Week 9

3rd October 2014 (Week 9)
Amer Eizwann (0320242)

Introduction to Photography

Exercise 5: Editing

Lecture: Today's class started right away. Mr Vinod didnt say much about our E-portfolio, he straight away start with this week's topic which was about editing in photoshop. He teach us how to change coloured image to black and white in different ways and he also teach us how to remove spots from faces. Another than that i teach us the important part was how to change the image and canvas size while still retaining the details and resolution of the original picture. After that Mr Vinod gave us 1 hour to go out and walk around campus and take 1 picture that has a WOW factor. Then he gave 30 mins for us to edit the picture that we took and then reviewed our photos.

Picture(s) that I took.

1

"Princess Jasmine & Helper Yong"

ISO: 250, f/4.5, 1/1000

The picture was edited to B/W and the colour levels was adjusted. Then i increase the curve and balance the dark area using levels. I then added layer of gradient. I use the stamp and patch up tool to clean up Jasmine face and also used the dogde tool to lighten her face up as it was really dark due to the shadow.

2

"The Car Park"

ISO: 250, f/11, 1/500

The picture was edited from colour to black and white then adjusted. I used curve to brighten up the picture then use levels to control the black area and add contrast to the picture. then i added and layer of very dark brown-ish purple and change the layer style to soft light and lower the opacity to 10%. The i played with a layer of black and white gradient before adjusting the curve again. 

Screen Shot:

Feedback:

Reflection:-

Experience:

In today's class ive experience using photoshop in a different way. Although i though i was quite familiar with photoshop but Mr Vinod showed a few step that ive never done before. Today's class also involve us walking around the campus for the second time to take one (1) picture that was interesting and had that "Wow Factor". This time it was way harder than the first time because the 1st time, our subject was 3 person but this time there was no subject. We had to find our own subject that we though it is interesting and take a picture of it. Back in class we had to edit the picture(s) that we took, so this part i was okay with because i was using to editing pictures with photoshop before. That part i was comfortable with.

Observation:

From Today's class i obverse that there more than 100 different ways to edit a picture. Even if its just changing a coloured picture to black and white. Plus there are many function in photoshop yet for me to explore as Mr Vinod explain some of the tool that ive never use before in photoshop. As for the exercise that was asked to take around campus, i realise that finding a good subject is easy, but to find a subject that really stands out is very hard. You have to be at the right place and at the right time to capture "Wow" moments. In the beginning it didnt look as hard as it was because you will think as a first year student you can find interesting things around campus, but its at these times u actually think that is interesting and what is not and i observe that nothing much around the campus is interesting. While editing the pictures back in class, i can see that it was easier for me to edit my pictures in photoshop because ive had experience using it.  

Findings:

In todays' class i find that just because you've use something before, doesnt mean that u know it all. I never knew that we could crop our picture without reflecting on the pixels. After Mr Vinod explain how to do so i started thinking i should had done that with some of the pictures ive printed before to maintain the quality of the picture. During the time we had to take picture outside the classroom, i find that there is nothing really that interesting in campus unless you what you want to take and where to find it. I wish i had a better imagination when it comes to composing a shot. i normally better adding onto others ideas and opinion to try and make it better but its been a good practise for me to work individually so i can improve myself.