I have enjoyed this unit but I did feel that I had totally ran out of time towards the end. My original idea was to create a photo book but did not want to use any more than 6 - 8 images so felt there would not have been enough images for a photobook.
I decided to print my images and went to a print shop but it would have cost £ 4.50 per A4 print. The lady in the shop did not know how to fit my landscape pictures on the machine so I decided to print them myself.
I did not realise how much time printing the images myself would take. It took so long to get the print quality right but when I did I was very pleased with the final result. I have learned a great deal about presenting photo images and am looking forward to exploring more ways to present. I am really interested in collage and montages so am looking forward to doing these very soon.
Saturday 29 January 2011
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Evaluation of Unit 108 Digital Manipulation
When deciding which option to do, Digital Manipulation or Dark Room my initial choice was dark room as I have always wanted to know how it all works. I did however choose digital manipulation as the rest of the group chose manipulation and I knew I would be able to do dark room in the future. At this time I thought that manipulation was all about producing humorous images which did not really have much appeal to me.
When starting to use photo shop and seeing how just cropping an image could really improve it I started to become more interested. After researching famous photographers like Faye Heller, Helen Sear and Julia Fullerton Batten my interest in digital manipulation grew. I realised that manipulation was not just about humour but could be used to create really powerful art.
I am now looking forward to learning more about the tools within photo shop for digital manipulation.
When starting to use photo shop and seeing how just cropping an image could really improve it I started to become more interested. After researching famous photographers like Faye Heller, Helen Sear and Julia Fullerton Batten my interest in digital manipulation grew. I realised that manipulation was not just about humour but could be used to create really powerful art.
I am now looking forward to learning more about the tools within photo shop for digital manipulation.
Evaluation on Unit 101 Image Capture
I really enjoyed Unit 101 and as I initially had no experiance with using shutter speed controls or aperture contols. I feel that I have learned so much in a short period of time, as when I first started I was only shooting black images.
I have found using the camera controls in relation to the light and weather conditions very enjoyable and now can set the aperture and shutter speed controls well to my surroundings. The research has inspired my ideas and I have found the research to be very helpful and enjoyable. Learning about the different styles of photography has been interesting and landscape, wildlife and street photography together with travel photography are the styles I am inspired by the most.
I have enjoyed finding my own genre but I know at this stage that this could change as I have yet to do any Studio, Portriature or Close up work. I am looking forward to moving onto level 2 and trying some more styles of photography.
I have found using the camera controls in relation to the light and weather conditions very enjoyable and now can set the aperture and shutter speed controls well to my surroundings. The research has inspired my ideas and I have found the research to be very helpful and enjoyable. Learning about the different styles of photography has been interesting and landscape, wildlife and street photography together with travel photography are the styles I am inspired by the most.
I have enjoyed finding my own genre but I know at this stage that this could change as I have yet to do any Studio, Portriature or Close up work. I am looking forward to moving onto level 2 and trying some more styles of photography.
Monday 24 January 2011
FINAL IMAGES FOR UNIT 107 PRESENTING PHOTO IMAGES
These are my final images which I have used photoshop to apply a border around the edge which enhances the image. To apply a border i have used the tool Select and All. This then highlights the outer edge of the image. Select modify and border and then choose the border size. Then you click on the colour you require the border to be, select Edit and then Fill.
These are the final six images I have chosen to present. I did have eight original images but when I printed out the pictures of the birds I was not happy with them. They came out dark and although I did alter the settings to print out lighter they still appeared dark to me. I could have lightened them more but this seemed to take the detail from the feathers.
I printed the images myself using a HP Officejet Pro L7580 and used cs5 to set the images ready for print.
These are the final six images I have chosen to present. I did have eight original images but when I printed out the pictures of the birds I was not happy with them. They came out dark and although I did alter the settings to print out lighter they still appeared dark to me. I could have lightened them more but this seemed to take the detail from the feathers.
I printed the images myself using a HP Officejet Pro L7580 and used cs5 to set the images ready for print.
Different ways of Presenting Photo Images Research
This post is to outline the different options available for presenting photo images;
Photo Book
The photo book is a simple way of presenting your photo images. There are many different companies available on the internet Photobox, Albelli and Blurb to name a few. Once you have signed up all you have to do is upload the images you wish to use and you are ready to create your own photo book. I have designed a photo book in the past for my sister in law of her hen weekend. I then gave it to her on her wedding day as this kind of presenting photo images can make a great gift. Many companies will give you the option to design the photo book for you. The books are available in paperback or hardback and text can be added.
Calenders and Canvas
The same companies that offer photo books also offer other gift ideas like calenders, mugs and canvas printing. They do many different sizes of canvas so if you have that special picture that you would like to hang on the wall then canvas is an easy contemporary way to do this. I really like canvas print especially really big canvas prints and black and white images on canvas. Another really nice presenting idea is to have multiple canvas side by side all showing one image.
Photo Albums
Photo albums are a nice way to show photographs if you have lots of them to present. Photo albums have been around for a long time and come in many different styles and colours. Photo albums are not as popular anymore since digital technology like slideshows and photo books as these are easier options.
Slideshow
A slideshow created on a computer is a really easy and cost free way of presenting photo images. Slide shows can be created quickly and allows you to view large images if you have a big monitor which is more cost effective than printing. There is also the environmental benifits of not using any paper or ink. A computer also allows you to store lots of images for viewing easily without taking up physical space.
