Transform

Transform

We import our image into photoshop.

 We double click on the background icon.

 We create a layer.

 We then click Edit --> Transform and can choose from any of these. I used the Warp tool.

 This allows us to straighten up the image by pulling each section.

The final image is straighter.

I like this because you can edit a photograph to make it near perfect without making it look like it has actually been photoshopped.

Adding Text

Adding Text

We import our chosen photo in photoshop.

 We then choose the text button.

 We draw a text box to the size of our choice.

 We choose the text, size, and colour of our text. We then write the text we want.

This is a really simple way of adding text to a photograph.

Cloning

Cloning

Firstly, we add our photograph into photoshop.

We then choose the stamp tool.

 We choose the clone stamp tool.

 We then choose what we want to copy. We hold down ALT and highlight over the area we want to copy.

 We then choose another area and start to copy it onto the area.

 When we have done this, a duplicate of what we highlighted will show up.

I quite like this but its hard to not include the background too so in some photographs you can tell the background has changed.

Colour Adding

Colour Adding

To add colour we import our image into photoshop and add a layer.

We then select the paint brush tool.

 We then choose the colour we wish to use.

 We then draw over the part of the image that we want to colour in.

 We can choose the thickness and hardness of the paintbrush tool. We have to make sure it is a softedge to the image and colour look blended together.

We then can choose from these settings to get the desired look.

 I chose overlay and this is my final image.

Vignetting - Colour and Black and White

Colour

- Firstly, we add our chosen photograph into photoshop. (Before image)

 We then add another layer by pressing the tool left of the trash bin.

 we click ^

 When we've added a layer, we add a border around the photograph. We do this by pressing the paintbrush icon and choose the brush tool.

We then hold down the SHIFT key and draw a line. By holding down the SHIFT key it keeps the line straight and avoids making squiggly lines.

 This is how the border will look. Using black adds a more dramatic look to the photograph.

 After we've added the blur, we then go Filter --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur.

This pallettes comes up after clicking the Gaussian Blur tool and the Radius setting helps us identify how strong we would like the blur.

This is how the final image comes out. (After)

Black and White

I then did this with a black and white photograph by doing the same process. This is how the black and white picture came out.

 Firstly, we made the photograph black and white by Image --> Adjustments --> Black and White

We then added the border the same way as previous.

This is how the black and white photograph came out.

I prefer the black and white photograph as the contrast in colours makes the photograph look more dramatic. I quite like this way of producing a strong bold border as it creates a nice sharp contrast to the photograph.

Final edited Images

 I like this photograph because the picture of Danie is still really vibrant with the colours and the background is still visible.

 This photograph is nice cause the pictures are vibrant but the background isn't as visible.

This photograph was quite hard to do because the colours clashed so the picture of Jordon is half in the photograph of the rural landscape, and half of Jordons face is near the sky so it looks as if only half of the photographs have blended together.

Experimenting

 To edit these photographs we had to go onto Liquify.

 We then can use two tools, Forward warp tool (the first icon) and the Bloat tool (5th icon)

 This is an over exaggerated use of the warp tool. The forward warp tool creates an effect which can make you extend or decrease the size of something. Such as Jordon's hair here is extended (over exaggerated). When using these tools, the best way to use them is so you look at the photographs without people noticing how much the picture has been edited.

 This is an example of the Bloat tool (over-exaggerated). This makes things magnify and go bigger. These can be used for anything, but sometimes the use of this tool can make things look unreal or edited.

 After we have inputted the edits we then have to import our second image (landscape) but then have to seperate them like this.

 We then choose the select tool.

And drag the second image on top of the first image and then make sure they are the same size.

After that, we can then choose after of this options for the effect of the photograph.

Comparing Images

My photographs compared to Muybridge and Michals photographs have both similarities and differences.
Most of my images are in colour unless manipulated in photoshop to make them black and white, whereas both of their photographs are in black and white.
Both Muybridge and Michals photographs are all in series and have a theme of sequence running through some of their images. However, my images are individual but have a theme running throughout.
I do like their series of images, I prefer Michals photographs as his photographs include variety and style whereas Muybridges' only focus on certain aspects, but I know if i studied more of his series I may see more of a variation in photographs.
My images are large because they are individual and are a lot bigger than Michals and Muybridges' because theirs are in a series so therefore have to be smaller to fit on the same print.
Their images and my own images are not manipulated. I could choose to manipulate my photographs but choose not too. Some of Muybridges' images were manipulated as he used to cut and paste and use negatives to change his images.
Their images send their own messages to the view. For example, Michals photographed portraiture in the real world so this could send a message to the viewer to say that everyone is normal and you don't have to be famous to be photographed, as he just focused on people out in the streets.
Muybridges' images may send a message, as he used some of his images to help with a debate that was popular at the time, so he used his images are proof.
My images are more about nature and landscapes, and I don't do that many portraiture photographs. Muybridge did both nature photography and some landscape. Whereas Michals based most of his images on portraiture and some on landscape and nature.
Both mine, Michals and Muybridges images all vary in the way they are composed. As all of our images were not planned to be taken (apart from Muybridges Horse series). They are all random which gives each image a sense of uniqueness. Michals didn't use a studio as he didnt have one available so the only light he could use was the natural light or artificial light. All of our photographs vary in being outside or inside, as photography can take you anywhere, so there is no point in trying to strain the amount of space you can use.

