advanced digital photography panoramic experiment 1

panoramic experiment 1

black and white montage market square Nottingham

 This is my first attempt a creating a panaramic. i did this by taking images at the same level and of the same scene but then moving the camera along in a straight line so that each time there is about 30 % of the image person in the frame to overlap so that when i then put these together in Photoshop they then connected together with no white line or gaps.  This i think turned out quite well for my first try and most of the images linked well together . i feel that i managed  to leave enough space to over lap the images so they connected well .but when moving the camera to the side i have change the levels slightly so it has made the image on a slight slope and also made it difficult to connect the images evenly.  when  try this again i will work on keep the levels the same to create a straight even image. but over all im really pleased with my first .  i have decided to have this in black and white because i love the shapes and tones that black and white images create and i will be be sing a lot of this over this project as it is my preferred style.

 the single black and white images below show the original images that i took and then checked to black and white in camera raw before importing into Photoshop and put together a as a panoramic image.

editing process

• open a3 photoshop file landscape  
• resize to long panoramic by x height by 6 
• open another a3 blank document turn landscape use this to re size the images.

•  insert image into resizing document  
• edit / transform to scale  
• drag to resized a3 panoramic file place 

1. repeat this 
2. then drag him so that it is in line with the first 
3. repeat this until all images are in line  
4. crop any white left on image 
5. merge all layers 
6. edit level to give the tones in the image the look you want.  

then save image  that is the process that i used to get my final image. 



advanced digital photography video ( irene)

video using dslr cameras these unlike other video cameras these give a much higher spec because of the larger sensor . This is done by using the video camera setting on the dial at the top of most dslr cameras. when using this it is best to use a tripod so that the level of the shot stays even and also so there is no camera shake giving a clear piece.

when editing this there are a variety of different editing software's but I will be using adobe premiere this is because I have used this before and I feel that this ill give the  best over all look to the video with its high spec and professional out take. I also think that this offers the best range of editing tools that on a basic level are easiest to learn to then progress to a higher level of editing.     

 

 these to videos show the beginners guide and basic editing teqniques in premiere pro these I think are the  most helpful videos that I have found and will help me to practice this when begging to edit film.

this is one the things that I find the hardest but I will use tutorials like this to learn the teqniques over the project to produce a well composed and edited film.

I will be adding to this post as I look at more tutorials and begin to practice this.

advanced digital photography image manipulation (irene)

This is an editing teqnique that can be achieved using many different applications (software) for example phone apps for amuterus to photoshop and light room for professionals.
orginally this was done for printed images by using ink , paint and double exposure this was all done on the negatives or prints before the age of digital . I think that this is an amazing way of editing and it would be great to learn the process. but this did make the ideas and final out come of images more limited on like with today digital age and consent expanding software that now give you almost endless range if editing .
when looking at the earlier images though I found a world war 1 battle image that has used the teqnique of double exposure I think that this is a great image and it has made me what to experiment with printing as well as digital to compare the differences in the final out comes .
This has now lead  to todays digital of manipulating images in Photoshop and other digital software. these images show an idea some times simple but other times out of this world and surreal that is based around the photographs idea that cannot be create in everyday life (e,g the real world). this I think is one of the teqniques that gives you the space to use your imagination to its fullest. 

this YouTube video shows a simple step by step

 guide to image manipulation . this isn't one of my favourites out of all the teqniques but this video does show an easy  beginners method.
I will use this to experiment with in my own work. 










these are all examples of images using the manipulation teqnique I have picked this because I really like the surreal feeling that they give with a feeling of something that would be used in a game with the first two image. where as the other look like they have more of an artist twist to them with more of a real life mixed fantasy feel.
I would like to experiment with images like these with my own work which I will put in a later post.

