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Photoshop Class Practice: Portfolio

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Today we will to looked at Photoshop and how to create a page in our portfolio depending on progressive way. I began by opening Photoshop and creating canvas to work on. I created one canvas. My one in Portrait in A3 format. I created with gray background. I did this clicking in file and background. After I've moved to the next step. My next job was to pick an image and then i have to add to my canvas. I do that from my private photos my own pictures. I added a picture of a lonely little girl. I add that picture from my Google Drive after i download that. I then clicked on show transform controls to change a size and move my picture on right position. The next thing what I did ,was Title. I just clicked on my tool and them clicked into my canvas and then changed a font for "Lucida Calligraphy" 48 size. My title of project is : "Angels arround us. Photography."   Then went to freelogodesign.com and created logo with my brand name "Versatile Art Photography...

Creating a Website: Portfolio / Gallery Page

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Today I will created Portfolio page. I could add project as I go through the year. year so I have to focus what I choose. My first step was click "Pages and menu". That I was change a font for "Bondi Foster" 70 pts.  I then changed image and editing for small square to fit onto my page.  I then added my new image to the page and added a 'button' I did this by going to the plus sign in the menu on the left hand side and then going to 'Button' and then dragging and dropping into my page   I then went to menu and addend a new page which will be my project page for this them I renamed it "Helpless Guardian" and the dragged it into the Portfolio.  I then previewed to check that the link and that the navigation is good ready for upload of my project.  After I was change This same button In "Helpless Guardian" And next I was press preview I check if everything working in my page. Everything working properly.  I then I have to add my gal...

Ideal Customer: Helpless Guardian

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In this post, I am showing my ideal customer for my project "Helpless Guardian". My gallery will be difficult to mach a particular clients, that why I wanted to create someone who is a mother and know relationship with the child. Who is my ambitioned at others and follow to the purposes. However I creating a Annie character which one understand needs and purposes and she have own planes on the future. Ideal Customer/Annie Croft

Further research: Annie Leibovitz

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 Annie Leibovitz is an American photographer. She is best know of her portraits or political figures , athletes , musical. A photogram that can amazingly capture and reflect the feelings of the photographed person. She is excellent at using light and giving it direction in her photos. That's why I became interested in her work in connection with my project "Helpless Guardian". Leibovitz she start working in 1970 as Rolling Stone magazine as photographer. Her photos are known all over the world and the themes and colors are very wide, from portraits to photos of fantasy. She started taking photos with a Minolta SRT-101 camera, then switched to the more innovative Nikon F with first 35mm SLR system.  Annie reportedly shot most of her work with the RZ67 till her transition into digital by the early 2000s . (Soriano 2022).  Leibovitz  tries to use natural light as much as she can. It uses ambient light and additionally adds another smaller light to the object, usually...

Homework : Photo exercise

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This time I was so lucky. I wake up early morning and I so a fog. So i didn't want wait , I was take my model strait away from bad and we go to the field not so far from home. She was cry because was little bit could an she still have a second dream.. . Also ground was to moisture for her... but I think photos result is really satisfying. I was had hurry up to changes all settings and perspective , I was do that in colour and black/white colour. I just chose couples pictures below and I was take a settings screen shoots .            

Research Website: Elliot Erwitt and Zak Van Biljon.

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This website research will assist me in understanding how to create my own website so I will consider the overall design, colours, and typography, navigation, usability/user-friendliness, links and mobile view.I will begin the Elliot Erwitt Website . I will begin homepage design. The homepage looks interesting but keep old fashion. Everything is kept in black and white colors, but clearly. This is the website of a well-known photographer as you can see from the opening photo. Very clear menu on the right. The photos on the main page are changing every now and then to show newer exhibitions and works of art. I then went onto navigation and that is this same slide page. It continues to show an exhibition of the artist's works, where you can admire his works. Clicking on the gallery we see 4 photos showing 4 different types of photographs "Snaps", "Dogs", "Colour" and "Public Figures" . The icons of the images are black and white, but the icon...

Photography exercise: Outdoor 199 shots

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Today i was lucky and my tutor let me go doing a shoots outdoor in Leicester campus area. I was using a Canon E0S 700D. I was really enjoyed that experience because first time in my live i was use that camera. I take 199 shots in 1h20min., some was interesting and some one not really. I operative settings in camera Aperture, ISO and exposure compensation also I was try to find perfect composition. Below I just add a 7 contact sheet. I like that picture , I try using a different setting also ISO and aperture as well. Finally on the 10 shots fev was acceptable. I like shadows and light of course composition as well.       That picture I was take below the bridge , I was curious connections red bridge edge with dark shadow area from right side also I think I was catch "bokeh" as well mean behind front object background is blurry. I like that photo for contrast as well and water how colour flowing from dark to bright. Definitely colour in that picture is incredible, exactly ...