PSA-PTSD

Photoshop

In photography class we had an in class assignment to create a picture on Photoshop using any of the artistic styles we’ve learned about. Although this is a photography class, Photoshop is a great part of it. We take our photos, which include the artistic skills we have developed and learned this year so far, and open them up on Photoshop. On Photoshop we have learned so much about different styles and ways we could improve our images. We have learned to create fisheye photos, gradients, change color hues, threshold our photos, blend images, copy and paste onto another image, change our images to black and white, add texture to our images, and much more. For my final photoshop picture I chose to use the copy and paste method, it was my favorite style we have learned so far on photoshop because its fun. I simply took a picture of a flower that I had taken earlier in the year. Then I went to google.com and searched a picture of a butterfly. Once I found the right one I opened both the butterfly and flower on to the same photoshop document. Next I had to change the image sizes of both pictures to match each other in “pixel” format. Once I did that, I took the magnetic lasso tool and got the area of the butterfly I had wanted. I went to edit—copy the butterfly then pasted the butterfly on to the flower. Once it was right where I wanted it I right clicked the mouse and clicked on free transform. If you hold the shift down and move the edges of the picture free transform allows you to adjust the image making it smaller or bigger. Once I liked how my image looked I went to file, then save as and saved my image as a JPEG so it flattened all the layers in to one, then I saved it as a photoshop document so that if I wanted to, I could go back and fix my photo.

Little Toy

Photoshop work (copy & blend)

(Copy and Paste)

(Blending)

Fisheye

Architecture Assignment

St. Catherines Interior shot

St. Catherines Detail shot

St. Catherines Church

Fence behind Church on Elcamino Real

OLA Church

Chapter 9 (pgs. 209-217)

Film

• landscape photographs need to record as much information as possible
  
• Black and white photography showcases value, line, shape, texture, and pattern


• Fall foliage and spring flowers are particularly well suited for color landscapes


• color can overpower elements of art

Lenses

• landscape photographer prefer to use wide angle lenses that capture more of the scene


• creates a greater sense of depth in the images
  
• some photographers use a telephoto lens
  
• ^this will let you captrue scenes and objects that you cant get physically close to or it will allow you to separate objects from their surroundings


• Macro lenses are also useful for getting really close up images


• macro lenses are especially good for creating abstract images of bark and rocks

Filters

• use a yellow filter to bring out the clouds
  
• use a red filter to bring out deep black skies with stark white clouds


• use a red filter with a polarizer to bring out ultimate black skies and mazimum contrast
  

The Grand Landscape

• It is the "big view" for pictures of the great outdoors


• national, state, or city parks are great locations to explore landscape photography


• Grand landscapes always include a large expanse of the scene and wide angle lenses will give you the wider view that you need.


• horizon in your photographs should be placed either one-third from the top or bottom of the image
  

Landscape Details and Close-ups

• parks are a good source of subject matter for detail-oriented photographers


• japanese gardens are especially good with meandering streams, small waterfalls, and expertly placed trees, shrubs and rocks


• the difference in tonal values between the brightest and the darkest parts of an image can be more than any film can capture. Highlights will be blown out of the shadow values will be blank, or both.


• Many photographers prefer to shoot in cloudy or overcast conditions that even out the light, eliminating harsh shadows. "quiet light"