Edited photos vs unedited

The following are all photos that i have been out and taken myself, all of the photos i have then brought into photoshop and edited in someway or another. if thats just editing the general feel of the photo and giving it a slight tint or maybe changing the photo make it  more visually appealing:

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As you can clearly see with this first image i took it and looked at the different colours that are in the graffiti, i then took them and enhanced the different colours to make them more vibrant and stand out stronger.


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 This photo I didn't feel like needed edited all to much, so i just made the picture look warmer and have a feeling which creates a nicer feel while looking at the image.

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In this photo as you can see I edited the big balls as you can see making them different colours which I did by just putting a layer of colour over them and then lowering the opacity which made them look like the actual colour.

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This photo I took and edited slightly, like the last one i took and made it look warmer and increased the clarity of it to give it a more definite feel to it. I also edited it by increasing the vibrancy of the colours to  define parts of it even more.

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 On this photo i was not sure what to do with it and felt that nothing was really needed to improve it, so in the end i decided that not editing the photo would be better.

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This photo my friend decided to stick his fingers up behind his back which ruined the photo, i then edited this to get rid of the fingers and also changed the contrast, brightness and the vibrance of the photos.

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I felt that this photo didn't need editing at all, so I left it how I took the picture in the first place.

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This photo i felt needed brighting up a bit so I changed the brightness, exposure, contrast, vibrance and temperature of the photo

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This photo I edited so that the only colours that show through are green and aqua, this was done by lowering the saturation on all of the different colours except the ones i wished to keep.

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This photo is also the same thing that i did with the pervious one, lowering the saturation on all the colours except red, I found that it became too vibrant along the parts so only selected the traffic to be red also.

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This photo didn't need much editing, other than the woman walking on the path i increased the temperature, contrast, exposure and brightness.

Editing photos

This is the process i went though to edit the colours and shadows of the photos and also to edit out the fingers of my friends to make it look like his hands are behind his back. The I took it into the initial screen because its easier to edit all the colours, I took the photo in Raw which means that its easier to edit.

Contingency plan

Storage of photos

Here is where I have kept all of my photos that i took, i felt that my desktop would be a good place to keep them due to the easy access to look at them, but also to find when i'm importing them into Adobe Bridge which is the method i used to sort the good photos that I would be using, from the worse photos that I am not using.

Risk Assessment

Model release forms

While I was out taking photos I avoided taking any pictures of anyone and so did not need to get a model release form filled in.

Getting permission

I did not need any permission for any of my pictures so I took the pictures without asking anyone

Location recces

Lighting

Equipment list

Production Plan

Moodboard

Project Time Work

I found that photoshop helped a huge amount, The last picture was taken in poor lighting and so the people in the picture were very dark and not visible properly with photoshop i was able to add more light too them giving them a good brightness and allowing you too see them. I think the best photo there is the second to last one, this is because the person is not aware I was taking the photo which gave me a good natural look, the depth of field created by the unfocused background gives your a sense of 3d.

Lo1 Bulb photography

      Bulb photography is a shutter speed setting on an adjustable camera that allows for long exposure times under the direct control of the photographer. With this setting, the shutter simply stays open as long as the shutter release button remains depressed.

Lo1 Wide Angle Photography

This image has been taken with a wide angle lens which captures the whole of the building from left to right. Using the wide angle shot makes the building seem important and large by taking up the whole shot. The sky in the background is mysterious making the building stand out looking like it could stand there for decades. By using a wide lens on the camera it allows you to shoot the wider landscape allowing the audience to see more into the photo.

Lo1 Chris Saunders Photography

Chris Saunders has been a photographer for over 10 years, during which, he has photographed many well known authors, actors, film directors, musicians, comedians and had the resulting work published in numerous publications worldwide. Clients include The Guardian, The Observer, Sony, EMI, Universal Records, Random House Publishing, & Harper Collins Publishing.

Chris mainly does portrait and  music photography going to live music events and he also did the Richard Hawley exhibition.  

 This photo is a low angle portrait, to capture the shot of Dizzee Rascal looking downwards on you which connotes his importance.

 This photo shows that the subject of this image is a magician, he is in the centre of the screen with a light on him, but there is also a woman in the background set on the rule of thirds, which hints at her importance to the magician.

 This shot uses black and white tones which connotes the simpleness of the photo, the woman at the front of the photo shows that she is the main focus of the photo as she is at the front of the line meaning we can see her full body.

 This portrait shot is very characteristic with the man looking down at his guitar and the blurred background. It also shows the audience that this man loves music because he looks like he is looking down at it similar to a father looking down at his baby. The blurred lights in the background bring all the focus onto the person and his guitar.

Lo1 Mark Harvey Photography

Mark Harvey is a Sheffield Photographer who started doing photography when he was in the Navy, he then moved on to do industrial photography  and culprit photography before working with young offenders and prisoners. 

I really like this wide shot as it shows the length of the bridge and how alone the two people are in such a huge space. The way the clouds are formed in the background connotes a calm, relaxed day with the photo also having minimal objects to focus on.

This shot is showing a man looking into his camera lens suggesting he is a photographer or at least interested in taking photos. The clouds give the shot a mysterious sort of effect as they are dark and cover the whole sky. This is a low angle shot with the camera being the largest object showing it's importance in the photo. 

I really like this shot although its very simple. We can gather the wellies belong to a young group of boys and girls and we suggest they are just about to go on an outdoor trip. The wellies are in focus showing they are the most important objects in the photo.