Photo Matrix

1. Emphasis, Texture, Crop.

Picture of a flower on school campus, cropped to size.

2. Variety, Space, Layer mask

Picture I took on vacation, added a stock photo of a boat via layer mask.

3. Pattern, Color, Layer mask

Layer masked some bugs into a picture of flowers in the school campus.

4. Unity, Texture, Crop

Some wet leaves, cropped.

Questions:

1. What is your favorite composition and why?

A: Gotta be the flower. Great lighting and texture.

2. What is your least favorite composition and why?

A: The wet leaves. The emphasis and texture are great but the out of focus elements look super harsh and distracting.

3. What is one thing you wish you did better?

A: I wish I'd known how to adjust exposure, contrast etc. for individual layers. Some of these would've come out better then.

4. What is one thing you wish you knew how to do, but don't yet, that could've helped your composition?

A: I wish I knew how to use filters for only part of an image (Like blur or black and white).

Comments

Shorebreak

What did Clark do before photography? A: He was working at a botanical garden. He loved surfing at the shore break, and got interested in photography. What do you like about his work? A: His patience and hard work towards his shots is extraordinary. His pictures seem to capture the moment perfectly, and his subjects are always in interesting positions. What do you not like about his work? A: I feel like it's extremely risky because of the weight of the water and the kinds of positions he gets in are dangerous. Handling relatively high-power electronic equipment like flashes under water can b extremely risky. What brand of camera does he use and how does he take it into the water? A: He uses Nikon cameras. He takes them in the water by putting them in a special waterproof case. Is this a career that you would consider, why/why not? A: I would love to try such an activity, but I don't think I could make it a career. I have a strong passion for ph...

Still Life - Advertisement

1. What do you like about your image? - I like how cleanly I managed to select the shoe from the background. I also like the use of black and white, although the product doesn't actually look like that. 2. What would you have done differently to change the outcome of the image? - I would have loved to use a tripod. I was shooting in pitch-darkness, save for a desk lamp, so there was a limit to how far I could bend while hand-holding the shot. A tripod would have allowed for a lower ISO, too. I would have also liked to experiment with more extreme light angles for even more of a contrasty, low-key image. 3. What photoshop techniques did you use? - I used Select and Mask to feather my selection, camera raw filter to get the contrast right (and also to convert from the RAW file), the B/W adjustment layer, and Bevel & Emboss for the Nike logo. Here's the same picture without the B/W adjustment layer, just in case I get called out for false advertising :) ...

Landscape Photography - Ansel Adams

Mount Williamson from Manzanar - Ansel Adams What I like about this image: Technically, this shot is excellent. It utilizes the rule of thirds by having the mountains and the sky cover the top third of the frame. It shows an incredible range of values. Everything in the shot, from the rocks in the foreground to the clouds in the back, is pin sharp. I love the way the rocks lead my eyes towards the mountains in the background. The visible light rays in the background make the mountains seem even more majestic.

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