Over the course of this trimester, I've grown so much as an editor as well as a photographer. I walked in the doors kind of nervous, especially with Photoshop because of some bad experiences I've had, but now I'm extremely confident about it. I've had lots of experience with photography and my camera, and although I feel like I improved in that field a bit, my Photoshop skills definitely did. I learned so much about all of the different layers, tools, filters, and textures to create anything I imagined. I also had a lot of fun getting to chose different categories for each of the weekly photo assignments, where I could photograph anything I was passionate about. The Pop Art was one of my first edits, and I scanned every single word in the directions to make sure I got it exactly right, so I didn't really use my creativity. The dictionary edit, my last, shows great examples of using different transform tools, layering, and sizing the images. That assignment came with minimal instructions so it was up to you to create a masterpiece. The different categories for the weekly photos allowed me to step out of my comfort zone and try something new. I'd never even heard about light painting before I came to this class, but it was such a fun category to choose and set up a shoot for. I was also not a really big fan of using Photoshop to put filters on my photos, but I loved how the black & white photos turned out. This class has really inspired me to use all of these techniques in the future. Both with my photography and Photoshop skills.
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For this Photoshop assignment, our task was to choose 3 puns and 2 words/definitions. We created 2 separate final products using everything we knew in photoshop. This assignment gave us a lot of freedom to be creative and have fun using layering and tools in Photoshop to create some visual puns and definitions. From left to right: "apple of my eye", "hittin' the hay", and "high horse". I really enjoyed this assignment because it allowed me to really be creative in Photoshop. It also helped me to work a lot on my layering and quick-selecting an image before pasting it in the final product. Finding the right sized photos to use did prove difficult for me at some times, but I really like the end results.
For our last photo assignment, our task was to chose a category from a bunch listed and go have a photoshoot. My friend's Amanda and Aidan have been dating for one year now so they decided to celebrate it with a photoshoot. We went to a local park and I look over 100 photos, but these are my favorite :') Shutter speed- 1/500, Aperture- f/1.8, ISO- 100 ***NO ADDITIONAL EDITING WAS DONE*** This was such a fun shoot to do for them. I learned a lot about shooting in sunlight. Although it made for great lighting, I had to position them correctly so that the sun wouldn't cast unwanted shadows on their faces. I love how the background is super blurry and keeps them the main subjects of the photos, and the fall colors make for a gorgeous backdrop.
For this Photoshop assignment, we had to take two portrait photos, one in a studio with lighting and a backdrop, the other we had to use natural light and a bounce card to reflect light on the shadowed side of the talent. I went outside for my natural light portrait to use the sun to my advantage since it was a pretty nice day. In both portrait photos, I wanted to get super shallow depth of field. Final Photoshop result During this assignment, I mainly learned how to frame photos in Photoshop. I already have a lot of experience shooting portraits, and I enjoyed taking some of my first portraits in a "professional" studio environment with lighting and a backdrop. I loved this assignment because I got to shoot my favorite type of photography.
For our sixth photo assignment, our task was to choose a category and go have a photoshoot. This week, I chose nature. These are some nature subjects I found around my house. I thought this would be better than doing wide-angle shots because of the surroundings. I really liked my macro photos so I decided to mix nature and macro together. I really like these and how there is little depth of field. These are more nature than macro because they aren't that close up to the subject. Shutter speed- 1/400, Aperture- f/1.8, ISO- 100
Dash of color Polaroid First tutorial: Sketch https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/sketch-photoshop-effect--cms-27461 Second tutorial: Watercolor https://abduzeedo.com/super-cool-watercolor-effect-10-steps-photoshop This was a super fun assignment to do and I liked having a lot of freedom to do whatever I wanted in Photoshop. I kind of like the watercolor tutorial because because I got to download different brushes and it created a super cool affect. I really like how simple the dash of color was, and I've actually done that before with photos that I've used from that shoot when I visited 9/11 in NYC. The sketch tutorial took me the longest to do but it's really cool!
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