked well with the photos. Overall, I am pleased with how the photos came out, my favorite it the second one with the picture of me and one of the kids I nanny for. 

For this image I cropped the photos and then added the cartoon filter to it. I played around with the adjustments here to balance the black an cartoon effect. I liked how the filter added black and casted shadows throughout the image. I then added another lighting effects filter. I had to move around and play with the options to get the light shining in the center, radiating the shape it is and adjusted the colors. I felt it looked like the sun shining in the background adding a nice glow to the image overall . 

I added a third photo os an image I added a filter too. I really liked the image it self and wanted to play around with it. It took me a while to find a filter I liked on this one. I ended up using the canvas filter. I liked the artistic edge it gave the image. It really made it look like it was actually on a canvas and slightly painted. 

Original Images

Light & Color

I went to the beach again this week to take pictures. I tried capturing images different than previous weeks. The images above are the edited images. I played around with the curve, along with each color separately. I mostly tweaked the reds and blues. I tried playing around with other images as well and did have some trouble figuring out what exactly to tweak and change with lighting and color. I am happy with how the two photos above came out, I used the rule of thirds on the bottoms one, with the sign  and really like how the black reflects on the purple and orange sky. 

Editing

For this image, I took the sunglasses out of another picture and pasted it into the new image. I liked the waves crashing in the background with the sunglasses in front, it gave a different perspective and a "larger" foreground area, breaking the image into layers. It was difficult to select only certain parts of images and to copy and paste them accordingly. 

For this image, I took the vera wang bottle out of an image and created a first layer background, with solid black. I had to play around with moving around the layers to get it to fit properly on top. I also had to select and clear out the tiny parts on the crown and then fill them in with black so it had the same background. I liked the black as the background here I felt it gave the image a stronger effect overall. 

Original Images

This first two photos are ones that I have previously taken. They are both taken in Bariloche, Argentina, during the summer (their winter). I love the lighting on both of them and I really like the fog and the mountains above the clouds in the second one. The other photos are taken along the seacoast in New Hampshire. I stopped at several different spots to try to capture different angles and images of the seacoast. This is mainly the Rye and North Hampton area. They were also taking later in the day,, when the sun was coming down, which gave me a variety of lighting options. For these images I played around with my camera a lot and took into consideration the elements we have been learning about, such as framing, using flash, lighting and ISO levels. 

Framing Photos

I found this assignment kind of challenging. I really wanted to think outside the box again and not just put an object in front of a frame (even though I do like that look!). I tried to incorporate mostly nature and people into my photos this week. The photos are taken from Vermont all the way to the seacoast of New Hampshire. I tried to take advantage of any opportunity I could to take a photo this past week. 

 For this assignment I did take countless photos. I played around with flash, composition and points of view for each photo. I also gave changing the ISO a shot on a couple of them, I did find how it makes a difference dependent on lighting.

Monochromatic and Analogous Photos

I chose to use analogous and monochromatic for the two photos. I used items that I had around my room. I really enjoyed taking these photos and putting together situations that fit any of the color categories. It took me a few times before I found a combination that I actually liked. This assignment really made me think out of the box and I enjoyed having to use my creative mind.

The first photo is actually taken on a shelf I have painted in my room and I used the natural light and lighting from around my room to create the shadow effect. For the second photo I took the items from several different angles and had a hard time choosing one, but after looking at them many time I decided I loved the angle of this best. I especially like how it captures the ruffles and top shape of the glass vase. 

Macro Photos

I love looking through fashion magazines and was inspired to take macro fashion photos myself. I really enjoy the detail in clothing and accessories. Once I started taking images it was hard t choose what to not take photos of, there were endless combinations! My favorite piece is the one of the necklace. It was so much fun to photograph that necklace since there was so much diversity to do with it. Overall, I really enjoyed this assignment and would like to continue to take macro photographs more often!

Point of View

I choose to take photos of some of the seashells I have collected. I love the first photo the best; I like how the seashells are captured up close while still maintaining the view from the top of the glass. It also gives the illusion of the seashells being farther away than they are. I did not want to include just two top photos, even though they are my favorite so I choose another photo from the side. I wanted one of the pictures to capture the whole glass jar while clearly seeing the shells placed inside. In the second photo my favorite part is the sea glass placed on the left. It was what first caught my eye when looking at this photo. I love the simplicity of the image in general.

I liked taking photos from different angles. I think that the different angles can change the viewer’s opinion of the photo. I did not like all the angles I took the object from. I found that certain angles did not capture the shape of the glass jar, some of the seashells or clarity in what the photo was. I also found that from certain angles objects could seem displaced. Another key element is lighting, which can be vastly impacted based on the angle. 

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