Week 8

The first picture that you see is my son in his Super Mario costume.

As you can see the picture has very rich bright colors. I decided to tone everything down to a softer color. I played with a lot of the setting in Photoshop such as the hue, white balance, soft focus and saturation. Below is what the modified picture looks like.

The second set of pictures is of my friends adorable little girl Abbey. I will first present the original picture.

As you can see the original picture is a little dark and the girls do not seem to really pop out that great. I decided to highlight Abbey by again changing the white balance and the soft focus. I also played around with the saturation. In the new picture she really pops out and everything in the background has still remained relatively dark.

Week 7 Photoshop

I have fallen in love with Photoshop. I was able to download a free 30 day trial but am really considering purchasing the program. I didn't realize that there were so many different editing options that you can use. The first picture I did was of my daughter. I think I played with every option in the edit mode possible. I re-sized the picture used softness and white balance. I also sharpened the image. Here is the before and after.

The next photo I also played with the white balance and the soft focus. I also sharpened the image and distorted the picture. I thought is came out really neat. Here are the before and after.

Week 6: Landscape

This picture was taken on my son's field trip to Chapin Orchard. What inspired me to take this photo was the beautiful foliage that you can see in the mid line of the picture. It is a classic example of Vermont's landscapes with the tractor and trees as far as the eye can see.

I think this one is my favorite. It was also taken on our field trip. The red barn certainly pops out with color and in the background you can see the old silo with vines growing out its top. Also the kids with their apple top hats on stand out. This photo follows the rule of thirds.

This picture was taken in my backyard. The main focus of the picture is the kids play structure. What I found interesting after taking the picture was the depth . The picture makes my backyard look bigger then it is. There is also a lot of complementary colors in the picture.

This picture would look so good if the fence wasn't in the way. I love how the dark blue of the sky melts with the mountain. The branch hanging down give that small contrast of color. This was my experiment with shooting at twilight. I tried doing another twilight shot but I didn't get it right and it got to dark. I will upload my fifth picture tomorrow. Think at this point I will stick to daylight shots. Ok! So here is a couple editions to my landscape photos

I love this picture! The way the light rays are coming out of the clouds. This was taken at overlook park in South Burlington. That was my first time there and I was amazed at the view of the lake and the mountains. I would say the picture follows the rule of thirds as the skyline, mountains and trees all fall on the along the grid lines.

This was also taken at overlook park. I colors of the trees and grass complement each other.

Rule of Thirds

This picture is of my blueberry bush that has turned color. I love the red leaves. The bush is centered in the picture as you can see.

The second image is of the same bush but using the rule of thirds. As you can see in the picture that bush is positioned to the right of the frame. If you were to add the grid lines you would see the focal point of the image lies within an intersecting line.

composition and aesthetics

I was having a hard time viewing the links on the moodle website so I ventured onto the web to look up both composition and aesthetics. I saw some beautiful shots and great examples. I had no idea that composition involved so many different details. I used the website photoinf.com to really search for more information on the subject. I certainly put a lot of ideas in my mind and a better understanding.

Week 5 Slide Show

Week 4 Colors

The first photo I took is of a hive of bees. The color representation in this shot reflects that of complementary colors. The are two shades of brown and a yellowish brown color.

The second picture that I took reflects Analogues Colors. There is a variation of the different greens on both the trees and the grass.