Eden L3 Photography

Adding motion blur I picked a picture where everything was shape and one where a subject could be blurred. First we make a background copy of the layer. I also made the background a layer. Then I go to Filter> Blur > Motion Blur Then add a mask to the layer.  I then used the eraser to rub out the person on the original layer to present the blur. Edit  > original                                               Adding a blur to produce a focus point I chose a landscape image made a background copy select the quick mask tool then gradient setting select the area I wanted in focus deselected the quick mask tool so the marching ants appear filter>blur > lens blur where alterations can be made such as, how much blur there is and add the noise  > OK cmd and d deselects the marching ants. and I then changed the Hue and Saturation to improve the overall appearance of the photo. Edit > Original  

You are going to look at another person's work 1.Firstly use 5 words to describe that work Intense bright smooth rough soft 2. Now comment on the images form This means looking at the formal elements of an artwork. What is the medium of the work? The medium of the work is a digital print/ pigment print. What kind of shapes or forms can you find? I can see circular shapes where the whisk and wire was spun whilst alight. It is not a clear shape as there are streaks flicking off irregularly which makes the image quite pleasing to look out. Which  techniques have they used? A slow/long shutter speed is used to produce this image. I think the shutter speed would have been around 15 - 30 seconds. The aperture they used would have been around f11- f22 as the image has a greater depth of field. The ISO used would have been very low like ISO 100 because the shutter speed is open for a long time it lets more light in. Therefore, you need a low

Photoshop experimentation - cloning  I took an image into photoshop and experimented with the clone tool to remove the person. I used the target to decide what to replace the area with. This is what I achieve using the clone tool to remove the person. I could change the size of the clone and also the hardness of the cloning stamp tool to be more accurate. I then used the quick selection tool to select an object and make a copy of the person onto a new layer. I experimented doing the same task but using the pen tool which can cut out a more accurate object. I had to place the individual anchors all around the edge of the person which takes longer but it is more accurate as you can get a curved edge.

Paul Hill Digital Research Paul Hill was born in 1941 in Ludlow, Shropshire. He has worked for a newspaper as a reporter where later he became a freelance photographer in 1965. He has worked for many big companies such as, BBC, The Telegraph and The Guardian.  Hill and his wife were the first to open a residential photography workshop in their home. They live in the Peak District where he travels all over the country to teach and perform workshops in places like Shropshire, Cumbria and Nottingham. Paul Hill is very passionate about photography and he has even been a lecturer at Trent polytechnic in 1974. 1994 Paul Hill was awarded a MBE by the Queen for his services to photography. He produced his landscape project during 1979- 1989. A lot of Hills work was taken in the Peak District where he lives. This image presents a countryside field divided by a stone wall. Where the fields are on a hill a big puddle has evolved in the rain over time. In the right hand side field there is a

Ansel Adams Photographers Research Ansel Easton Adams was born in San Francisco, California on February 20th 1902. He died April 22nd 1984 in Monterey, California. He was a American photographer and environmentalist. He was known for his black and white landscape images mainly taken in Yosemite National Park, using a large format camera because of its high quality and high sharpness. He also used this camera because of its large film used. Ansel Adams had received numerous awards such as, Hasselblad award in 1981 and the presidential medal of freedom in 1980. Adams learnt darkroom techniques in which he used to present his prints in the best way. He learnt the technique of hand blending to get the best exposure throughout the image. This image involves the mountain range with a river which snakes from the foreground to front of the mountain range. The photo is in black and white and taken with a large format camera. I like the contrast of this image and the detail resembles a

Kaleidoscope I chose an image and cropped a certain section. I then increased the canvas size to 200 percent larger and moved the image to the top left corner . I then use cmd, alt and J together to copy the layer. Also by naming the layers it helps to know which piece should be where This was so I could flip the copied layer horizontal through Edit > Transform > flip Horizontal. Then move the new layer into the space next to the original. This is the original image that I used to create a kaleidoscope effect of the image.  I then repeated this process until the whole frame was filled. Next I could merge visible all of the layers for a single image. This photo to the left is this process once. The following photos are the same process carried out again.  I repeated this process to make the image more interesting. I think the more times it is done the more it looks like a kaleidoscope enlarged. 

Timelapse/Hyperlapse Experiment  A timelapse is a series of images where the camera stayed in the same place and there is movement and then it shows the movement throughout the images. A hyperlapse is a series of images where both the camera and something else moves. This hyperlapse was created by photographing lots of separate images with me and megan in different positions while Cydnie took the photos. In Photoshop I pushed File > Open and selected the first photo in the series and then tick the image sequence button and then open.  I could then control the speed of the hyperlapse. Here is my final hyperlapse.  To be able to post it online I had to render. File > Export > Render Video

Panoramic Experiment  I went out and shot a series of photos which overlap each other. I experimented using the camera portrait and landscape and also taking straight portrait images and taking landscape overlapping images, such as the last two. Photoshop > automate > photomerge Then select the photos I wanted to use and photoshop merged them together.  I then experimented with the different themes such as, reposition, collage, perspective, cylindrical and spherical.  These different themes changed the way the panoramic looked.  Theme : Collage I like this theme of editing as it doesn't make the photo look spherical. It makes the image look like a wide angle lens. I think this could be refined by extending the view and making sure the final images line up. Theme : Spherical This image looks rounded. I don't like how it looks stretched and further away. I also don't like how the final outcome of this image because to loose the white you wo

Subjective/Objective Subjective-  I like this image because it creates mystery as we don't know what will happen next, there is no follow on images so we must assume what is going to happen next. Objective- This image was taken in 1932. It is thought he waited for a long period as he knew someone would take this route and captured many images before finally picking this one.

Description/Analysis Define: Description- a spoken or written account of a person, object, or event. Analysis-  detailed examination of the elements or structure of something. Apply: Subjective/Objective Define : Subjective - the quality of being based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. The quality of existing in someone's mind rather than the external world. Objective-  a person or their judgement not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts. Apply: Opinion/Assumption Define: Opinion- a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. Assumption-  a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof. Apply:

Multiplicity & Photoshop Experimentation We experimented using the different tools on photoshop such as, marquee tool (elliptical, rectangular and single row) eraser and paint bucket. These created different shapes and produced different marks. We then experimented with multiplicity by going out and shooting a series of photos using a camera and tripod, we could not move the tripod. In each photo our partner had to change into a different position. Here is the series of photos I shot. We entered these images into camera raw where we could edit them all the exact same.   Photoshop > file > scripts > load files into stack This loaded the images up as different layers in the layers panel. We added a layer mask to each photo, where we used the eraser to remove each person. This meant we wasn't damaging the original photo as it acts like a layer of plastic.   We then inverted it to make it visible. We repeated this process until each person was visible. Once, al

John Blakemore Research (Digital) John Blakemore was born 15th July 1936 in Coventry. He is known for his still life, landscape photography and print making. Some significant event which happen in his life was the war in 1939, he also served as an RAF nurse from 1954-1956. He first got into landscape photography in 1970 when he moved to Derby to begin teaching. From 1971 he started to only use a 5x4 camera and simplified equipment. He solely used a 180mm Symmar S lens for both landscape and still life. This was because it was high quality and large pixels. This camera involved black and white film and it was large format. My favourite groups of photos I like the most is from all flows which are on page 62-63 from the book John Blakemore photographs 1955-2010. I also like from spirits of place which are on page 64-65 of this book. I think I like these because they relate most to some of the photos I have taken. He uses long exposures to create movement blur, in monochrome. He also h