Mel's Blog: October 2010

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Colour Splash Photo

Before I started this course I took a photo of my daughter on Skegness beach and manipulated it using Photobucket. I changed it into grey scale and clicked on Colour Splash Photo and this is the result, which I was very pleased with.

Photoshop Exercise

Today, we have been introduced to photoshop. We have been asked to produce 6 different effects using:-

Black & White
Hue & Saturation
Desaturate
Channel Mixer
Half Black, Half Colour
History Brush

These are the results which I achieved.

Black & White

Hue & Saturation

Hue & Saturation (Black & White)

Desaturate (With Curves)

Channel Mixer

Channel Mixer (Black & White)

Half Black, Half Colour

History Brush

Task 3 - Composition

Camera was set to automatic. Placed the camera over the plant and hoped for the best and hopefully, the result that I have achieved is Lines.

Camera was set to automatic. I have a Japanese ornament in the garden with holes in each side in which I poked the lens through and achieved a result of Frame Within a Frame.

Camera was set to automatic. This is a picture of a thatch that I have in my garden, and I feel that this has created Patterns.

Camera was set to automatic. Spider taken from side Angle.

Camera was set to automatic. Picture of a bird bath which shows Reflections of trees and sky.

Camera was set to automatic. Picture of a Hebe, showing Distance (Near).

Camera was set to automatic. This picture indicates Colour. The red parts of the leaves with turn to bright orange when turned over to reveal the reverse of the leaf.

Task 2 - Camera Control Exercise

Shoot a minimum of 20 photographs with a view to illustrate the following:-

Aperture Control

1. Wide depth of field
2. Narrow depth of field

Shutter Speed Control

1. Fast shutter speed
2. Slow shutter speed

Select one image that represents each of the controls.

Aperture Control