Infrared Photography Pictures

Self-Portrait Project

Self-Portrait Project.

This is my self-portrait project.

The 1^st picture in this project is is of me. But since I don’t like my picture being taken, I didn’t want to include my face in it. However I didn’t want the picture to be boring. I love boots so thats what i thought i would take the picture of.  To edit this photo I simply raised the brightness and contrast a little. I then edited the shadows and highlights.

The 2^nd picture in my project is another picture of me. This wasn’t one I intended on using. It was simple taken for fun. But then I realized I really liked the picture and that it actually did represent me. I LOVE Barbour Jackets, and if you know me, then you know that I love them. So tis picture fitted in well with my project.  I edited this photo by increasing the brightness and contrast. I then edited the hue and saturation. I then used the Gradient Tool again to select what I wanted in focus. Then blurred out the rest.

The 3^rd picture in my project is also me. This one was for fun too, but also represented that I don’t really like having my picture taken. I didn’t do much to edit this picture. I just raised the brightness and contrast. I then raised the saturation and lowered the darkness a tiny bit.

The 4^th picture in my project is a picture of my shoes and cheetah print leggings. This represents me because I am obsessed with cheetah print. I some how made this picture look like a drawing.  Firstly I clicked on desaturation, and then I went into shadows and highlights, in there I raised the amount of shadow right up as well as the tonal width. I then changed the amount of highlights to 21%a and tonal width to 100%. Then I went to the adjustments and changed the colour correction to +52 and the midtone contrast to +62.

The 5^th picture in this project is a picture of my watch. I never go anywhere without this watch so that’s why it represents me. It was also the last thing I brought at home in England before I left, so it’s special to me. Firstly to edit this picture I raised the brightness and contrast. I then used the Brush Tool to change the colour of my hand to make it not so pale. 

Erik Johansson Pictures

First of all, i like this photo because i think its amusing. The fact that she's chucking milk out of her mouth, all over the man is funny. It gives interest to breakfast time. I also like this picture because i think it would of been hard to create. For example, the milk. I think that aspect of the picture would of been hard to create, like the milk floating in the air, i think that would of been hard to create and probably took a lot of patients and a lot of effort. I would like to know how he done that.

I like this picture because its very unusual and strange. The fact he has taken the vase that would brake and the arms that wouldn't and switched them around is very unique.  It makes the picture interesting. When i first saw this picture it really stood out to me because it is unique. Once again i think a lot of effort would of gone into this picture.

I like this picture because to understand it you have to look twice. When you quickly look at it, it actually does look like that is the sea. But when you look closely, you see that it isn't the sea, its in fact paint. I like the colour of this picture a lot. How the rest of the picture apart from the sea doesn't have its colour. However the 'sea' still has its colour. Thats why i think it looks very real when you first take a quick look at it.

Erik Johansson.

Erik Johansson is a full time photographer and re-toucher from Sweden. Erik is based in berlin, Germany. He works on personal and commissioned projects. He sometimes creates street illusions. He says that he doesn’t capture the moment he captures ideas. Erik states that things around him in his day-to-day life inspire him.  Every new project is a challenge to Erik. He says his goal is to realize them as possible. 

Retouch a Bland Model Portrait in Photoshop

Tilt-Shift Pictures

These are my tilt shift pictures. To take these pictures we went in and around the school. We took them at high angles to get a better affect. We then took the pictures and edited them on photoshop, these are the steps i took:

1. First i opened the image in photoshop. Then i pressed the Q key to get quick mask mode.
2. Then i chose the reflected gradient tool. I then drew a vertical line on what part of the picture i wanted to be in focus. 
3. After i drew the vertical line, i pressed Q to exit quick mask mode, taking me back to standard mode. Should then get two parallel dotted lines. 
4. Then click Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Then when it was how i wanted i clicked OK. 
5. Then press control D to remove the dotted parallel lines. 
6. I then changed the saturation.  Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation. 
7. Then i boosted the contrast and brightness. Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast. 
8. Then save your image.