Color Scheme Edits



Color Mood: Yellow blend



Fill Green Grass

Fill Green Jersey and Blue Eyes



For the Color Mood photograph, I first blended two pictures together. The first one is of the softball team doing their cheer before the game, then blended it with the scoreboard at the end of the game. Finally I added a yellow hue over the whole photograph to add the sense of cheer and happiness to the photograph. (Edina won this game).

The next two photographs I enhanced certain colors in the pictures to add emphasis to certain things. For example, in the top photo, I made the grass more green, and in the bottom one, I made Cassie's eyes more blue, and brightened the color of her green jersey

 

Gradient Tool and Gradient Maps



Gradient Tool

Gradient Tool







For the two photographs above, I used the Gradient Tool in Photoshop to combine two different photographs into one. I really like the effect that this tool had on my photographs because it adds more interest to them.



Gradient Map



Gradient Map









Gradient Map

 For the next three photographs I used the Gradient Map adjustment tool, this changes the hues of the photograph. In the first photograph, I used black and white, then reduced the opacity down so it color and still be seen as well as the black and white part of the photograph. In the second photograph, I used a colored Gradient Map and changed the blending style to darken. For the last photograph, I combined  the opacity and the blending mode to make the subject more interesting.




Solarization



Color Positive



 I really like this picture because it gives Chelese (the subject) a don't mess with me kind of look, and then when I added the solarization, it just makes it look unreal, and she has a really defined lining around her shoulders.


Half and Half Solarized



This is the same picture as before, but in stead of just changing the RGB curves to create solarization, I changed the Blue curve as well. Also, I made it so only Chelese is solarized and the background is normal.

Vintage, High Contrast and Pictorialism

Vintage

For this photograph, I edited it to make it look vintage. I did this by using the curves, but instead of the normal RGB curves, I changed the red, green and blue separately. Also I added a warm photofilter, and reduced the saturation and vibrancy.



High Contrast

For this photograph, I edited it to get the high contrast look. This was achieved by using the RGB curves, boosting the vibrancy and saturation.



Pictorialism

Pictorialism is when you make a photograph look like it has been painted. I did this by lowering the vibrancy and saturation a lot, and then I added a Gaussian Blur.

Fun Edits

 

 

Ethics Assignment

Credibility – Credibility to me, means that as a photographer, the pictures you take need to be creditable. Meaning that don't take a photograph and completely change it, or put it out of context, because when photographers do this, it makes people not believe what they see in photographs anymore.

Ethics – For the TIME magazine cover of OJ Simpson, they took OJ's mug shot, that doesn't look scary, and turned it into something even the bravest man in the world would fear. They did this by darkening the entire photograph, especially around his mouth, making him look guilty.

Ethic vs. Taste – The difference between Ethics and Taste is that Ethical issues have to do with lying and deception, while Taste issues have to do with sex, race, violence and blood.

Taste – When deciding on whether or not to publish a photograph or not, you need to think about why you want to publish it. Is it important to the story? And even if it is, you should have a good reason to do so. Pretty much the pros for publishing it should out way the cons.

Personal Ethics – The author who wrote the article determines whether or not to take or publish  a photograph based on if the subject is on the edge of dying, you should put down the camera, even if it would be worth a Pulitzer Prise, and help them. He feels that he would be morally obligated to do so.

Visual Lies – In the photograph, the Governor of Texas is seen sitting on a motor-cycle, with the words "WHITE HOT MAMA" right next to her. The only problem is, is that the only part of the picture that is the Governor is the head. That's it, the body belongs to a paid model, and they just used Photoshop her head onto the body. Making her seem more tough then she most likely is.

Changes to Photographs – I believe that it is okay to make changes to a photograph when the changes are necessary. For example, if you are taking a portrait of someone, you want the person to look flawless, so you may take out some marks and blemishes on the face, soften things up, but that is normally it. Yet some people decide to take things a step further and COMPLETELY change the looks of the person in the photograph.

Digital Manipulation – Photographs have been manipulated because someone wants the viewer to see what they want you to see, if something is in the way, or what not, things get manipulated. For example, the photograph of OJ Simpson's mug shot on the cover of TIME magazine, they wanted you to view him as evil and guilty, so they manipulated the photograph to give the viewer that perspective.

These principals of Ethics in photography apply to me and my photographs because I need to remember as a photographer, that my pictures need to be creditable, and tell the truth. Even though intense editing can be fun, it can also be very miss leading.

When someone edits photographs, it effects society and their perception of reality by making the viewer believe that all of it is real. Take a magazine cover, beautiful, perfect looking and extremely skinny models are all over. This gives society the idea that everyone who is beautiful needs to be dangerously skinny, and that's how you become successful.

Text and Image

This photograph is also from the first round of my theme photographs. For this assignment, we needed to add text to the photograph, that fit with the theme, and the photograph. The text I chose is a verse from YellowCard's song "Ocean Avenue"

The Beach