week 13 final slide photos

Portrait week!

Hello everyone, I saw these style photos underneath one of the links but I still am not positive their significance to portrait taking even after reading about them. The reson however I chose this style is not because it is the easiest but because I really do have an eye fascination; you can tell so much about someone by their eyes because like I have heard before ;the eyes reveal which the heart hides.

Week 13 final

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Photo #1 I used gimp and its bucket fill option along with its add text option to manipulate this photo
Photo # 2 I used gimp and its filter entitled light and shadow then went into lighting effects and used option one I continued by changing the color to blue and the position it appeared to create the illusion of police lights on the rear of the truck I also used the add text option
Photo #3 I used gimp as well as its hue/lightness and saturation option. I manually adjusted the settings to be HUE: -180, LIGHTNESS: - 100 and the SATURATION to -100 as well to form more of a black and white image I then continued to use the add text option as well.
Photo #4 I used gimp and a filter named neon under the edge detect option along with the add text option.
Photo #5 I used gimp, I first began by using colorify which is located under the colors tab and what this does is allows you to pick a color and then it replaces the original photos colors with different shades of the color you chose next under colors again I chose posterize which is used to minimize the amount of gradients used. In the ending result I chose to use shades of green and changed the posterize level to 3
Photo #6 I played with the brightness-contrast options setting the brightness to 39 and the contrast to 101 ultimaetly giving the photo a kind of antique look to it.
Photo #7 I added 3 layers to the original for a total of 4 layers all it took was going to the layers tab choosing add layer then in the toolbox choosing the move tool to move each layer. on the last layer I created I also decided to invert the colors and add a filter entitled supernova to it I also added text using the add text tool.
Photo #8 I added another filter called a mosaic which is located under the distort sub-menu of filters I decided to use a triangular mosaic as opposed to a rectangle or circles simply because I like it the most I also added text using the add text tool.
Photo # 9 I chose to use gimps color selection tab and from there I used a tool known as a value invert where it inverts the brightness of a colors pixel. I also chose to use the text tool as well.
Photo # 10 In my final frame photo #10 I used the blur tool and blurred out the Samuel Adams which was embroidered on my hat other than that I used the color picker tool in conjunction with the auto bucket fill tool

Week 10

Clone tool, before:

After:

For the Clone process I played with the tool for a while finding myself dissapointed in it because It wouldnt do anything the further I explored I noticed text at the bottom of the screen giving me step by step instructions on how to use the tool so from then on in it was click shoot swipe.

Text, Before

After:

The text process was rather simple something to which I have been doing for years so there wasnt really any ah ha! moments about it the on thing I have found interesting however is how with all the years that have passed it seems as though the text tool has remained the same no matter which program you are using to manipulate photos.

Paint, Before

After:

Hi guys, this actually I think was the assignment I have had fun with most I primarily used the bucket fill tool for most of it however I did use a paintbrush on some of it as well pretty self explanitory process but I believe the colors I chose work together and contrast nicely.

Week 9 Filters

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After

Before

After

Hello Everyone, first off, the first photo is the original but in the upper left hand corner I added a filter to the original known as supernova and chose the option to save intead of save as so it replaced my original also with the first set of photos I added a filter known as a gamma affect plus the supernova which I think gives it a pretty neat little extra and would make people think the sun must have been out. The second set of photos I incorporated a cartoon and a lens flare filter to the photo and I do believe it came out pretty neat looking.

Week 9 Dodge and Burn

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Before

Hi Everyone I used the Microsoft paint program to to creat this shape then opened it in gimp basically using the burn method to shade the thin black lines which in a way makes some depth to the photo, I then proceeded with the dodge option using different size brushes and so forth I was able to lighten the the thick blue giving it a faded affect.

Week 8 Light and Color adjustments

AFTER

BEFORE

Hello everyone for these two photos I used a variety of methods using photoshop with no single intent for the outcome of them at all. The methods I used consisted of Cranking the saturation completely up after that I went on to do the same with the fill light, high light and sharpen options I then continued to fully pop the color and eneded with moving the hue up just one notch. I believe by using these methods It gave the ocean a brilliant blueish purpleish tint to it and it also affected the sky brilliantly ultimaetly making the sky mesh with the ocean in a way never seen before.

