Project 6 : Multiple Image Techniques

Panorama #1

I took this image at the top of a parking garage in downtown Portland. For this image I took 5 different images and pieced them together in Photoshop. When taking these photos I kept my camera as close to my body as possible so I had better stability and so I could reduce camera shake. When stitching them together I tried to line them up as much as possible to make the Panorama appear even and balanced. After stitching them together I exported the photo and finished editing it in Lightroom I didn't feel as though I needed to edit it too much. All I did for this image was use the split tone effect and increased the saturation in the pinks and blues thus highlighting Katie and the building in the far left.

Panorama #2

This panorama was also taken up on the top of a parking garage. When we were up there the thing I was most drawn to was this building because I really liked the symmetry within it. I wanted to be able to capture this within my panorama so I took 5 separate images; again keeping my camera as close to me as possible so that I would get a pretty stable looking image. After stitching the images together I took the panorama into Lightroom and used the split tone effect yet again. This time I chose to use a pale yellow and a cobalt blue to contrast with one another. I took down the saturation in the yellows because I wanted to have a cool color effect. I increased the saturation in the blues because I love the way the blue looks in this setting.

HDR (High Dynamic Range) #1

For this image I used my knee as a tripod and took 5 different images. Two of my images were a dark image and one slightly darker, one normal, and two of a bright image and one slightly brighter. I layered these images in Photoshop and messed around with the opacity levels to get the exact effect I wanted. I then flattened the image, exported it, and took it into Lightroom. When in Lightroom I decided to take down the clarity around the bench in order to focus my viewers attention to the bench and the bench only. I increased the clarity in the bench only and increased the shadows in the bench as well. I messed around with the saturation of colors to get this to look the way I wanted it to mainly increasing the greens and slightly increasing the other colors.

HDR (High Dynamic Range) #2

Multiple Exposure #1

Multiple Exposure #2

For this multiple exposure image I chose to use two photos that I took at two separate times. One was taken at Cannon Beach at sunset, and the other was taken downtown Portland of Katie during our walking field trip. I took both images into Photoshop and created two layers. I experimented with the opacities of the images in order to get the right combo. I messed around with the colors in photoshop to make the blue not so over-powering within the image. I like the way the sunset reflects a gradient effect in Katie's face. After layering the images in Photoshop I then went into Lightroom and used the brush tool for various things. As a result of increasing the brightness and slightly decreasing the contrast it made the image appear grainy. To fix this I used brush tool and decreased the clarity to get rid of most of the pixilation in the sand. I also used the brush tool on her eyes; I slightly increased the exposure in the whites of her eyes and increased the clarity of her pupils and her eyelashes. After this I increased the clarity of the overall image. I like the feeling of empowerment this image gives off as Katie appears to be looking over the horizon.