First Photoshop Practice

Newspaper

Web

Yearbook

Notes about Photoshop

Save As: Rename your image. Make sure the image is saved as a .jpg at the highest image quality.

Save: You do not rename the image at this point. Save often and regularly.

Nestle: tools are stacked on each other. to access those tools you have to left click and hold.

Command keys:
  Command + =zoom in
  Command - =zoom out
  Command o =open
  Command c =copy
  Command v =paste
  Command z =undo
  Command,option, z =Step backward
  Command s =save
  Command p =print
  Command l =levels

To turn an image go to
>Image>Image Rotation
  CW and CCW
  CW = clockwise
  CCW = counter-clockwise

Adjusting Levels
>Image>Adjustments>Levels
  Channel blue
  Channel green
  Channel red
Moved just the black triangle
Adjusting Contrast
>Image>Adjustments>Levels
Channel RGB moved just the gray triangle to the left

Resolution Guidelines:
Yearbook = 300 (Horizontal)
Newspaper = 150 (Black&White)
Web = 72 (Vertical)

To make an image Black and white
  Use Grayscale
    >Image>Mode>Grayscale

Photoshop Introduction

4. Crop Tool
  Used to cut a part of the photo and make it smaller.
5. Lasso Tool
  Used to select a portion of the photo and if you do something, just the part selected will be affected.
6. Text Tool
  Used to add text to the image.
7. What buttons do you push to "Undo" a mistake you made?
  Command+Z (Mac).
  CTRL+Z (PC).
8. What can you open to "undo" more than one mistake? How do you open it?
  You have to pull up the History palette. You can do this by going to the window "History" menu.
9. How do you rotate an image?

   Go to the "Image" menu and select "Image Rotation".

10. If you don't like the initial cropping box you drew, how can you change it before you make your crop?

   You can click and drag on te small boxes (called "anchor points) that surround the box to reshape your crop.

11. Under the heading "Resizing while Cropping" when you enter dimensions as you crop, what are you telling Photoshop to do as you crop your image?
  width, height, and resolution.
12. What is the correct resolution for newsletters and newspapers?
  Resolutions in the range of 150 to 200 ppi. 
13. What is the correct resolution for magazines?
  High resolution images of 250 ppi or more.

My Favorite Cover

MIT Technology Review, November/December 2012: "You Promised Me Mars Colonies. Instead, I Got Facebook."

This Magazine cover is a very good example. The main image has a good exposure. Something that the magazine cover is missing could be the dateline, because it has not the day of publication. Also, another thing that is "vital" is the left third that also it is missing. This magazine cover is my favorite because it has almost all of the essential parts of a magazine.

Something that is communicated on this portrait is about old people, it communicate that also old people can do things as colonize mars(the man in the image is a moon-walker).

Magazine Essential Parts

1.- Masthead
 Logo or title

2.- Dateline
 month/day/year of publication

3.- Main image
 Single and big image

4.- Model credit
 Something about the model or the photographer of the main image

5.- Cover lines
 Some main ideas about the content of the magazine

6.- Main cover line

  Very large main idea (largest).

7.- Left third

 is where the magazine is not shown full-frontage.

8.- Bar code
 Single bar code used to sell it

9.- Selling line
 short description of the title's main marketing point

Portrait Photography Major Assignment

Fixed Portrait Shoot

ISO 100 (F5.6--1/25)

ISO 400 (F11--1/2500)

ISO 800 (F13--1/100)

ISO 1600 (F11--1/250)

ISO 3200 (F6.3--1/2000)


 The Best ISO to shoot is 800, next is the ISO 400.
I'm able to create equivalent exposures to my best photo changing Aperture and Shutter speed.
I learned how to make an equivalence of exposures in my photos.

Part 3

I went to visit to my family and I fired some fireworks. I ate a lot.
My expectations for the 2014 are:
-be a better son at house
-be a better student at school
-get better grades
-have a good health

PART 2: My favorites

1.- Get Lucky - Daft Punk

This song is excellent, has a great sound, lyric and is one of my favorite genres of music. The sound and the lyric are the thing that attracted me. It was the best of the 2013 no just for me, for many people around the world.

