Add and Remove Things From a Picture You have Taken

Using the Clone/Stamp Tool, REMOVE at least 1 thing and ADD another. Use a picture that you have taken.

...look at the examples below


Original Photo

 Retouched Photo

Retouching Using the Clone-Stamp Tool

Today we will work with a couple of tools to help improve minor imperfections in our photos.
Download the 2 photos below, retouch them, and upload the before and after pictures to your blog.

Dodging and Burning in Photoshop

Today we will discuss the Burning and Dodging tools in photoshop.

I will give a demonstration in class but there is a great tutorial here if you need to see it written out step by step. The tutorial covers everything i will show in class.

After I show you how to use the tools you will post an example of your use of the tools. The instructions and examples are below:

Post a before and after picture demonstrating your use of the Burn and dodge tools in Photoshop.

The burn tool will darken areas of your image, and the Dodge tool will lighten areas of your image.

In a brief paragraph explain the areas that you burned and dodged.

Follow the example below:

Original Photograph

Dodged and Burned Photograph

I dodged the highlights on the bananas and in the blurry chair in the backgound. I felt like the picture would be stronger if you could better see the details in the distance.
I burned the details in the glass bowl as well as in the bananas because I felt that the bowl was too grayish and i wanted more contrast. Finally I burned the wall on the right of the bowl because it was hard to see where the bowl ended and the wall began.

Change a Photo to Black and White Using Adjustment Layers

Change a color photo to black and white
Open a photograph you have taken
Using the Hue-Saturation Adjustment layer, convert the picture to black and white.
Post the original and De-Saturated (black and White) to your blog.

Hands on Review - Due Today

Today we will go out and practice Aperture and Depth of Field.

Include all settings for each photograph -  ISO, Shutter and Aperture

Fire Hydrant

• Rule of Thirds, Bugs Eye
• Shallow Depth of Field

School Bus

• The whole bus should take up the entire picture area
• Deep Depth of Field
• Shallow Depth of Field

Dandelion or Berries

• Close Up
• Shallow Depth of Field

Columns

• Rule of Thirds
• Deep Depth of Field

• Rule of Thirds
• Shallow Depth of Field

All PROJECTS DUE BY TODAY

Creative Shadows
Principles of Design
Points of View and Leading Lines
Rule of Thirds
Scholastic magazine - Photojournalism
Elements of Exposure Review - Technical Challenge
Aperture - Depth of Field

Creative Shadows

Usually we would not take photos at noon on a bright sunny day, but one thing we can do is take pictures of Shadows.

Go out and take at least 10 great pictures of shadows, using Repetition, Balance, Emphasis.

Take some that feature natural objects and some that use man-made objects.