Frames
Frames are a great way to present your photo images. This can be expensive but works well if your prints are all the same size and lay side by side as they can all be presented in a single frame. There are thousands of frames on the market available in a range of different styles and colours.
Photo Mounts
Photo mounts can be used to display photographs. They an then be used in a frame to create a professional look or used alone and mounted onto coloured card.
Photo Book
The photo book is a simple way of presenting your photo images. There are many different companies available on the internet Photobox, Albelli and Blurb to name a few. Once you have signed up all you have to do is upload the images you wish to use and you are ready to create your own photo book. I have designed a photo book in the past for my sister in law of her hen weekend. I then gave it to her on her wedding day as this kind of presenting photo images can make a great gift. Many companies will give you the option to design the photo book for you. The books are available in paperback or hardback and text can be added.
Calenders and Canvas
The same companies that offer photo books also offer other gift ideas like calenders, mugs and canvas printing. They do many different sizes of canvas so if you have that special picture that you would like to hang on the wall then canvas is an easy contemporary way to do this. I really like canvas print especially really big canvas prints and black and white images on canvas. Another really nice presenting idea is to have multiple canvas side by side all showing one image.
Photo Albums
Photo albums are a nice way to show photographs if you have lots of them to present. Photo albums have been around for a long time and come in many different styles and colours. Photo albums are not as popular anymore since digital technology like slideshows and photo books as these are easier options.
Slideshow
A slideshow created on a computer is a really easy and cost free way of presenting photo images. Slide shows can be created quickly and allows you to view large images if you have a big monitor which is more cost effective than printing. There is also the environmental benifits of not using any paper or ink. A computer also allows you to store lots of images for viewing easily without taking up physical space.
Frames
Frames are a great way to present your photo images. This can be expensive but works well if your prints are all the same size and lay side by side as they can all be presented in a single frame. There are thousands of frames on the market available in a range of different styles and colours.
Photo Mounts
Photo mounts can be used to display photographs. They an then be used in a frame to create a professional look or used alone and mounted onto coloured card.
Photographic Collage
A photographic collage is created by using photographs or parts of photographs to create a whole new image. A photographic collage can be created easily by image software. This image is a photographic collage image of Paris created by Hockney in 1985.
Photomontage
A photo montage is a process of cutting and joining a number of photograghs together to make a final complete image.
Initial Ideas for Unit 107 Presenting Photo Images
When deciding which images should be used as my final images I had so many images to choose from and my first idea for presenting my final images was a photo book. As I had so many images that a photo book was the best option to display all of my images. However, time became an issue and I did only want to select six to ten really great images.
I managed to select eight images which I felt were great images to present. I think that eight images are not enough for a photo book so I decided that printing would be the next best option. I went to a local printers to get my images printed but for A4 size which I felt was a decent size would cost £ 4.50 per print. Also, the lady in the shop did not know how to print landscape onto an A4 sheet of photo paper without missing off half of the image.
As time has become an issue I have now decided to print my own images on my own printer. I now need to ensure I have enough ink and photo paper.
I managed to select eight images which I felt were great images to present. I think that eight images are not enough for a photo book so I decided that printing would be the next best option. I went to a local printers to get my images printed but for A4 size which I felt was a decent size would cost £ 4.50 per print. Also, the lady in the shop did not know how to print landscape onto an A4 sheet of photo paper without missing off half of the image.
As time has become an issue I have now decided to print my own images on my own printer. I now need to ensure I have enough ink and photo paper.
FINAL IMAGES FOR UNIT 108 DIGITAL IMAGE MANIPULATION
These are my four images for Unit 108 Digital Image Manipulation. I have chosen my daughter Molly to be my theme as you will see she appears in all of the manipulated images. I have used photoshop cs3 and cs5 to manipulate the following images.
I was inspired by Helen Sear's 'Inside a View' collection for this image. This was acheived by two images being layered. The first image is the sunset and the silhouette shape of my daughter Molly which was taken with a small aperture which has limited the light and shot a lovely silhouette shape and captured the sunset in the background. I then layered the second image on top of the flowers. The flower image was a butterfly which I had to remove as it appeared across the silhouette. To layer an image you select all of the image and copy and paste the image onto the first image. I then played around with the Opacity until I got the desired effect.
This image was inspired by an image I saw whilst watching the television although the main elements of the picture are totally different. I started with the beach scene applied a grid to the image to ensure all the squares were the same size. I then used the filters Sponge and Rough Pastels alternatively to create the patchwork image. I then used the magnetic lasso tool around the Image of Molly and copy and paste her into the patchwork image. I then flattened the image to create the new final image.
This image was acheived by desaturating the image and then using the history brush to paint the leaf back the original colour. This image was acheived by going into Image then adjustments. Desaturate. I then used the history brush tool and painted over the part of the image I wanted the original colour back.
In this image inspired by Julia Fullerton Batten I have copy and paste three images of molly into the original image. I first loaded the background image shot in St Lucia. I then loaded three seperate pictures of Molly and used the magnetic lasso around the outside. I then copy and paste that image into the background image. I then went into edit, transform scale and this allows you to adjust the size of the copy and paste image. I then repeated this process with the other two images.
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