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More fun with text

More fun with text

 

Empty Patio

 

Clone and Stamp

Originally I had edited this vase and moved it to my patio using the layers tool. Today I cloned my vase using the stamp tool. Pretty cool what you can do with photos.

Clone and Stamp

 

Text Tool

I simply opened my picture and used the test tool to write on my pic. I chose the red to make it pop and chose my font style and size. Quite easy actually. This would be a great tool for those who scrapbook to add text to photos.

Let it snow

 

No Filters

 

Filter

I actually used different tools with this and experimented. First I had to crop the photo and cut the people out and get a clean shot of the castle. I used the filter tool to distort the photo by turning on the liquify filter and using a ocean ripple. You would never know it is the same photo. Gives it a contempory look.

 

Death eaters?

I used the dodge and burn tools to sponge and hand wand the tree to make it appear as though shawdows of "spirits" or other unidenifieable creatures were coming from the ground to feed off of the tree. Not a professional job I'm sure, but with experience anyone could alter photos and have them published in those smutt magazines!

Dodge and burn

 

Original Photo

 

Dusk?

My altered photo of a tree a dusk?

 

I took this original photo and altered it to make it appear as though I took the shot at dusk rather than at mid-day. I played around with the hue, saturation and lightness and also the color abit. I think it is neat that you can alter a photo to look like a totally different time of day.

 

I adjusted this photo to make the flames more intense. Fire is actually pretty cool to work with because you can really play around with sharpness and brightness of the flames. I adjusted the color balances of the midtones towards the yellow spectrum and also more green color for added definition.

light adjustment

 

Here is my patio!

 

Here is my original vase............

 

Ok, I am getting the hang of photoshop. This is so cool, I took a vase that I had photographed with a green dropcloth behind it and moved it to my patio. I used the marquee tool, the crop tool and the eyedropper tool. I had fun once I began to figure things out.

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It is amazing how we are drawn to items of a golden ratio. Yet when trying to photograph an image, immediatly I wanted to center it, both in the lense of the camera and where it sat. While creating the collage I decided to play around in Picasa a bit.

AESTHETICS

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/aesthetics-1.shtml
I found this great website on aesthetics. Essentially this author and photographer, Alan Briot has done a series of articles on photography and aesthetics. He believes it is comprised of 9 keys ideas that are important to the aesthetics of your photos, I have listed them below:

1 — How to see photographically2 — How to compose a photograph3 — How to choose the best lens for a specific composition4 — How to find the best light for a specific photograph5 — How to choose the best "film" for a specific image6 — How to determine the best exposure for a specific scene7 — How to decide which photographs are "keepers" and which are not8 — How to assemble a body of work9 — How to establish a personal photographic style

Aesthetics is important in how photos are visually appealing to the eye. What elements surrounding the images being photograhed are important and what adds or distracts from them is also important.

Monochrome

Bricks and natural stones are perfect examples of monochromes, as are leaves and blades of grass. Fun project, really makes one aware of the elements in our surroundings.

Complimentary

I chose to use Red and Green because of the connection they have to more than just photography. In the world of hair color these are two of the most important colors we use. Red is what we use to counteract green or ashy hair, and we use shades of ash to eliminate red or warm tones in the hair.

Lighting obviously makes a big difference in how pictures come out. I have noticed that flash can make shadows if there is already to much natural light. Natural light creates a much brighter picture, but can also create a bit of glare. I actually like the picture with no flash the best, it seems to be more natural.

Early Evening No Flash

Dusk, Sun Setting directily behind

Early Morning, Sun Rising

I love the idea of taking a photo of something like this, where all the space is filled with a common object. However it is a little blurry, although this seems to add character. What I wonder is how to prevent some of the blur that seems to occur on the macro setting, moreso than with the other settings. I ended up deleting many photos because of blur or fuzz. This isn't the first time this has happened to me.

Field of Butter

Nature seems to be one of the easier things to photograph, so I am trying to experiment with different things. This is my princess, and although you can't see her face......trust me she is beautiful(but I'm not partial)!

Feet for thought?

This is one of my favorites, I think it because of the detail and angle.

Bye Bye Dandelion

MY MY MY MACROS

This is so fun, I already feel like I am learning so much about my camera that I never knew...........and I have had my camera for years.

I took these photos of the apple tree in my backyard. This tree has always fasinated me. I take pictures of it throughout the year. My favorite one is in the winter time covered with snow. I took the pictures of the two blossoms at different angles. I experimented with the zoom and trying to take the photos by tilting my camera to the side. All in all I think they came out nicely. I am hoping to get some pics with the birds visiting, if only I didn't keep scaring them away.

In full bloom