Photostory

Tool List per image:

1) crop
    dodge
    tool burn

2) clone stamp
     staind glass filter

3)   clone stamp
      cut and past from another picture

4) text

5) text

6) quick selection tool
    color replacment tool

7)  lowing edges filter

8) liquify tool

9) quick selection tool
    copy and paste

10) text
lens flare filter

Portrait

Pain and Text

Before:

 After: i made the photo black and white and painted red over her eyes. I thought about subtitling 'You will love me'

Before:

 After: I cropped down the photo and added some text that says 'Dumb dogs meet smelly cows...INSTANT FRIENDSHIP!

Clone Tool

 Before

 After: I used the clone tool to cover up a couple knots in the doors to the barn and used it to hide our cat.

'How to' storyboard preview

Filters

Dodge and Burn

 Before

After

Color and light adjustments

 The first photo i took the one of my daughter's head above the pile of hay, selected an area around her head and heightened the brightness and contrast to pull out a more clearer image of her and ended up double framing her in the process.

This was originally a black an white image i attempted to use for color scheme photo's. Used my quick select tool and clicked on what was originally white, then selected the inverse. I opened my channel mixer and played with the red, green, blue, and contrast levels to get a photo that would have been usable for the color scheme assignment.

Altering

This first one is pretty simple in planning but was a bit touchy in execution. I cropped down and quick selected the light bulb picture and add it to a picture of one of my dogs on our carpet.

This next one i took a picture of our lab, cropped it down, then used the liquify tool on her eyes, eyebrow, nose, and ears.

Landscape

I was getting my daughter out of the car when we got home from her swimming lessons when i looked up and the image punched me in the face and all i thought while looking at it was 'yes.'

My wife didn't think this would be a good shot because of the road; but the link asked us what is "natural"? With man's indutrialization this is natural. This is a natural landscape at least, it wasn't dark out when i took this shot i was playing with the apature and shutter speeds at the time.

The top two were in succession. My wife pulled the car over on our way home from shopping and said there's a shot for ya (refering to the top picture). After taking a couple of the shots of the top one i turned and decided on the cliff side.

The subject of the pictures (landscapes) in theory in easy, just take a picture of non moving scenery. The problem with a landscape picture is the photographer (What angle? Is this good lighting?, Is this really a good picture? ect.) For landscapes, you are your own worst enemy.

Framing

Leaf framing of one of my dogs.

i used the glare to frame my daughters head.

Framing my car with my screen door.

Framing another of our dogs with the apartment and support beams.

Leaf and twig framing of some farm equipment.

Rule of thirds:

"Aesthetics happen." - Porter Arneil

http://blog.artsusa.org/author/porter-arneill/

In a way he has a point, you can try all day to make something look good but someone else can come along and not see the same thing the creator did. You know, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

Three pictures in three lights

I was laying on the floor and saw one of my overhead lights and thought 'lighting pictures of light, YES!'

The first one is the overhead light being the only light on with no flash.

The second one is the bulb off with just the flash as a light source.

The third shot is the light off, no flash and a backdrop of filtered sunlight.

Color Schemes

Monochrome: A log my daughter and wife are going to EVENTUALLY turn into a bird house.

Analogous: This is a cut out section of a rainbow my daughter painted a few weeks ago.

Complementary: Green window frame with red curtain.

I got as close as i could to things around my house that would still give me as clear and a detailed a picture as possible. From wall to wall and everything in-between (including the floor) was up for use. As you may be able to tell by the quality this time around i was finally able to find my actual digital camera instead of having to use my camcorder.

Compare and contrast

These two despite the actual quality of them i feel are the best to compare. While both are in a relaxed position the top shows how a loyal is always keeping an eye out and ready to protect, from what? That's up to them.

One object, many views

All of these pictures are not the quality that i like because i am currently on the hunt for my actual camera, i took these with my camcorder.