dodge and burn tool

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Then I attempted to use the dodge and burn tool for the first time. i felt that this tool really changed the picture as you could identify the places you wanted to tone up and then you can either dodge. Which in this context means that you add lightness to the image, or burn which means to darken the image.

As you can see in this image I have emphasised the trees by using the burn tool and added darkness to the sides of the subjects faces to create shadows. For the top of the trees I have used the dodge tool just to add more light.

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Then there is the unsharpened tool which I used. There is also the sharpened masked image swell which is shown below.

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The sharpened masked tool basically sharpens up the image and creates a more darkened contrast compared to the unsharpened image.

Then there is the unsharpened tool which I used. There is also the sharpened masked image swell which is shown below.

The sharpened masked tool basically sharpens up the image and creates a more darkened contrast compared to the unsharpened image.

Photographic Post Production Work

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In todays lesson I started to look at what photographers will do after they have taken their pictures. This is basically changing how the picture looks.

This was the original Image that I used as without any changes at all.

This image had all the combined auto affects of auto tone, auto colour and auto contrast. Its changed by adding more definition to the picture. This means that it stands out more instead of the original.

shutter speeds

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Today I tried some different shutter speeds. I learnt that slow shutter speeds are great for capturing movement but high shutter speeds are good for still images. Its also very important to match the shutter speed to the lighting conditions. Otherwise the images can be underexposed or overexposed. This picture above is one took at 1/500 th of a second as that was the best speed for running. Here the subjects motion is caught by the fast shutter speed. I think the quality is good because you can see that the subject is moving quickly.

This picture has an even quicker shutter speed. The speed here was 1/60th of a second which is why motion blur came into the picture. The quality isn't to brilliant as it has motion blur.

These pictures were part of an early experiment as this was also taken at 1/60th.

This picture was taken at 1/250th of a second as I experimented with different positions, the quality is pretty good in that one.The following two were all taken at 1/500th also as they were at running speeds. But we changed the angles to see what different movements and different facial expressions we could see. Although the last one had terrible quality as it was far a way which is why I redid this one and its at the beginning.

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Both of these images were part of my composition as well as part of my six. These involve tilting up and tilting down. This can either give power to the subject or make them insignificant.

Composition shots - 1st attempt

This image shows the effect of tilt and the use of the different eye lines form both characters. almost as if one is more powerful than the other.

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This image shows my use of a medium shot distance but also with my use of lines. The path suggests this journey that this character is going to go on.

This is my work on framed composition. This shows that the character is trapped whether it by physically or emotionally.

Here I tried to add a difference to the rule of thirds by changing the angle to a more slanted one. Also the water on some of the steps creates different textures also.