Photostory

Here is my photo story! Thank you for a great semester

Portraits

These are four portraits I took of my best friend/roommate over the past couple weeks. Every time she saw me taking a photo, the smile was not genuine. She would adjust and it would not be real emotion. It is interesting how candid photos can represent and show a lot more than a posed portrait. The way I solved this issue was to take photos before she knew I was photographing and after when she thought I was done. In that case, I saw a lot more real emotion and more of a candid shot.

This was after a few photos when she was laughing and telling me to put the camera away. More genuine emotion.

Caught her looking classy with her drink while also photographing the food too. 

Candid photo. Fixing her hair in preparation for a posed photo. I preferred these much better. 

A portrait where you do not see the face. This was taken at the top of Mt. Philo. 

Text, Clone, Patch and Paint Tools

Original

Added Text - Tried to find a bold and classy contrast for the text. As a first time around, I proud of the first draft. 

Original

Took out the light post with the cloning tool. I let the tool do its work as I took a small scale selection tool and work my way down. Took me a while to really get this one down!!

Original

Used patch and paint tools. Used the paint for the sky, and a saturater for the homes and water. I then patch up the top trees to make it more of a solid look while still keeping the tree silhouette. I like how this one turned out. It turned out to be more os a psychedelic photo. Definitely one of my favorite so far this semester. These are the photos I am more attracted to when I look at photography. 

Photostory Preview

These are 10 photos I am considering using to tell my photo story.

I am trying to tell the story of someone who is locked inside and needs to get out and enjoy nature. I try to show these steps with the dying plant, peephole, money, shoes, and nature views all the way to the sunset.

Enjoy! :)

Dodge and Burn and Filters

Original

With Dodge tool

Original

With oil painting filter, feel free to zoom in (this one turned out really cool)

Original

With crystalize tool (love this one!!)

Two Color Adjusted Photos

Original

Adding Vidid Light filter, and adjusting contrast, used selection tool for buildings

Original

Using selection tool, making a new layer, then making the background black and white

Once I actually started playing around with the options for color, I became very invested in playing. I loved this assignment. I definitely learned a lot this week with photoshop.

Photoshop Assignment - Selection Tools

I combined the two landscape photos of Winooski, VT. It was nice to familiarize myself with the basic photoshop tools. This turned out better than expected. Go ahead and look back at the two landscape photos to see the originals!