Karis' Photo Blog

This tutorial was easy to follow and user friendly.Although I do not like how this looks, I achieved the look the tutorial was going for. This tutorial is good for practicing blending techniques, but not actually practical.

I used stock photos and a picture of my friend to create this romance novel- looking thing. It was pretty easy and not stressful.tutorial

tutorialThis tutorial was extremely difficult to follow, but i tried my best. I actually kind of like how it turned out. I like the grid and how there are only a few squares standing out.

I tried to follow the tutorial, but it was not of much help, so I asked my teacher. I do not recommend this tutorial for anyone. The ultimate product is something maybe for the cover of a terrible children’s sci-fi novel or an advertisement for wrinkle cream.

I used a different photoshop tutorial than the one provided by my educator, since i did not like the look. I am still not happy with the outcome since real polaroids don’t have crazy dusty shadows everywhere. But I did do my best to emulate the fake polaroids I have seen online.

I used this photo that I have been wanting to use, but did not feel like it fit in for any other project. I used blending modes to mock the shadows I have seen in these type of images.the tutorial provided

But don’t even waste your time this one is like super easy and looks better :)))))

Not gonna lie, this is not my best work :///// This effect makes the photo look like an extremely fake cheesy postcard maybe from Amsterdam. But if that was the goal, I have succeeded.

I used the photo of the baby cars to represent children being forced to make grown up decisions. I like the photo itself, but it made me sad to have to put such an ugly effect on it. I tried my best to follow the tutorial, but my I had some hard times. I did not even try to attempt the “scratches” TUTORIAL

This is my second favorite tutorial since it looks kinda cheesy but mediocrely decent. I again used a flower since this effect can be rather terrifying with human subjects, since the multiply polaroid  borders slice up the subjects face.

This was the easiest tutorial to follow, no crazy instructions, so if you want to recreate this post card looking image, it is not too hard.If you focus on the baby’s face in the photo used in the tutorial it makes it less painful. I picked a close up shot of this flower so it would be easier to comprehend the continuity of this image.

tutorial: URGENT LOOK AT THE BABY

This was definitely my favorite photoshop tutorials because it is something that i saw the demo and thought ‘hey that actually look somewhat decent’ I like this tutorial for non- human subjects as the texture can make someone look as if their skin is sandpaper. I wanted to use this flower since it is a non-human object and will be benefitted by this effect.

I tried to follow the tutorial, but I actually thought it looked better leaving the colors present instead of inverting, then desaturating, then putting the colors back.  I thought it was rather unnecessary to go through that much work to receive a worse effect.

the tutorial I somewhat followed but kind of abandoned so i could have a nicer image

For this project we were suppose to utilize shadows and lighting in order to capture different angles of our subject. I chose to photograph a stapler as it is very angular and I like how mundane it looks.

A white cloth was set up for us to use as a background. The white really sets the focus on the object and eliminates all other background noise. I tried to shoot the stapler from different angles and maybe different ways it could be used. I edited my favorite photos in camera raw, adjusting the lighting and exposure to make it feel more moody.

some tips

For this project we had to tell a story only using photos. I wanted to capture how music is taught in the education system. I wanted to capture an authentic feel to the moments captured. I tried my best to capture motion as well.

I captured the movement of the teacher to show his involvement/ lack there of. I captured images of equipment to show what is used to create music. I also captured schedules and calendars to show how busy the life of a band student is. I took pictures of the ensemble to show how closely placed they are and that it is a group activity. I wanted to show how music is on the inside versus how it is seem from the outside. I wanted the photos to speak for themselves, so I do not have many words.

how to photograph photo essays

So for this project we experimented with panning, when you photograph motion but get the subject in focus and the background blurred. We went on the corner of kraemer and alta vista to take pictures of cars in motion. We also took pictures of still objects and photoshopped them to appear that they were panned images.

To get a clear subject and blurred background you have to follow your objects movement and set your camera to continuous shooting mode and set the aperture to the right setting. For the still photos you just replicate the blur by duplicating the background twice and applying various blur effects on the duplicates and then use gradients to add texture. I think getting the cars in focus was the hardest part of this project.

 

* http://www.ephotozine.com/article/how-to-create-motion-blur-in-photoshop-13112