Photoshop

Another photoshop tutorial.  In this one i used the magnetic lasso tool, patch tool, and many other tools the cut something and then place it somewhere different.  This started with one globe, the 5 had a shadow, the flower had a white background, the lock was in a picture, and the pen had a gray background.  After using the tools specified in the tutorial, i managed to separate each from their backgrounds to accomplish this final collage!

Another Photoshop Tutorial

So, in photo, we were assigned another tutorial.  This one was to practice hiding layers and the benefits of doing so.  After following each step... this was the result (right).  After completing that, using the same document, we were told to put three people into the picture.  To do so i simply copied all the layers, and hid the originals.  Then i took three members (Ryland Blakington, Alex Suarez, Gabe Saporta) from the band Cobra Starship, and added them to the photo.  This is all on the same photoshop file, just different layers!

Practice Macro

Before I did my actual shoot, (previous post) we had a practice macro shoot with shells, to the right is my contact sheet.  I didn't edit any final photos.

Macro Shoot

For photo, we were assigned a macro shoot.  I chose to photograph a fencing mask, along with a sneaker.  I took the pictures, uploaded them to Adobe Bridge, created a contact sheet on Adobe Photoshop, and finally edited the three photo's i thought were best.  Above is my contact sheet, and below are my photo's i chose to edit.

Black and White

So, after following this simple tutorial, and by using only a few simple tools and techniques i learned how to add color to black and white photo's using adobe photoshop.  The picture stated like this (top left), and after i completed all the steps, it ended like that (bottom left).  Blue is my favorite color, and although very subtle i really like this picture.

Macro Photography

My class was assigned to find our definition of Macro Photography through research.  Well after reading some things and analyzing a few photos (below) i have come up with what i think is Macro Photography.

• Macro Photography-basically, this is the art of taking close-up photos.  For it to be considered macro photography the photo is in focus, zoomed up entirely getting extreme detail. (Source)
• Below the post, i have different examples of Macro Photography posted.

• Tools- To take such photos, a specific lens is, sometimes, necessary.
• I researched tools that photographers used, and i came across this site, Edberg Photo.  I learned that there are many different lenses, as well as other types of tools that you can use to get such detailed photos.
• A few tools that i will list are the- Macro lens, close-up filters, reversing lens, and stacking lenses.
• At the bottom of this site, the one posted, there is a great example of how each of the tools work.  It amazed me at the difference between them all and how well they actually work
• When asked what i would photograph, when doing a macro photography assignment, i immediately thought of a flower, fake or real.  
• 3 subjects i'd want to photograph:
• Flower
• My bass guitar
• A lock
• Each of these subjects would create unique photos, and if i were assigned this i would photograph each. (except  i wouldn't bring my bass to school!  If it was in-class i would photograph a textbook instead.)



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Robert Capa

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          Ernest Andrei Friedmann, or Robert Capa, was born in Budapest on October 22, 1913.  Little did he know, at the time, that he would be the most famous war photographer of the 20th century. 

         Like most photographers, he started his career with small projects, but always found himself in the middle of a war.  At the age of 18, Capa left his home and found work in Berlin.  

 From 1936-1939 Capa was in Spain photographing the tragedies of the Spanish Civil War.  After, he traveled to China to capture the Japanese Invasion.  

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       But, some of Capa's best work had come from World War II.  Capa had been in New York City at the start of WWII, because he had moved there to escape Nazi persecution.  But, after being fired from "Collier's Weekly", Capa began working for "Life" magazine, and traveled around the world taking pictures of the war.  June 6, 1944, D-Day, Capa swam ashore along with the second assault wave, armed with only two cameras and spare rolls of film.  That day he took over 100 photos, only to lose nearly all of them due to a developing mistake by a worker at "Life".  But out of the, now eight, photo's, the photo on the left is one of Capa's best work even though it is out of focus.  The picture is of a soldier swimming ashore during the D-day Invasion.  The photo below is a picture of the soldiers beginning their invasion.    After WWII, Capa took a break from photography, but shortly after his break he was in the field again.  He traveled to Southeast Asia photographing the Indochina War.  The French had been fighting there for the past 8 years, and Capa was assigned by "Life" to photograph it.  But, on May 25, 1954, Capa's photography career was suddenly ended.  While following two French regimes through dangerous areas, under fire, Capa left his jeep to photograph the advance.  A few minutes later, Capa was killed by a land-mine.  He was taken to a local hospital, but pronounced dead on arrival due to a serious chest wound, and his leg was blown to pieces.

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         Capa left behind a legacy.  There was even an award created in his honor, The Robert Capa Gold Medal.  This medal annually given to a photographer with the best published photo from abroad, requiring courageous actions to achieve the photo.  Capa was a great photographer, who always said, "If your picture isn't good enough, you're not close enough."  

(These are the sites where I got my information on Robert Capa)

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