Close UpUsed Levels, curves, and exposure layers to ultimately brighten areas on the foot and darken grass and shadows. EmphasisChanged photo to grayscale and then used eraser to make part colored. Then edited hue/saturation and levels.
Changed vibrance and then hue/saturation to make photo less intense. Then used curves and levels to darken/lighten a few areas. Symmetrical BalanceUsed the Hue/Saturation and Vibrance layers to make photo less bright yellow, then brightened the exposure and used curves to darken some areas and lighten others. Bug's EyeUsed levels and curves to darken some shadows, raised the exposure to make a little lighter, also used vibrance to make tones a little brighter.
1. Layers in Photoshop are powerful tools that can be used to layer and edit your photographs and if you don't like something you've done on a certain layer, then you can delete it and have your photo go back to its original state.
2. Histograms graph the levels of certain values in your photographs. 3. The dodge tool is used to lighten an area on a print. 4. The burn tool does the opposite, it increases the exposure to darken areas on your picture. 1. The rule of thirds is dividing your piece into thirds and placing the point of interest in one of the four intersections to make it more interesting to look at.
Most people think photography is all about the camera, that you need a good camera in order to get a good-looking photograph. This quote by Alfred Eisenstaed means to me that the camera is only a little piece to the puzzle. In order to get a truly good photograph, the photographer has to be good enough to observe and notice things they can use to their advantage to take a good photo. A good observant photographer who has a not-so-good camera can still take a better photo than someone with a nice camera who knows nothing about photography.
Many people influenced the history photography and got it to where it is today. There is one, however that takes the cake. George Eastman was not the first person to invent a camera or anything like that, but he did make a huge impact in the world of photography. Way before George Eastman, photography was a way of simply projecting an image on a wall using light. After that, photos became more permanent but were not very convenient and were more for the purpose of science and invention than for art and public use. Eastman changed all that. He introduced printing images on dry plates which he commercially manufactured and he also invented the box camera and film that had space for a hundred prints. These cameras became popular amongst the public and people had the option of taking all their photos and then going to the company to have them printed. George Eastman made photography enjoyable for everyone.
Cameras started out very different compared to what we have now, it started out with a simple pinhole camera. It then took off into more of a way to project images on a wall using light while standing in a large dark box. Then people started to try and find ways to make there photos permanent and take less time to take. They started to get smaller and more complex and able to do more things and eventually we ended up with where we are today with digital cameras. Knowing the history of photography can really deepen your appreciation of the photography world today. For me, it has made me admire all the people who got us where we are today. It has made me realize that photography didn't always start out as easy and simple as it seems today. The history of photography has taught me that anything can be accomplished. If you put your mind to it, you can create anything. |
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