Panorama

(Sorry the image was to big, couldn't fit on here)

The assignment I was working on is a panorama, but I was told not to use the panorama mode, but to take five to six pictures, and stitch them together. This assignment was interesting, yet frustrating at the same time. What I did was I tried to pan from left to right without moving up, or down, or shaking the camera, which was difficult without a tripod. Then I used the photomerge function in Photoshop, without the mode where it blends itself, that way I can do it myself, and actually learn how to do it. Then, I modified it, by using the masking tool to take away certain areas that looked weird, or out of place. I then decided to increase the vibrance of the picture to sixty, so that way it looks way more colorful. Of course though, there was some issued, like for example, I ran out of room on my laptop because the files on this thing was very, very big, so I couldn't do anything with it on my personal laptop. Then there's the fact that my scratch disc space also ran out (I don't know if there is any connection between the two) but it still wouldn't allow me to do anything on my laptop.

Portrait

For this assignment, I had to take a picture of someone in the style of a portraiture. I took various pictures, but this one was my favorite for multiple reasons. First of all, the most obvious thing, her facial expression is just funny. I like the fact that it gives her character, unlike the other pictures which is just them smiling, or just being photogenic. I also like the lighting in the photo, it showed a great deal of her face, and it wasn't to brightening. There is something I didn't like about this image, and that is the background. I like the objects and stuff, but it's the wall, there is something about it that bugs me about it, and I think it's the coloring, or the fact that it looks empty. I could've cropped it, but I like the little items in the back, so I didn't. One issue that I had with this is the decision to make it black and white, or keep it with colors, in the end though I kept the colors, obliviously, I just think it looks better. I obviously made some modifications to this, but only small amounts. First I increases the Saturation, and Vibrance for a bit, to make it looks more colorful, then I increased the brightness and contrast to look a little better.

Portrait Lighting

Portrait Lighting

I recently took a few pictures that deal with the different types of lighting, from natural to artificial, from one angle to another.

This picture of me was supposed to be a portrait with artificial lighting to the side of me. I used the light from my room to create the light, the only issue was the blinds. The blinds still had some light going through, so some of my light is natural.

This picture was taken with two artificial lights, a main one, and a fill one. For my secondary light, I used my phone to create the light. The issues I had was trying to find a position for my phone to create good light.

This was me trying to take a picture with natural light. I used the sun in front of my to create the light. As you can see, the issue is the fact that the sun is very bright on my eyes, but I solved that by closing my eyes.

This is a light source that created a silhouette. I took a picture with the sun behind me to create the silhouette. The issue was actually the LCD screen on my camera, it looked darker on the screenn than it actually turned out.

Things March 10th

In this photo, I was attempting to take a photo of an everyday object, and take a closer look at it. What I did was I took pictures of trees, rocks, bars, and I took one of my dies around and took pictures of it around different areas. I liked this one above the rest because it blurs out the background giving more emphasis on the die itself. Of course though, I modified the image a little bit, starting off with a cropping so that the subject isn't at the center of the of the image. I also modified the curves in Photoshop to at more brightness into the bright area, and made the darker areas darker, that's why the die looks a little bit cool. Then I modified the vibrance and the saturation of the image so look more alive. Originally I had the image be a little just black and white, but someone suggested that the color looks better with the background. The only issue I'm having with this picture is whether or not I did a little too much modifying with the curves tool, to me the effects looks cool, but I don't know how others will look at it.

On the Edge February 24th

In this photo, I was trying to find a good picture while the subject was on the edge of the photo. The purpose of this was to learn the composition guidelines, and how they can emphasize the subject. The Focal point of this scene is the stuffed wolf, because he is small, he's very mobile, and he can be put anywhere, without running away. The reason I chose this spot is because there are a couple of lines that guides you to the wolf. I think that I guided the viewer's eye to the focal point because there isn't really much to look at, plus there are two lines that lead to the wolf. The biggest problem was that my room wasn't fully lit at the time because the shades are down, and I don't like them up, so I just keep them down. I ended up changing various settings on the camera to create more light so it was better to see. There are some things about this picture that I don't like, for example, I don't like that the subject is a little to close to the center, so he's not entirely at the edge. I also don't like how there isn't much in the picture, just the bed, window, and the wolf. The reason I chose this one, however, was because I think it still looked the best in black and white.