Research

Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer who spent much of his life in the USA.
He is known for his pioneering work on animal location which he used multiple cameras to capture motion, and his 'zoopraxiscope' a device for projecting motion pictures.

Muybridge enjoyed taking photographs of nature and landscapes and was famously known for these photographs. In 1872, he was involved in a popular-debate which helped answer a Governors' question : whether all four of a horses hooves are off the ground at the same time during the trot.

Up until this time most paintings of horses are made with the front legs extended forwards and the hind legs extended back. Stanford wanted to prove this and asked Muybridge to help him do this.

To do this, Muybridge used a series of large cameras that used glass plates placed in a line, each one being triggered by a thread as the horses passed. Later on, a clock work device was used and the images were copied in the form of silhouettes onto a disc and viewed in the machine Zoopraxiscope. Muybridge helped answer Stanfords question and actually ended up producing a photograph of a horse in fast motion.

The equipment Muybridge used was large cameras, glass plates and the images were viewed with a Zoopraxiscope.
Muybridge edited his pictures of horses and developed them as Silhouettes. He also was a very good image manipulator and edited his images by cutting and pasting and putting different negatives in it. This was over 100 years before Photoshop was made.

In this image, you can see the horse in each of the movements that the cameras captured. The main subject of the image are the horses as they are in the middle of each box and it is in black and white so you can see the silhouette of the horse clearly. The images are all the same so you have to look at each image closely to see the difference. 

Muybridges photographs are similar to mine because we both capture things that are happening in the moment and we have a theme that runs through our photographs. 

However, they are different because Muybridge did a lot of motion films to present his photographs and developed them as silhouettes. Also, all of Muybridges photographs are in black and white due to being silhouettes whereas ours as developed in colour. My images are of the same subject but not all of the same thing so they are not that repetitive.

Duane Michals

 Michals focused a lot of his images on portraiture but because he didn't have a studio and he didn't learn a lot about photography in the studio etc (he mostly taught himself), he went outside into the real world and based his portraiture on people outside in their own environment. The images are quite interesting as the top photograph is set out in a sequence and it looks as if the images relate to the time it was taken as each person slowly moves in each photograph. I look at each photograph as if it was telling a story.

This photograph is quite interesting as it is the same person but is a reflection of his throughout. I don't know how this is done but its quite dramatic as it is in black and white. The subject is the man in the photograph. This is a nice portraiture photograph because the person hasn't got any expression on his face.

From looking at Michals photographs, I can see that he enjoys taking portraiture photographs with a strange twist to it. Such as, he likes involving mirrors to get a reflection out of the photograph which means that the viewer can see each aspect of the person involved.

This photograph shows that Michals bases most of his photographs on sequences of events. This shows that he went out and pictured people during there normal life and made impressive tonal photographs about this. Even though the pictures are in a sequence each scene changes and who is in it.

His images are similar to my own because he bases his photographs on portraiture and landscapes. They also aren't planned which are similar to our own because when we go out to shoot we go out to see what we can find with a rough idea in our head of what we are going to photograph where as other photographers know what they are going to do exactly. Our photographs are slightly random which makes each photograph unique.

Organising and Presenting Images in Photoshop

 Firstly, we imported our chosen pictures into photoshop. And then created a new file by File > New.

We then changed the Preset to International Paper and made sure the resolution is at 300.

 We then dragged our chosen photographs by choosing the MOVE tool and dragging the photographs onto the new document.

We then had to align our photographs to make them the same size.
We did this by Edit > Transform > Again. Which makes the second photograph change to the size of the first image edited.

 We then had to make a border around our photographs. We did this by Edit > Stroke and then we could chose what colour and thickness for the border. 

I chose white because it is a sharp colour so it would make the photographs stand out. I chose to make the outline quite thick so the colour in the picture would be more vibrant.

 

 We then had to chose a colour for the background. We did this by clicking on the paint bucket tool on the side bar.

 I chose black because the contrast between the black background and white background would make the pictures stand out a lot more as they are in colour.

I changed the background colour to see if any colour would have the same effect that the black does. I prefer the black because it suits the pictures that are in the file and make them stand out a lot more.