2.-Iron Man 3

Because has an excellent story. This movie attracted me by the fiction included. Was the better of the 2013 because it is a movie for everyone, and it's effects are very cool.

3.-Mandela Dies

bbcause he was a man who wanted peace and freedom. Because I like his story and he was a great person. Was the best of the 2013 because he was a really good man looking peace.

4.-Jonathan Ive

I choose Jonathan Ive as the best person in the 2013 because he is continuing a great job and helping technology. he continues revolutionizing the technology. Because he created big ideas that help the world.

5.-Next generation consoles of video games (XBOX ONE, Play Station 4, Wii U)

Next generation of video games are the most important entertainment for everyone. the games and the way to play it. Because were invented to everyone in the family, making fun and better moments.

PART 1: Best Photos of 2013

I think this is one of the most great photos in 2013 because i like the fabulous things in our planet, this optical phenomenon called "halo" is of my favorite. The way in which is formed a perfect circular rainbow around the sun shows the powerful and interesting form of our world.   

I like this photo because there is used a interesting way to take great photos, changing the shutter speed to make this circular movement of the stars. This was during all the night to capture the light of the stairs.

This photo make me feel an emotion of happiness, watching all the lights and fireworks at the same time, celebrating the end of the 2013. It is just awesome!!

Portraits (Self & Preview)

Self- Portrait tips

1.- Set the Timer High and Use Burst. Give yourself plenty of time to get in position and figure out what you're doing. Most cameras let you vary the length of the timer, check your manual for how to set yours.
2.- Use Both Auto and Manual Focus. A good practice to get into when you're taking self-portraits is to use a mix of auto and manual focus.
3.- Pick up a tripod. Nearly any tripod will do so I won’t go into much detail, but the tripod is essential as it gives a flexible yet sturdy mount for the camera.

Portraits Preview

Environmental.-

 

In these photos both persons are natural, and in their enviroment.

Casual.-

    

I like these photos because are smiling.

Formal.-

 

I like these photos because are a good example of formal portrait.

self.-
   

I like these photos because the first is original, and the second looks natural.

My plan for my portrait assignment is take photos to people I know, as classroom friends or family; my house and the school are good places to take excellent photos, I'll take photos outside and inside because I want good and different photos, also that is a challenge; I will use the rules of photography to make the shot successful.

Rules of Photography part 2

Balance

Mergers

cropping

Framing

Rule of thirds

Viewpoint

Backgroung

Lines

Depth

Patterns

ISO

ISO 3200

ISO 200

1. You can get pictures that won't blur

2. Use it in very lit conditions

3. Use it is not enough to get a well lit shot

Shutter Speed

Day: 

a.)the dunking booth

b.)the food eating contest

f.)the diamonds performance

Night:

c.)the rock climbing wall

d.)someone working at a booth

e.)the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle

high/fast shutter speed: to capture an fast action

slow shutter speed: for things with less motion

long shutter speed:to show motion blur

Aperture

F16

F2.8

1.- The eye

2. The smaller the Aperture higher hole, the higher the Aperture smaller hole.

3. Whit a higher aperture the focus is more clear, and with a smaller aperture the focus is less notable.

Caption Writing

1.-  

Curtis Reagan steals a kiss from Lois Lane on Friday in Times Square in New york City. Reagan kissed joyfully Lane after announcement that the allies had defeated the Nazis, ending World War II.

 2.-

 Robert Kent falls on Monday from the top of the World Trade Center in New York city. Robert tried to escape successfully of the flames in the building, falling without opportunity.

 3.-

 Felix Smith and Thomas Rufalo rises their hand on Wednesday in the "Azteca Stadium" in Mexico City. They won successfully medals of gold and bronze for USA.

 4.-

 Bruno Gonzalez, John Smith, Chris Peters and Michael Williams rises the USA flag on Monday in Iwo Jima after World War II. They raised the flag honorably in signal of victory.

5.-

Minato Yakushi stays in the street on Tuesday in the principal street in Indonesia. He tried dangerously to stop the taks, and prevent a war.

Mural Project Photos