final test

To create this photo, I followed a number of steps on photoshop elements. To change the colour of the sky, I used the quick selection tool to highlight the sky. From this selection, I made a new clipped layer and adjusted the saturation to get a sort of turquoise blue. I then used the same selection tool on the photo of the woman. Once I had selected her, I made a new layer from that selection and made the original background layer invisible, to hide the white. I then resized the image and dragged it into the panoramic shot to the spot that I wanted. I'd already fixed the ends of her hair as best as I could (I had a bit of trouble using the refining tool) before dragging in the photo, but there were still white parts between the strands of her hair. To fix this, I used the stamp tool to fill in those spaces with the green of the trees. 

Stop Motion

view in higher quality: http://youtu.be/-ErNoqEB32I

photoshop assessment

In photoshop, I adjusted the levels and colour balance to create a more harmonious photo. I felt that the original photo was too orange and so I altered the red levels and saturation to mute the colours. To fix the exposure, I adjusted the levels and brightness, making the lighting softer and emphasizing the contrast between the light and the dark on Robyn's face. This helped to bring out the details of the photo and made the image appear less washed out. For fun, I gave her green eyes by making a new layer and changing once again the colour levels and saturation. 

panorama

globe

This photo is the result of a transformed 360 degree panorama photo that I took on the Dawson grounds. By applying the adjustments as explained in class, the mini-globe effect was created. As I had some trees that went off the top of my photo, I had to edit the clouds and branches to avoid the stripy radiating effect and to make the background uniform and realistic.

rule of 3rds

These are two photos I took respecting the rule of thirds. To make sure that the eyes of my subjects (Robyn and Robyn) fell along the lines that the eye is naturally drawn to, I changed the view setting on my camera to enable a grid display. Using the grid, I lined their eyes up properly along the dividing lines. This allowed me to create a more engaging composition than that in some of the other photos I've taken.

ghost

shutter speed: 6"

aperture: F8

ISO: 200