Photoshop Task

For this assignment, we were required to use 2 pictures for manipulation.  Each picture had to be cropped into 6 sections and a different filter had to be used on each section.

Example 1:-

Starting from the left, the filters that I used were:-

1.  Artistic - Neon Glow
2.  Sketch - Charcoal
3.  Artistic - Fresco
4.  Stylize - Solarize
5.  Distort - Ocean Ripple
6.  Blur - Radial Blur



Example 2:-

Starting from the left, the filters that I used were:-

1.  Texture - Patchwork
2.  Sketch - Chrome
3.  Stylize - Tiles
4.  Brush Strokes - Sprayed Strokes
5.  Pixelate - Mosaic
6.  Artistic - Palette Knife


Copy & Paste

Below is an example of of copying & pasting.  The magnetic lasso cuts around the image and then it is dragged onto the main image and placed and shrunk accordingly.  I have chosen a nice backdrop of a wooded area and placed 3 drunken people into it :)

Layers


Dragging an image onto another image so that the 2 photographs make 1 image

Image 1:-

Lighter Colour - Opacity 98% - Fill 92%


Image 2:-

Pin Colour - Opacity 100% - Fill 23%


Image 3:-

Lighten - Opacity 96% - Fill 79%


Image 4:-

Overlay - Opacity 100% - Fill 55%


Image 5:-

Hard Light - Opacity 100% - Fill 43%


Image 6:-

Hard Mix - Opacity 100% - Fill 47%


Image With Text


For this example, I have used a photograph of my daughter and spelled her name out using her favourite colour.

Style:- Arc
Bend:- +79%
Horizontal Distortion:- -63%
Vertical Distortion:- -21%

Light Writing

Last week we were sent outside in the dark to do light writing.  This technique amazes me how the camera catches every single torch movement.  I went home and purchased a tripod, an essential item as you need the camera to be really really still to avoid a blurred image, and also a torch.  After looking at other light writing images on the internet, I decided on a coloured torch.  These are the designs that I have produced tonight.  Settings are:-  ISO:- 200, F Stop:- 18, Shutter Speed:- 30 seconds.

And these are my photographs from last week.  I just love the marmite pot :)



I've come to the conclusion that I could mess about all night with my camera, tripod and torch!

Ideas For My Assignment

My chosen subject is Close Up, and I have chosen to photograph Flowers & Plants.

Being a freelance florist, I love the way that professional photographers really get in on the flower and emphasize the veins on the petals, the middle of the flower and capture all of the natural beauty of it.  Whereas I will put a bouquet together and try to photograph it for my portfolio and as hard as I try, I can never capture the full beauty of these beautiful expensive flowers.  The same also applies to plants.  I would love to go out and capture raindrops or dew on plants and also insects.

So, where am I going to get these pictures from?

Flowers

I could photograph the flowers that I use but I've not got any weddings booked now until next year, so I would have to buy some.  The choice of flowers wouldn't be a problem at this time of year as most flowers are imported and my wholesaler has a vast range for me to choose from.

Also, even though it is now Autumn, approaching Winter, we can still find flowers in our gardens.  It's just a matter of searching.

Plants

You can start by looking in the garden for plants but at this time of year a lot of plants shed their leaves, unless you're in my garden whereas I grow my plants for their all year round foliage.  Other places that are really good for photographing plants are woods, fields and nature reserves.