So with this string of shoots, I took advantage of the weather and dragged my roommate out for some photo shoots. (The first shoot of which was her idea). As I already have my four chosen pictures, I thought to share with you all some honorable mentions.
This first photo was her bright idea of doing an ironic 'snow- swimsuit photo shoot.' at this point in time i had not preset my cameras settings and ended up with a few of these blurry bloopers. this one was my favorite. I edited the photo by heavily increasing the contrast and then adding saturation in hue saturation to the red and blue in her outfit, or lack there of, to make her blurry figure stand out more.
This second photo was created by a specific back-lit set up that was inspired by an article on line, of which I will be linking in the final post for this assignment. I edited this photo by first increasing the lightness of the overall photo. I then went into the photo and burned the bright areas of her chest to keep any distractions from her ghostly movement. Finally, I added magenta to the shadows of the photo and yellow to the highlights. This, I believe, gave her a more ghostly appearance. This photo did not make the top favorites simply because it was very bright in the chest area, making it a very contrasting photo.
This photo was suppose to represent field of motion. HOWEVER, I do realize the field seems more deep than shallow. my goal was to originally focus on the cabinet before you and get the beautiful decaying walls in the background. when it came time to edit this, I also tried to exaggerate that by increasing the opposing colors (orange and cyan) already present in the photo. While this is one of my favorite photos from this old house, I do not believe it shows depth of field in the way I was hoping for.
Overall my favorite photo is the second or third photo even though they are the outtakes. I wouldn't be surprised if i found a way to doll them up before Tuesday.
I like what is happening with these. I enjoy the humor of the first one, but the motion blur feels more like the camera moved rather than the person. The second photograph would be great for this assignment. I agree with your assessment of the third photograph. The effects of DOF just aren't very pronounced. You could zoom out to a wide angle lens and then move in much closer to the cabinet. That might give you the effect you were looking for. The fourth image is also working well. You mention it not feeling "finished". The only suggestion I might make is to increase the warmth of the image in general. Your camera doesn't seem to have adjusted enough for the blue outdoor light. Shift your midtones and highlights slightly toward yellow and/or red, and that might do the trick.
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