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Tom Manley (Digital Shoot)

For more than ten years, Tom Manley has worked in architectural firms before becoming a photographer, focusing on architecture and the built environment. Manley lives and shoots most of his photographs in Glasgow. In 2008, Manley entered the Glasgow Institute of Architects photography competition. He won the social landscape and the documentary photography category. Below is the one photograph of Manley's which inspires me the most. source: http://tommanleyphotography.com/urban-landscapes/ This photograph of Manley's inspires me the most because many people look at urban derelictions and think that they are eye sores but to me they are fascinating, wondering what was there and what it was like. This photograph relates to chaos because there are weeds and rubbish all over the place which makes it chaotic and why I really like it which is why I have decided to shoot digital with inspiration from Tom Manley.
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Editing in RAW

When shooting in RAW, which contains data which is minimally processed either from an image sensor of a digital camera. This format is unready for printing because they are not processed. In order to process the image, I double clicked on the RAW, unprocessed image in the location that the image was in. This then opened up camera RAW which allowed me to make manipulations, improvements and changes to many different things.  Once I had finished making the changes that I wanted to the image, I had to save it. When i saved the image I changed the format to TIFF so that I could print the image and I saved it again but this time as a JPEG so that I could put it onto my blog. Below is the edited versions of my photographs. 

Kaleidoscope

In order to do the kaleidoscope effect in photoshop, I needed to use a JPEG file because a RAW file is too large and it would take a longtime to process and carry out the actions that I want to perform on the file. Once the JPEG file is opened in photoshop, I cropped the image, getting rid of anything that I did not want to have in the final image. Then I double clicked on the background layer in the layers palette. I then expanded the size of the canvas so that I could fit the kaleidoscope within the canvas. I achieved this by clicking on 'Image' and then 'Canvas Size'. I then made the anchor so that it was top left of the canvas and I changed the units to percent and then I also set the width and height to 200%. I then needed to copy and flip the top left layer so that it covers the remains empty areas of the canvas. I did this by selecting the top layer and then pressing 'cmd' and 'ctrl'-'J'. this copies the top

Blur's In Photoshop

MOTION BLUR I firstly dragged the background layer down to the create new layer option in the layer palette. I then double clicked on the background layer and then turned it into a layer. I then went to 'Filter', 'Blur' and then 'Motion Blur'. This then bought up a tab which allowed me to change the amount of motion blur I was putting on the photo. It also allowed me to change the angle of the motion blur. Once that was done, I dragged the background copy layer to apply the mask option. I then used the rubber tool to rub out the car in which i wanted the motion blur to show through the mask. I then flattened the image so that the layers came together. Below is my original image and my final motion blur image. LENS BLUR Firstly, I dragged the background layer to the create new layer option. I then double clicked on the bottom layer named background which enabled me to turn this background layer into a no

Critical Analysis Of A Fellow Students Work

1.Firstly use 5 words to describe that work Landscape Monochromatic Tonal Faded Contrasting 2. Now comment on the images form This means looking at the formal elements of an artwork. What is the medium of the work? The medium of the work is digital pigment print. What kind of shapes or forms can you find? In the photograph, I see curvy, rounded, naturally formed shapes in the photograph Which techniques have they used? They have used Photoshop to digitally manipulate the photograph. What kinds of textures can you see? I can see rough and rigid textures in the photograph, However, I can also see smooth textures. 3. Finally, consider the mood and meaning of the work Mood means looking at how the artist has created a certain atmosphere or feeling. How does the work make you feel? The photograph makes me feel skeptical and overwhelmed. Why do you think you feel like this? I think I feel skeptical about the photograph because it's the not knowing how far the image real

Multiplicity In Photoshop

Multiplicity in photography is the process of taking multiple photographs of humans, objects or animals in different areas of the frame, and then combining these photographs in photoshop. Below are some good examples of multiplicity photographs. http://easthsdigitalphoto.weebly.com/what-are-we-doing-today.html http://www.positive-magazine.com/world-of-one/ https://www.ormsdirect.co.za/blog/2015/05/11/creating-action-sequences-in-photoshop/ I created my own multiplicity photograph by experimenting on photoshop, through masking in the layers palette. Firstly, I set up my camera making sure it was secure on top of a sturdy tripod so that there was no unnecessary camera movement. I then got the main subject to do a specific action in different locations in the frame for every different photograph that I took. I tried to link all the shots that I took of the subject by making them perfo

Hyper-Lapse

I created my hyper-lapse by placing my camera carefully on top of a tripod. I then positioned the tripod which had my camera on the edge of a pavement so that my main subject was positioned centrally in the frame. Next, I took a shot of the subject standing still on the curb of the pavement and every time I took a shot, I tracked backward whilst the subject moved forwards. I created the final video (hyper-lapse) by putting all the photos that I took into one folder. I then opened Photoshop. Once Photoshop was opened, I went to into the "File" menu and then clicked on "Open".   Once I had done that, I Navigated to the folder where all the photos were. I selected the first photo that I took.  Once the Photo has opened in photoshop, I went to the "Dialogue Box" and then clicked on "Image Sequence" By clicking "Open", it will import the photos into a time-lapse video fi