EDITING

Deciding on the photos with the correct focal points, and the least shadows to make the image look more in proportion, I proceeded to edit them, in the photo below (taken from my second shoot) I made sure that the contrast had been increased and exposure lowered. This edit is inspired by the ‘authentic’ approach to old photos, with no colour, I accomplished this with the use of a filter aswell.

• Increase of exposure, shadows and tone
• Adjustments in cropping and straightening
• Increase in colours particularly pinks and reds to bring out colours of the items selected for this shoot
• also adding a filter

Due to the mass of yellow as the focal point of the photo, I slightly increased the yellow to make to foreground even stronger. By also increasing the contrast and shadows it evened out any odd shadows that were breaking the form in the background. As well as the I made sure that the items were in the correct place using grid lines. This along with cropping the image made sure for a evenly centres focal point.

To edit I have used VSCO, a simple photo editing app. In this photo I have enhanced the contrast and exposure to lighten yet keep the objects definition. As well as this i simple cropped and straightened the photo in order to align the sides with the form of the items in focus.

In this photo I also straightened and cropped the image, however due to the two metals (background and foreground) I increased highlights and shadows, making it more clear to view. I furthermore softened the tones of the colours, cooling the image to create a blue/ silver theme.

FINAL PHOTOGRAPH

This is my chosen photo from my 3 shoots, due to the fact that it firstly represents the object’s that would be in personal use, much like the ones in the photos taken by Ziyah Gafic. This is personally my favourite due to the link between each item, being silver. This means that every item reflected in a similar way. Furthermore, even though  most of the objects are rounded, I like the way they create a rectangular form. I also think that the editing of B&W improves the contrast the the background, making the focal points more visible.

I used Adobe Photoshop to edit a selection of my air display images to achieve a professional style. The tools I mainly used were the cropping, levelling, brightness and contrast, shadows and highlights and saturation tools. Using a combination of these enhanced the colour and lighting of my images to ensure they are presented to the highest quality.

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An environmental portrait is a portrait executed in the subject’s usual environment, such as in their home or workplace, and typically illuminates the subject’s life and surroundings.  

Group Activity | Image Analysis

• Emotional Response (how it makes you feel / initial reactions):
• Technical Aspects:
• Visual Aspects:
• Conceptual Aspects:
• Contextual Aspects :

You have 5 minutes to research this image and present your findings as a group…

Blog Post 1 :

• define, describe and explain what an environmental portrait is

Select one key image and apply Technical | Visual | Contextual | Conceptual analysis

Other environmental portraits to consider

Resources to help you analyse and interpret the images…

Try some environmental portraits yourself…

Remember to show your Photo-Shoot Planning and clearly explain :

• who you are photographing
• what you are photographing
• when you are conducting the shoot
• where you are working/ location
• why you are designing the shoot in this way
• how you are going to produce the images (lighting / equipment etc)

Please use a planning sheet for each photoshoot…

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TUTORIALS…

Please refer to this resource to help you navigate your camera’s function and settings. You will learn how to apply these skills learning to various photo-shoots over the next few months…and you should aim to provide evidence of these skills throughout your coursework.

Remember to practice and experiment. Use your eyes and look. The more you look, the more you will see. How you see the world will determine what kind of photographer you will become.

A camera is only a tool, and it is down to you to get the best out of your equipment by becoming confident and comfortable

https://canon.ca/CanonOutsideOfAuto/learn

Camera Skills

You must experiment with each of these skill areas as we move through our sequence of photo-shoots. Remember to include / produce a blog post on each that includes evidence of your experiments and successes…

Remember to use What / How / Why / When when describing and explaining what you are experiencing and achieving with each of these…

1. Using Auto-Focus
2. Using Manual Focus
3. White Balance
4. ISO
5. Aperture
6. Focal Length : wide, standard and telephoto lenses
7. Depth of Field
8. Show / fast Shutter Speed
9. Exposure and exposure compensation
10. Exposure bracketing

Exposure Bracketing

Many digital cameras include an Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) option. When AEB is selected, the camera automatically takes three or more shots, each at a different exposure. Auto Exposure Bracketing is very useful for capturing high contrast scenes for HDR like this…

…by taking the same photograph with a range of different exposure settings

You can use Exposure Compensation to quickly adjust how light or how dark your exposure will be using these controls…

Or set the amount of “bracketing” like this…

Then you can create your High Dynamic Range images by using this process in Adobe Photoshop…

Understanding Composition

1. The Rule of Thirds
2. One of the fundamentals of painting and photography, the Rule of Thirds is a technique designed to help artists and photographers build drama and interest in a piece. The rule states that a piece should be divided into nine squares of equal size, with two horizontal lines intersecting two vertical lines.

2. Fibonacci Curve

3. Triangles / angles / Golden Section

Cropping / framing

https://petapixel.com/2016/09/14/20-composition-techniques-will-improve-photos/

Understanding Lenses and Focal Length

Perspective and Depth