  

 

advanced digital photography multiple exposure (irene)

In camera : one way of creating images  is by using multiple exposure in camera .  This is done by using a built.in camera setting that allows you to take ro images and it then process them so they are lated over each other which then create one new image . I think that even though this is a quick way of producing these images that if you want to create a good quality high spec image then using out of camera software will give you a better overall image.

out of camera : This can be done either with a printing process or digitally . 
starting first with multiple exposure in prin ting . this is done by using negatives and over laying the negatives on an enlarger before printing onto photo paper in the darkroom . I think this teqnique is good but it has a lot more limited out come , where as in digital software and options and effects are endless .

out of camera digital double exposure : this teqnique is done using computer software for example photoshop which I  will be using to practice this teqnique . photoshop is my software if choice because I feel that the high spec of the software and range of tools for cresting this exceeds all others and will give a well produced professional image. 

 

this is a Photoshop tutorial that I found on YouTube showing a basic way in which to create the multiple exposure teqnique. this video I think is really help full and shows the teqnique in a clear way which is easy to under stand . along with looking for other more complex tutorials I will use this to experiment with this teqnique.

 these images are all example of digital double exposure I have found whilst researching that I have the black and white images more eye catching and I plan to use black and white in my work whilst following this teqnique . this is because I love the way the bright white back ground lights the whole images and sets of the line and shapes of the dark tones that create the mages.  I especially like the images that show tons , building and roads on people . this is because I love the match of a mixing the living organism of a human with the scape that we have built . this gives a feeling of the idea of today society that originally came from the mind of the human race almost sinking back into our minds.

 

advanced digital photography image composting (irene)

advanced photographic photography moving pictures (irene)

These are still photographs with small elements of movement in them. this is done by using video as the back ground with images over / around this.
This I think is a great teqnique because in today's ever changing media industry the combination gives a new exciting looking image that really catches your eye. This I think would work well in adverts to get the viewer looking closely at the image. 

whilst researching this I have found it difficult to find examples of this but I have found a basic Photoshop tutorial that shows how to make an image move and I think that this could be adapted to match the images that have been  shown in class where only parts of the image are moving . for example cutting the area that you want to move out and putting that after being layered on to the still back ground.

along with this tutorial I can only seem to video tutorials on creating gifs .

advanced digital photography parallax (irene)

This photography uses still images to create a moving animation.
I have watched the video the creators project. (add link ) . this had made me want to look into this further as I find the teqnique extremely interesting. 
The teqnique shows how you can take a range of images and cut , layer etc to turn these Into a moving image giving a 2.5d effect .
to create teqnique  you have to use a multiple range of tools in Photoshop. the overall uses multiple cut out images and layers to create an effect of a moving image almost Look  a slow motion video .
the teqnique is uses widely in adverts and short videos in the commercial media industry for example the wwf video. I think this is a great example with a clear well composed video made up of clear images of an extremely high spec. 

 

I have found it difficult to get images for parallax I think this is because these are all already put together as short videos . below is the video for wwf that shows an amazing video using this teqnique .

https://vimeo.com/50672419

  

This video  below is a tutorial showing step by step how to create a parallax using Photoshop and premier . this I think is a really good video and is easy to follow  I will use this to experiment using my own images.

advanced digital photography : image stacking (irene)

image stacking 

Focus stacking is a technique that extends a photos depth of field. This technique is best for macro and close up photography. This is a great technique because even the highest f - stop can be insufficient to getting everything in focus. but with using this technique this gives an extremely clear point of focus with a wide depth of field , with out loosing  an of the detail in the image. 

The technique is done by photographing the same image with evenly spaced focusing distance (f stop) for each image and making sure that the depth of field for each image then overlaps the one before.  When creating these images the amount of photographs taken depends on the image its self as you have to calculate the amount need for everyone. the final step after getting the images is to use Photoshop or an alternative editing software to then import and stack the images to make one new file.  

 These are examples that i found of colour stacking these have been used in time laps photography to give the effect to the sky that seems to almost drag you back into the image. i also think that these images almost look painted with the sky looking like brush strokes have been added to give lines that follow into the deep backdrop of the bright coloured high contrast sky.
this like other images have looked at give the same colour defention and detail has hdr photography , which i think makes the image stad out even more.

 these next images are print screens i have found of images being edited in Photoshop. i have chosen to add these to my work , because they show a clear view of the stages that you need to go though to produce these images in editing software.  as i begin to work on this technique i   will add my own print screen of images i will produce .  this is another technique that iam looking forward to try out epically with the top images of the time laps sky because i really love the effect and colour in the images.

advanced digital photography (irene) panoramic

panoramic images show the view of the world the we see from our own eye , unlike hdr images where the colour in the images represents the view you get from your eye , this teqnique represents the wide angle image showing a full scale long view of the entire scene . unlike normal 35mm images that crop the images to a smaller scale image size.

