Monday, March 21, 2011

Week Four

This week was an introduction to Photoshop and Cameras.

Camera notes:
- Nikon D 90 middle range DSLR
-other newer cameras have better water proofing megapixels and more buttons
- zoom lenses, more glass, not as good as a prime lens
- zoom lens eg 18-200mm huge range, yet Prime lenses produce a better image
- zoom lenses can go 2-3 stops bellow lens length before shaking
-constant and single focus, constant always focus eg sports children moving things
- CHECK, Iso, white balance,quality, and metering
- auto white balance is good, unless different lighting - raw change white balance
-metering - Spot metering 5% of image used for checking exposure of small areas
- centre metering -  portraits used when colours or light in the background is distracting
- full/matrix metering - picks best exposure
-firmware - software inside the computer
- Websites to see - digital discoun photography, photographic wholesalers
- SRGB = Screen colours
- Adobe RGB :) people can adjust for you - who are trained ect
- CMYK files are crap! and will print crap.

Photoshop- things I learnt that I didnt already know
- Ruler tool - adjust horizons, helps with layouts
-colour value numbers
-can use RGB as black and white better tones
-adjust levels to widen tones - black & white
-unsharp mask (darkroom) 2 layes one blur on sharp
- smart sharp - eg sky doesnt need to sharpen
- use blur to soften skin

Assignment 1

Image 1- Save as 500pxl jpeg for web 50kb
Image 2 - Tiff, full res Adobe RGB



Image 1 above.
(Image 2 is the same - to big to upload)


** will start looking at artists who use narritive ect for Assignment 1 and 2

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