Experimental Tutorials

For this picture, I wanted to create an antique, worn and dirtied look. To achieve this I looked for textures that would create that effect. I found free textures that were available for use on flickr. I took two textures and opened them up in photoshop. I put both textures on seperate layers on my photo. Then I selected the blend mode that looked the best for each texture. Finally I adjusted the opacity of each texture. I really like the result. http://www.flickr.com/photos/beapierce/sets/72157601574009156/with/1218705275/

For this picture, I used a Cross-Processing tutorial. First, I added a layer and adjusted the curves. I adjusted the Red, Green and Blue curve. Then I adjusted the blend mode to Color so that the highlights wouldn't be blown out. I added another layer with Solid Color. I chose a yellow-green color and adjusted the opacity of the layer to 5%. For the finishing touch, I found a flim rebate to frame the picture on flickr. I overlayed this on top of the photo. I think the result is very interesting. It's very dramatic, and though I like the look, I proabably wouldn't want to do this for very many photos.

Tutorial: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominic_whiten/3803182241/

Film Rebate Border: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominic_whiten/3803182241/

For this picture, I used a watercolor painting tutorial. The first step was to duplicate the background layer three times. Then I added the Cut Out filter to the first layer. I adjusted the blend mode to Luminosity. Then I added the Dry Brush filter to the second later. I adjusted the blend mode to Screen and took the opacity down to 56% so that the details were less blown out. Then I added a Median Blur with a radian value of 12 px to the third layer. Finally, I adjusted the blend mode to Soft Light. I think the end result is very pretty. However, it didn't work as well on my photo because it had much less colors than the landscape photo used in the tutorial.
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/watercolor-painting/page-3.php

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Contact Sheet Depth of Field

Color Corrections

Celeb Color Correction

Angle Of View Contacts

Blog #2

Aperture - Aperture is in relation to your lens diaphragm. This is inside of your lens. Changing your aperture changes the size of the hole that your lens diaphragm will open. This will affect how much light is let in the camera when you take a photo. A low aperture can give you a picture with your subject focused and your background blurred.  A high aperture can give you a picture where you subject focused and your background is mostly focused as well.

Shutter Speed - Shutter speed refers to the amount of time your shutter remains open while taking a shot. The longer the shutter is open, the more light you let in to your camera. A fast shutter speed such as 1/125 will allow you to take a photo of something in motion without the photo becoming blurry.

On my camera, I hold down the mode button and then turn the command dial until the A shows up on the screen for aperture-priority mode, or the S for shutter-priority mode.

This photo interests me a lot. One of my favorite things about it is the pieces of light, which I think make the photo really beautiful. I love the setting, with the bare trees and the snow. I like how the girl is sitting and her expression, seeming peaceful. I also really love the neutral tones. This photo was found on Flickr. It was taken by Lauren Withrow on January 10, 2010. http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurennicole81/4415819906/

This photo caught my eye mostly because of the beautiful, vivid colors. Once again, I really love the pieces of light. The smaller pieces of light really make the photo interesting. I also like the photo itself, with the trees. I like the way they look and I also like the angle at which the photographer shot them. This photo altogether looks really interesting and beautiful. This photo was found on Flickr. It was taken by minililmi on March 20, 2010. http://www.flickr.com/photos/minililimi/4398786607/