Composite Workshop / Steven Irwin - Year 1

My own Steven Irwin response 

















Steven Irwin's work 'City of tower'

Focusing - Year 1

Focusing a picture means making a good quality photo. If it a photo is focused it means it is has a sharp finish to an image. 

A camera can focus automatically. If a picture is blurry it is not focused.

ISO - Year 1

What is ISO?

ISO is the level of sensitivity of your camera to available light. 

ISO 50-100. Suitable for bright light (like outdoors on a sunny day).

ISO 200. Great for overcast or cloudy days.

ISO 400 and 800. Use these values when the light is getting dim but it is not yet night.

ISO 1600 and above. Use for indoor or night shots. Also useful to freeze the action in sports shots.

Aperture - Year 1

What is aperture? 

When you hit the shutter release button of your camera a hole opens the allows your camera image sensor to catch a look of the scene your wanting to take a picture of. The aperture that you set impacts the size of that hole. The larger the hole to more light that gets in, the smaller the hole the less light. The aperture is the opening of the lens.

Photoshop adjustments / Levels - Year 1

Before and after 

My pictures exposure wasn't right before i adjusted it. To make the picture better i used the levels tool in photoshop. When i did this a histogram came up telling me how good or bad my exposure was. It has two arrows either end, one at the left end controlling the black in the photo and one on the right controlling the white. Using the levels histogram, i adjusted my photo to make the exposure better and bring the blacks and whites out. You can see the difference between the two pictures. 

Before and after

  

 

Before and after/ high and low contrast

Before and after Black and White

Before and after Cropping 

Photoshop selection tool / Vanitas - Year 1

Cleaning negatives properly - Year 1

When working with negatives you can easily get them dirty with things like finger prints and dust. You can easily get rid of these by cleaning your film to make your outcomes in the dark room the best they can be without marks. 

How to clean your film: 

1. Place film on a surface where you can clearly see your marks so you know where to clean ( Shinny side up ). Do not clean the matte, none shinny side as you can not get that side wet. 
2. Get the cleaning brush and brush the negatives lightly to get any unwanted dust off of your negatives. 
3. Apply about 2-3 drops of the cleaning liquid onto the cloth that you are cleaning the negative with. 
4. Now very lightly rub the cloth with the cleaning liquid onto the shinny side up negative. Make sure you do not rub it or press down hard whilst cleaning as it does not need it and you don't want to ruin your negatives.

Health and safety:

• Where gloves when using cleaning liquid incase in gets on hands or incase you get more finger prints on negatives.