I was playing around in photoshop when I came tool that said
Reverse Black and White. After changing the background I used the smart tool to
turn the parts of the background that had bled over in color to black and white. 

Week 8 Color and Light Adjustments



This photo I started by adding a border.   I  tried using the auto correct for color but it did
not help much so I manually increased the hue and saturation
of the photo. My goal was to increase the color of the leafs from the dull red color to a more brighter red
without over doing it  I also adjusted the sharpness.





I started by cropping the top of the photo to get rid of the reflection
of the flash on the windshield. I used the spot healing tool to remove
all the street signs and light post. I then used the smart brush tool to change
the sky to blue. I also increased the color and sharpness just a little to improve
the photo.



Week 7

The top photo is of my daughter and her boyfriend in front of the Mission to Space
at Disney World. The middle photo is of the ladder truck in the doorway at my fire station. I crop
my daughter and her boyfriend and merge them into the doorway of the fire station. This was the first
time using photoshop and it took a while trying to figure what each tool did.

Landscapes

Before this class if I was taking photos of landscapes I would normally take one or two photos and be done. Since the start of this class I am now taking several photos just to pick out one that looks really good. Now I am thinking about lighting, the rule of thirds, and to use the different setting that my camera has. I also thinking about what I want to photo and how I want it to look instead of just taking a photo and hoping for the best.

assignment 3

Assignment 2

This is a Oak Leaf  that's floating on the cover of my pool. There was a light breeze
that was pushing the leaf around. I was able to get these three photos as
the wind pushed the leaf from left to right. When using the rule of thirds
I found it hard because I kept wanting to center the leaf in the photo. On these
three photos I held the camera in one spot and took the photos of the
leaf as it moved across the view finder of my camera.

ASSIGNMENT 1

COMPOSTION

This is a website I found on composition. As the Rhonda Callow stated “composition” simply refers to the act of putting together certain pieces or elements to form the “big picture”. http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/951.aspx#ixzz11cDMZ1E8

 I found this website interesting as it discussed some of the things that we are learning about this week such as the rule of thirds, framing plus other topics that will help in taking a decent photo. I have usually tried to center my subject in my photos. I have recently taken some photos using the rule of thirds without consciously knowing. It should be fun taking photos this week.

AESTHETICS

What is aesthetics? This is hard to define as one person idea may be completely different then the next person. Here is an article written by Austin Cline on aesthetics.     atheism.about.com/od/philosophybranches/p/Aesthetics.htm

This is my monochrome picture taken from Waikiki Beach.

For my analogous picture I took picture of these flowers that
are in front of the fire station.

This is a photo of complementary color scheme.

This is the flag in front of the Hartford Public Safety Building.

The first picture was taken at night. I do not have a external flash

for my camera so was not able to get any pictures with just the internal flash.

With the aid of a flashlight I was able to get this picture.

The second picture is with the sun just starting to come over the trees. The sun is behind and

 to the right of the flag. 

The last picture was taken about five hours later just after lunchtime.