Assignments/Assignment 3: Edit Submission, Photo Manipulation Assignment

I just recently got photoshop on my mac, so i am still a newbie to all this editing. However when i was younger i loved using photoshop and in high school we learned how to use it in art class. But that was many years ago. I'm just starting to get back into it. Photoshop is great! I love it, and I would love to learn how to use it better. When i first saw this assignment i was quit excited "Finally I can take photos, and edit them (which is my favourite!)." When many people think of editing, they think "oh I need to edit that pimple on my face before putting it on Facebook." Thank god for editing programs! These are still my first projects, there not perfect! Bare with me! =)

                                                  This is my main surf photo (main layer)

                                                                         2nd layer

                                                                         3rd layer

                                                                          4th layer

                                                                      EDITED:

Carrying on, my first photo is me surfing in Hawaii, February 2010. I had a friend take snap shots of me surfing. I wanted to make this photo more interesting, since I had so many snap shots. My goal is to have a main photo which is the first one below which is my main layer, and have 3 other supporting photos (which was taken "snap shot" perviously to the first photo above, scroll up and look to see me surfing to the main layer photo with Diamond Head in the back ground). I first used the magic wand featured on  the Photoshop CS5, selecting my self on the surf board in all 3 of the photos (this is not including my main layer) and than I dragged them into my main layer. I assembled each one of the 3 bodies behind each other giving it an interesting effect. Also each body's opacity faded. Now to my finish touches, I adjusted the vibrance, exposure, brightness/colour. I wanted to make the water lighter (that day the sun wasn't fully out) and the sky brighter. I mainly played around with the colours until I was satisfied.          Enjoy!





                                        ORIGINAL:

                                  EDITED:

This photo was taken last weekend, when my whole family went up to Algonquin Park for the day. My family and I was walking down from the mountain when i realized this very interesting tree. Many people may think its an old tree with no leaves and it looks a little scary. So I took a picture of it, and i set my camera that day to my manual which I custom changed the colour shifting the contrast so that the colours of the fall season seemed brighter and you can actually see the colours. I most definitely had the best photos that day out of everyone in my family. As you can see the original photo is nice and you can see all the colours of the leaves. I captured the orange, yellow and green leaves very well and its in layers, which I thought was cool. But the main purpose of this photo was this tree. On photoshop I adjusted and added brightness, contrast, vibrance, colour balance, shadows, highlights. The edited photo is now more bold, making the tree darker and sticking out more. Also the sky is even brighter, which makes all the colours even more "collide-able". I love fall, not for the weird warm and cool weathers but the changing of nature, the scenery, the leaves, the tree, it's all so beautiful and makes it a great time to take photos! Enjoy,CHEERS!

Assignments/Assignment #1: The role of portraits in the early days of photography and portraits today

The main differences between early days of photography and portraits today, are that technology has improved greatly now. Back in the day portraits were mainly black and white and old looking with not very good quality and focus, colour portraits were costly than, mainly wealthier families would have the colourful photos. Today we have family portraits, portraits in greeting cards, birthday cards, on the internet such as blogs and facebook etc... we take photos from angles, high up, down low with lots of colour, black and white, sepia and more. We take photography to the next level. Than there were many portraits of people and you must admit they look sad, angry, depressed and a lot of serious faces. The main similarity of old and new photography is that light is still needed to take photos. Old and New doesn't matter the picture or painting always tells a story.Before having a portraits of yourself is a privilege.

Cameras has refined with different lenses, types of cameras, best ones are usually very costly. Now photography has redefined itself example digital photography, contemporary photography and the list goes on. Photography can be a hobby now, and a occupation back than. Photography wasn't really considered a huge part of art the first photographers were capturing landscapes and portraits where presently we take photos of people, scenery, animals random things etc. because we find it intriguing.

Here are some photos can you tell which is taken recently and which one was taken back than?

In the past people that took photos usually from wealthier families and is a photographer for their occupation. Presently many people take photos, almost everyone owns a camera.
In the past technology wasn't as great as it is now. Now technology has basically taken over our lives, with out it we couldn't survive now. Now portraits are more focused and clear because we have better cameras and example photoshop to edit anything and everything we may dislike. The impact on technology is great it puts photography in a different prospect.