Unit 8 (Photography)

Applying Editing Techniques In this report, I will explain the process of my editing and what effects I applied to my photographs to enhance the visual impact of my photographs for my portfolio. With each photograph, I will explain the processes I went through to edit them, explaining what edits I made and why, and how it meets the client brief. I will also be presenting before and after images to show the difference between the raw photograph and the edited version. In the screenshots above, you can see the unedited version, evidence of making the edits and then the final product. For this image, I experimented with how I could make it look nostalgic and dream-like. To do this, I lowered the contrast and the highlights to make it look softer, and then I emphasized the shadows to make the details more prominent. In terms of this photograph, I followed and applied a similar process from before, but I attempted a different style. Considering that the photo was already quite dark, I decid...

Portfolio In this post, I will be explaining how I exported my edited and finalised images along with how I exported them in their highest resolution format. After editing my photographs and finishing absolutely every edit I wanted to make, I moved my cursor to the top left-hand side of the screen to where it says "File". I then clicked on export, and created a folder to save the finish products in so that they are separate from my other unedited photographs, and to make it its own portfolio. I then named that folder "photoshoot edited photos", so that I could easily distinguish between the unedited files and the finished ones. In the screenshots below, you can see specifically how I exported them. To keep the quality of the photographs high, I changed the export settings that can be seen in the second screenshot. I changed the file type to a JPG, and made it so that the image would be exported in its full size and highest quality by changing it to 100%. I selected ...

Embedding Metadata Metadata is essentially data about data. It's information that describes various aspects of a digital file, such as a photo or document. This data can include details such as the date and time the file was created or modified, the file format, the dimensions or resolution of an image, and even information about the camera or device that was used to capture the photo. Metadata can be thought as a "behind-the-scenes" look at a file's properties and attributes. It's important because it can help users to organize and search for files, as well as provide valuable information for archiving, preservation, and copyright purposes. Considering that this is a photoshoot, a photographer may use metadata to add information about the location and subject of a photo, as well as technical details such as the shutter speed and aperture settings used to capture the image. This can be helpful in organizing and searching through a large collection of photos, as we...

Organising My Images and Applying Processing Techniques In this blog post, I will explaining and providing evidence on how I organised my photographs and what editing techniques I applied to them all to meet the requirements of the client brief. This will include showing the before and afters of my photoshoot to display the differences, and will also include how I decided what photos I decided to keep and which ones I decided not to keep with justification. First, I began by organising the pictures I would like to use by moving the files into their own separate older. I did this, as I had taken a lot of photographs during the photoshoot, and organising the 10 images I wanted to use in its own folder helped me find them with more ease. Once I had finished organising my selected photos, I opened a program called Adobe Lightroom, which allows the user to make high quality photo edits effortlessly. Lightroom serves as a better substitute over other programs such as Adobe Photoshop, as Ligh...