Double Exposed Portraits

Portrait photography is really just a photo of someones face. But more in depth it is a photo of someones face that captures their personality, mood, and expression. Portrait photography can relate to profile view because the focal point in each photo is the persons face. Also a persons feelings can be captured through a profile. It can relate to silhouetting because they both can be shot on only one side of the face.

Double exposures are created in photoshop by first loading all of the photos into a stack. You do this by going to File>Scripts>Load files into stack. When the tab pops up go to browse, then find your photos and press OK. Then use the dodge tool to separate your self from the background. Next, resize the image to 8.5 x 11". After that, its time to get creative. Fist double click each layer and change it to screen mode. Last go to image>new adjustment layer, then explore the different effects until its ends up how you want it.

The two symbols I chose were a wave and a chicken. I chose the wave because I like to go to the beach with my gopro and take photos of waves. I decided to put the chicken because raising chickens is something I enjoy doing. I also chose these photos because I liked how the wave was in my head and the chicken was in my neck. I think they worked really well. Something I could improve is the line right above my ear because of the eraser tool. Another think I could improve on is the cut out with the dodge tool especially by my hair

HDR Photography

HDR Photography or "High Dynamic Range" it is the process of taking multiple images at different exposure levels and blending them together to make the photo look like something your eye would see. You can use HDR to highlight the best parts of an image. In HDR you want to include aYou can also use it to make boring photos less boring and make them pop. I like HDR because it really helps regular old photos more creative and detailed. What I don't like about HDR is that it takes a while to take all the photos then edit them in photoshop

There is 6 easy steps to make HDR photo. Step 1: Change the exposure to the darkest setting then take a photo, then take 6 other photos at brighter exposers. Step 2: Import photos & organize them. Step 3: Open photos in go adobe photoshop. Step 4: File>Automate > Merge to HDR Pro.Step 5: Make the photo More creative using the tools to your right. Step 6: REPEAT! Its as easy as that to get amazing HDR photos. The difference between automatic HDR is that only 3 photos are taken, also the camera does all the work.

In the Landscape photo I was trying to get the fence, pasture, and mountains all in one shot. Also I was attempting to make the horizon line straight  but at the angle I was taking the photo there was no way I would be able to get it perfectly straight. Also I was attempting to get rule of third and it didn't really work out as I would have liked it to. In the Experiment I really wanted my subject (my dad) to hold still  and he did a really good job at that so thats a thumbs up. I also wanted to get him within rule of thirds but it still was a little off. And last but not least I wanted my photo to have good lighting so I faced my back to the sun and made him face the sun, and I think that plan worked out pretty good.