In today photographic era this isn't seen to be as complicated a teqnique as in previous years because with on going technology and phone apps this process is open to every one. but this I still think should be seen past the armature low spec app at looked at in a professional manor as the dslr images give a much clearer high detailed image , that can be printed to an size and used for multiple purposes including large scale billboards . 
This is made up of a series of images overlapped that can be stitched together in digital software for example Photoshop which I feel give the tools and graphic to create a high spec well put together image.  

When photographing this the best way is to use a tripod to set up and keep the framing level and well composed for each image . This is extremely important in this teqnique because if the images aren't  level then when stitching them together lines will appear in between and wont give the full effect of one large image instead of a collection of smaller ones. 
like in many other digital editing processes it is best to use raw images for the size and quality and a manual camera setting so you have full control over the image to make the exposure the same each time. 

 These are some examples of panoramic photography that really caught my eye i really like the coloured reflection on the water in the  city images and how the light in the reflection seems to bounce up and light the images.

 the colouring in this i think also links to that of hdr with the bright bold high contrast detail . when i experiment with my own idea i think i could link this to taking images of busy moving round to stick with the bright coloured lights but with adding my own style .
This next image below realy caught my eye as well because it almost looks 3d like it would be used in a graphic piece for some kind of game .

 

The last two images where my favoured and are something i really want to try this is because i love the tone and shapes in all black and white photography and to to see it in an image of this size with the detail and wide angle of the image makes me really want to try this and put it in my own work . when putting htis into my own work i would like to use busy streets full of people to experiment with all the shapes and tones and also a range of different setting and different types of day to see how that changes the narrative and composition of my image.
i will add links to this blog as i experiment with this process

Advance digital photography (irene) HDR

HDR photography

 

 

High dynamic range

 

 

A hdr images is  a process to edit an images to fit the same luminance as seen by the (visual system) human eye . This change the colours and effect of the image from a normal compress camera images that is processed to look how the cameras hardware picks up light and colour etc , to now showing it how the human eye would focus the detail . one the the main factor in doing this is by using a wider dynamic range . this is also done by making the luminesce meter greater . 

 

Types of HDR

 

• computer renders / merging 
• lighting calculation - larger dynamic range
• used a lot in video games and special effects
• oversampled binary image sensor
• dynamic range measured in exposure value

formula for measuring dynamic range in exposure value :

 

Stops - 1+ stop = x2 amount of light conversely. 

 

decree -1 = half of 1 light convesity   

 

This is achieved by capturing multiple standard exposed images and then + and - the exposure evenly and then merging these using photo manipulation software .  Then making 1 image .

 

Raw images are best for this because of the high resolution and images taken manually so you have complete control over the image .  The program to use when doing this is Photoshop with its wide range of tools and high spec editing software.

some of the newer models of camera have this function built in but I think that digitally editing this from a raw file on computer will give a clearer more professional image. 

you can also get apps for your mobile phone now to create this teqnique but these are for more amateur purposes. 

 

printing images :

 

To print hdr images you want to be using tone mapping , which is processing the computer graphics / settings to calibrate with the printer to give the wide dynamic and high coloured image as seen in digital to the same quality when printed.    

  



 

These images above show example of hdr imagery these have be edited using in computer digital software. I really like the way that the colours in these images are so bold and how the almost 3d image stands out and gives you a bold view of the scene . almost looking like the image has been taken from the human eye and not produced with a camera. 

 This image shows the process from original image to edited hdr  this I think is a really clear way of showing the process and the change in each step take to produce this .

These last two images are hdr portraits these are my favourite I love the way that these almost look like painting and give a very bold detailed look on the subject along with giving depth to the image.

I will add to this post later with my own attempts at the process.