Digital Photography & Imaging: Exercises

 01/04/19-19/04/19 (Week 1-Week 3)

Angelina Lee An Qi (0334272)

Digital Photography & Imaging

Exercises

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Lecture Notes

Lecture 1: Basics of Photoshop
Week 1: During this week we learnt the basic techniques of Photoshop like free transform, layers, hue and saturation, match colour, filter > noise, etc.
We were instructed to photoshop ourselves into Hearst Mansion as our exercise.
Lecture 2: Basics of Photoshop II
Week 2: For this week we learnt about adding layer mask as well as creating smart object and the gradient tool, as well as quite a few others. We edited an image of a background, a house, and a ghost bride. We also did another one with the sky as the background and a cottage.
Lecture 3: Recoloring A Black & White Photo
Week 3: This week we learnt how to recolour a black and white photo. First, we were given a standard picture to work with. Then, once we got the hang of it, we were able to choose any black and white photo online and attempt it on our own.

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Instructions

Exercises

Week 1:
Mr Jeffrey gave us this picture of Hearst Mansion to Photoshop ourselves into.
I took pictures of my hand to add to the Hearst Mansion. I didn't use the first picture because the lighting wasn't suitable.

This is the final image:


Week 2:
For exercise 2, we combined these pictures to create an eerie haunted house with a ghost bride.

This is the end product I made:


We did another similar one except with this sky and a cottage-looking kind of house.

This is what I did:



Week 3:
This was the standard picture Mr Jeffrey gave us at first:

 This was the result of my first attempt at recolouring:

We then were able to choose any black and white picture from Google and this is what I picked:

I did not fully grasp how to properly recolour just yet so this is how it turned out:

I decided to try again and picked another one.

The result:

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Feedback

Week 1: There was no feedback for the first week.
Week 2: Mr Jeffrey nor Mr Martin commented on my work.
Week 3: Mr Jeffrey mentioned for me to work on the ends of the hair and the borderline between the skin and background, but other than that it's all good.

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Reflections

Experience:
Week 1: Confused a couple of times, but still managed to keep up.
Week 2: I feel like I have just barely grasped the basics of Photoshop. I know I still have a ways to improve, but for now I think I'm okay at my level.
Week 3: The pace of this class is just nice so that I don't overstress but at the same time I find progress a bit slow at times.

Observations:
Week 1: I did not edit the lighting in my image properly.
Week 2: I am not as fast in editing like other people.
Week 3: The edges of my subject's hair is a bit sketchy.

Findings:
Week 1: I found out that I still have a long way to go to master Photoshop.
Week 2: I sometimes just lose track of what I am doing; I need to focus more.
Week 3: I still forget about a few shortcuts I can use in Photoshop.

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