portraits for class

experimenting on photo shop

Today we done work in photoshop. We have learned how to save photos/pictures with certain specifications

eg: the picture has to be flattened, in tiff format, A4 sized and A5, colour profile RGB 1998, with a key line, and a certain resolution (180 or 72 dpi)

I decided to kill to birds with one stone and played around with two images photoshopping them and making them black and white, and I think they turned out neat.

experiments for portraits

Finalising ideas for portraits.

I want to go with the whole gothic look because I think it would better suit the theme and landscapes.

I want to capture dark gothic themes taking the photos during twilight.

For this project I will have to find some sort of cloak or long cape. I will be experimenting with heavy dramatic makeup which is really exciting.

I've decided to go with 3-4 shots and I will be doing some shot with me in the background

A head and shoulders shot maybe

one with me in the mid ground using the rules of thirds

And if there's to be a 4th, It will be a close up

examples of photography elements

                                                          Examples of using patterns

examples of using lines

Examples of using texture

Example of using Dynamics

photoshopping TIL

To get rid of certain shades on photoshop Select- colour range- selected certain areas of the same shade- press ok.

Today I learned how to use vector masks to help with my layers which I found really helpful. 

I had learned today how to duplicate layers: select layer, drag it in to duplicate

Today I learned to take snap shots for when I needed to decide if something was working and I was weary about making dramatic changes to an image. Firstly window- history, history- the snap shot tool at the bottom of the screen. I found this very helpful when I was photo shopping myself into my own work. I used the snap shot tool so if i wanted to go back the original image, I could clicked back and forward if I made a change to the image.

tiff image

Today we had to make an image for print. 

The specifications were:

15/21 cm

180 dpi

A5 size

tiff image

I chose to shoot 3 birds with one stone and used an image I had taken yesterday of myself, saved it as tiff on photoshop, then finally posted it on my blogger for the moderators benefit.