Photoshop
Before After
This was edited on photoshop using the clone tool and the spot healing tool. With photoshop i have got rid of his wrinkles and spots to make him look younger. I smoothed out is forehead with the clone tool and smoothed it out with the spot healing tool. To use the clone tool you need to select an area to clone then using the brush go over the areas you want to cover. Then using the spot healing tool you can touch up the areas, the spot healing tool uses the rest of the photo and things around the brush to build the rest of the image.
-This icon is the spot healing tool.
-This icon is the clone tool.
-This icon is the spot healing tool.
-This icon is the clone tool.
Histograms
This image shows the levels of histogram, the one on the far left is under exposed as you can see from the photo and the histogram shows this also, it shows that all the information in the photo is to the left which is the dark side of the histogram. The photo on the far right it over exposed, you can see this from the photo and the histogram, the histogram shows most of the information in the photo is near the right hand side which is the light side of the histogram box. The photo in the middle is the correct exposure you can see this in the photo and also the histogram
points of view and framing.
Their are lots of different types of shot. You can adjust where you take the photo, low, high and close ups. these all create different effects. The close up makes the persons face the main focus of the photo and gets rid off all the distractions in the photo. Having a photo where you are looking up to the subject, this makes the subject seem powerful and more important. This is because they are higher up and therefore they look more important. Photo's where the subject is looked down upon are the opposite, the subject has a lower status than the audience.
Depth Of Field Photography
Depth of field is how much the aperture is open or closed, if the aperture is open very wide lots of light will get to the sensor this makes lots of bokeh. Bokeh is how much blur you have in the background, so with a low aperture the photo will have a lot of bokeh. Therefore if the photo has a large aperture there will be little to no bokeh so lots of the photo will be in focus (no bokeh). There are different uses of aperture, for example if you are taking photo's of landscape you will want a large aperture because you want the hole photo to be in focus. If you are taking landscapes photo's you will need a tripod because the large aperture, has to have a slow shutter speed because less light is coming into the sensor. So having a tripod get rid of the camera blur and the photo will come out clear and crisp. Uses for a small aperture are for objects or people, this is because you may want the subject to only be in focus so the audience only looks at the subject and is not distracted by the background. Having a small aperture gives lots of bokeh and the shutter speed needs to be quick because lots of light is getting to the sensor.
Shutter speed
This is a photo taken with a fast shutter speed, I took inspiration from the beetles cover photo "Abbey Road". I used a shutter speed of 300. I think it is quite a good photo. But it could be improved by having the subjects jump at the same time, as in this photo some of them are not jumping at the same time. Also the location is not very nice as the school is not as good looking as Abbey Road. So if i were to do this again I would use a better location and get the subjects to jump at the same time.
Contact sheet
This is a contact sheet of the photo's I took for the final piece above, I had to take several photo's because the subjects where not jumping at the same time. Also it was very hard to get a shot of them jumping at the same time. I took inspiration from the Abby Road.
The Rule For Thirds.
Rule Of Thirds
One of the most popular 'rules' in photography is the Rule Of Thirds. It is also popular amongst artists. It works like this:
Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You place important elements of your composition where these lines intersect, as shown above. The images on the left do not follow the rule of thirds while the images on the right follow this rule, I have placed the grid showing this rule. As you can see the subject of the image are placed near the lines cross as this follows the rule of thirds.