AFTER

BEFORE

I actually took on these photos with an intention, that intention being to try and make the letters of my hat the beer bottles and my buddies hoodie really stand out, how I did this was by first using the auto correct feature and moving it forward one notch followed by adjusting the white balance up by two places then moving on to the Highlight, sharpen and soft focus options and moving them all to their Highest value I then continued to do the same with the hue and moved the tint up by four values and for the finishing touch which I think made the most dramatic change to the photo is I turned it into a sketch which really outlined the letters in the photo.

While using photoshop this week it really brought me back to being a kid using the old televisions with the huge dials that went click click click everytime you turnded the know. :)

week 7 photoshop

Hello everyone this program has caused me to lose some hair. If it was not the complete feeling of being new, vulnerable, and lost within this software it was frustration that I couldnt get anything to work the way I wanted. I used the three tools that were asked of me to use (crop, move and selection) (marquee, lasso and magic wand)It was a difficult process learning how to use the layers option especially when I have never done it before but with trial and error I think I have done what the assignment calls for. I used the selections tool to crop my truck then set it as a layer and sent it to my snowmobile photoe using all the tools asked of me.

Week 6 landscape shoot

Hello everyone and welcome to my photos for the week. I am extremely happy alot of you enjoyed my freezer photo last week but this week we were asked to do a different kind of shoot, all of these photos were taken from making multiple stops on the interstate. I figured most of my time is spent on the interstates so if I am going to get this assignment done it is going to have to be worked into my work schedule. I must say I do belive they came out pretty nicely you can even see the interstate in a few of the photos which I believe made for good picture taking, by good picture taking I mean I feel as though the man made contour of the interstate fit in nicely with the natural contour of the fields and mountains. Together bringing an overall nice contrast to the photos well I hope to see everyones photos soon and comment on a few of them hope you enjoyed mine as well. :)

week 5 framing photos

Week 5 "ah ha" moment!

When reading on lighting sources what I found interesting is the sun seems to be a photographers enemy due to the fact it makes excellent highlights for photos bute can make other features dull, pale and even flat to the piucture. The next thing I found interesting is when I learned while photo taking outdoors it is best to keep the sun to the photographers back and there is an actual term for this method called (frontlighting).

week 4, 3 light photos

Hi everyone this was kind of a wierd assignment and hard to grasp but for this photo I used the flash in the dark and dont really care for it because of the glare it has.

This photo I took in the complete dark with no flash it is by far my most favorite the lights of the city in the backgroung through the window I think really gives it that little edge that makes it really stand out.

This one here was my second favorite in the direct sunlight with no flash I think the way the sun reflects through the bottle is just astonishing.

week 3 collage

 

Hi everyone here is my collage I apologize for the delay on the creation of this my car accident really messed me up in good shape. I inserted all of the things that make me well me. The bullets are because I like my guns. The money is because like most people I like to spend it. The phone is my gateway drug to my social life. The knife and boots and hat are well accesories for the kind of life I enjoy.

Week 4

Hello everyone do to my recent car accident I am still a little immoble so my picture taking strategies are limited but this is my artistic man made replication of a monochromatic scheme what I did was place a piece of saran wrap into a bowl of water seeing as they both share the same hue (clear) I think this is a perfect example of monochromatic photography.

Hello everyone and again because of my car accident here is yet another man made manipulated creation I believe to be a Complementary color scheme because two hues are exactly opposite each other on the color wheel and the primary colors red, blue, and yellow are present in this complementary scheme.

Week 2: Project and reflection!

Hello everyone, and welcome to my week 2 photos. This first photo here is obviously my boot. I work in these boots all day everyday so I figured why not let them be the stars to my photo shoot. This photo was shot with the flash on and with the direct light from my window hitting it. I decided to take a shot of it on its side because you can really capture the meat of the tread which I believe is the heart of the boot!

Week 2: Project and reflection!

Well everyone, here it is! my week 2, number 2 photo I chose. I shot this boot on the window sill with no extra light other than what was radiating from the window in hopes to capture somewhat of a boot Silhouette and after a few attempts I shot the one I posted here before you. I think I captured what it was I sought after. Now! in ending, I think I have gotten pretty good so far with when to use flash and when not to use flash. On to the next shall we!

Week 1

Hello Everyone and welcome to my Blog. My name is John and I am looking to have a lot of fun in this class for the next fifteen weeks.