Evaluation.

Throughout this assignment I have taken a variety of pictures; using digital cameras only. I have aimed to take photos that are relevant and good examples of the tasks we've been asked to do. For my final fantasy landscape I took pictures of anything that I found interesting. I choose to do a street instead of a big space of plain land as I found it more interesting, with more opportunities to take more pictures and manipulate those pictures into the street. I decided to put on some animals, some balloons and the statue from outside the college, I choose to put these in the street as they are out of place and in my opinion show a 'fantasy landscape'.
When I was first given this assignment I initially thought of doing something with a big open space however, I started to change my idea when I decided it would be better and more interesting for me and the picture if I choose I different background. However when I decided this I thought that I would have to reshoot to find different subjects which you wouldn't find in a street.
Throughout this assignment I have used my Canon EOS 500D camera, a tripod and a computer equipped with Photoshop.
Throughout this assignment I had various problems which I found difficult to solve. The main problem was making the pictures look natural. For example when I copied and pasted the objects into the street, they stood out so I had to blur the outside of the object that I had put into the new picture. Also one duck is brighter than the others, so it stands out compared to the others. This was because when I took the picture the duck had direct sunlight on it. If I was to do this again I would not put this duck into my picture.
I think that the artists which I have researched are relevant because John Goto does fantasy landscapes also, and Muybridge photographed things that were happening which I thought was relevant because its directly opposite to the assignment (things that happen and things that aren't / can't happen).
For my final image I used a variety of techniques that I have shown in 'Photoshop Workshop 5'. If I was to do this again I would not put in the picture of the duck that was in the sunlight and I would try to find a brighter street.

Artist Research - John Goto

John Goto was born in 1942. He is an English photographer and now works as a Professor of Fine Arts at the University Of Derby. His work is named, usually as a series, and is usually what the picture is about in general, not directly what the subject is. John Goto started producing work in the late Sixties when he studied Fine Art at St. Martins School Of Art, London; he has continued producing work since, with many on-going projects. His work varies, he has taken many pictures of many different subjects; so I have been looking at his landscapes where he has digitally manipulated the images by taking at least two photographs then cutting out one subject from one photo then copying and pasting the object onto the other picture. Then he probably used more techniques like blurring the outside of the object to make it appear more natural. His work is clear and usually bright. You can usually tell which subject he has photoshopped in and his work is in colour. I like his work as it is imaginative and fun and I will definatly try more fantasy landscapes in the future. I think his work is relevant to my research as we have been set a task to create a fantasy landscape. I think our work is very similar and have been created usuing similar methods; however, a lot of his work usually has the people as the subject thats been photoshopped in. In my work, the people were already in the initial shot.

Artist Research - Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge was born 9th April 1830 and died 8th May 1904. He was an English photographer best known for his work which captures motion. The photographs are a series of pictures which show something happening. His work is usually titled, usualy after what is happening. He started producing work about 1861 and continued until he died. His work shows movement and action and the subject is usually and animal or a person. The images haven't been digitally minpulated as when he produced his work the technology needed to manipulate pictures hadn't been invented. In his work the subject is always clear, in the centre of the picture and usually in the foreground. The number of pictures in a series changes but his work shows movement and action well when the photographs are shown in a sequence. His work reminds me of Zoetropes as his work could be viewed on one of them. I like his work and would definatly want to try taking a series of pictures to show motion and then attempt to make a zoetrope as I think they are clever and imaginative. I think his work relates to the motion pictures we were asked to take because his work was some of the first motion pictures to ever be taken. My work is similar to his work by the fact that something is happening.  However his work was produced on film and usually has a living subject.

Transforming an image.

To start you need to double click the background layer so it comes up with the name Layer 0.

 By clicking 'Edit' then clicking 'Transform' a variety of options will come up so you will be able manipulate the image.
















By clicking 'Scale' you will be able to choose the size of the image you want to manipulate.

By clicking 'Rotate' you will be able to decide what angle you want to view your image.

By clicking 'Screw' you will be able to pick a piont and it will strech or compress the image to wherever you drop the piont.

By clicking 'Distort' you will be able to change the view of the picture. You can bend the picture fowards and backwards and side to side.

By clicking 'Perspective' you will get a similar effect to 'Screw' however it only stretches the image.

Photoshop Workshop 5

Lassoing. Quick mask mode. Edit, Copy and Paste.

These were my starting images. I wanted to put the geese from the first picture into the second. 

 

Firstly you will need to zoom into the subject you want to cut out.

                                                                        

You will need to see the entire subject.

The Lasso Icon looks like this. 

Depending on the image, you could use the Lasso Tool, here you can draw freely. If you choose Polygonal Lasso Tool you will be able to draw in straight lines and finally, if you choose the Magnetic Lasso Tool this will stick to edges. I selected the Polygonal Lasso Tool  and drew a box around my subject.

 Now you can select the Quick Mask Mode.

  The background will go red apart from what you have selected.

Now select the rubber, now you can rub out what you don't want, the background will also turn red, however you are adding colour and rubbing the red you will need to switch the colours over in the colour palette.

                      

                                                                                      Once you have selected the subject you want you can zoom out, click 'Edit' then click 'Copy'.

Now go onto the image you want the subject to be placed and click 'Paste'.

You can now decide where to place the new subject.

If you do these techniques you will be able to produce something like this.

Photoshop Workshop 4

Vignetting.

This was my starting image which I decided I wanted to vignette. To vignette an image it gives an almost border effect. You can decide where you want to vignette.









To start make a new blank layer.

On this new layer click on the paint brush icon.

Then select any colour you want. 

 Now Select brush type.

 Now you can draw on the border. If you hold shift when you put on the border this will give you a straight clear line.

 Then click 'Filter' then click 'Blur' then select 'Gaussian Blur'.

Once selected this screen will come up.

Here you can decide how you want the vignetted image to look.

Photoshop Workshop 4

Adding Colour.

This was my starting image.

To add colour to a photo make a duplicate layer of your image.

Then select the paint brush tool.

Now you can choose the clour you want. Once selected you can run the paint brush over where you want making the picture turn the colour you want.

Once you have coloured everything in accordingly, click 'Overlay' in the layers box.

By doing this it will give this effect.