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Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography I..
Case Study – Jessica spHSCase Study – Jessica spHS
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Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography ICase Study: spHSCase Study: spHS
JJessica’s Story: essica’s Story:
Good story with variations (story angles). Close to Good story with variations (story angles). Close to ‘transparent technique’, nice composition variations ‘transparent technique’, nice composition variations (though little tight), and high but good form lighting. (though little tight), and high but good form lighting. Nice shadow under the chin but no obvious catch Nice shadow under the chin but no obvious catch light…light…
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02_Best02_Best
03_Next03_Next
04_Least04_Least
Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography ICase Study: spHSCase Study: spHS
JJessica’s Story: Not Bestessica’s Story: Not Best
Best is better than next in terms of Best is better than next in terms of composition but not expression. And composition but not expression. And the background is too close, dark, the background is too close, dark, and too busy in both.and too busy in both.
The Least choice is the Best in terms The Least choice is the Best in terms of composition, background, and of composition, background, and overall story. The expression in the overall story. The expression in the top 2 is pleasantly safe. But the top 2 is pleasantly safe. But the expression in the Least choice is expression in the Least choice is more interesting and fits with the more interesting and fits with the costuming.costuming.
01_lighting01_lighting
02_Best02_Best
03_Next03_Next
04_Least04_Least
Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography ICase Study: spHSCase Study: spHS
LLighting Shot:ighting Shot:
Except for the under exposure, it Except for the under exposure, it gives us good information. I have gives us good information. I have corrected both the framing and light corrected both the framing and light source position in the scene. The source position in the scene. The reframing is shown with the white reframing is shown with the white rectangle. And the light source rectangle. And the light source position is indicated with the yellow position is indicated with the yellow oval. The better exposure is shown to oval. The better exposure is shown to the right.the right.
Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography ICase Study: spHSCase Study: spHS
LLab Work: Photoshopab Work: Photoshop
Image adjustment process. It Image adjustment process. It goes through steps starting goes through steps starting with adding the cropFrame with adding the cropFrame layer. Then the basic lab layer. Then the basic lab Work is applied. Work is applied.
Then the adjustments Then the adjustments becomes more subtle with becomes more subtle with mask painting. Then area mask painting. Then area ‘burns’ are applied to bring ‘burns’ are applied to bring out the subject.out the subject.
Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography ICase Study: spHSCase Study: spHS
LLab Work: Advancedab Work: Advanced
The description ‘advanced’ may be The description ‘advanced’ may be misleading. The process itself is misleading. The process itself is quite straight forward. It’s done quite straight forward. It’s done with elliptical selection, feathering with elliptical selection, feathering selection, and brightness selection, and brightness adjustment.adjustment.
In the example images, nothing else In the example images, nothing else changed except for the eye. And changed except for the eye. And once the eye is brighter, the small once the eye is brighter, the small area of catch light becomes more area of catch light becomes more obvious.obvious.
Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography I
LLab Work: Advancedab Work: Advanced
It’s referred to as advanced It’s referred to as advanced but like most Photoshop but like most Photoshop work, it’s relatively easy work, it’s relatively easy ‘move’.‘move’.
In the example images, In the example images, nothing else changed except nothing else changed except for the eye. And once the eye for the eye. And once the eye is brighter, the small area of is brighter, the small area of catch light shows up…catch light shows up…
Case Study: Jessica’s self portraitCase Study: Jessica’s self portrait
Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography ICase Study: Exhibit worthy spHS Case Study: Exhibit worthy spHS
TTight Layout: spEnvight Layout: spEnv
Jessica has a very good start on her Jessica has a very good start on her spEnv shoot. In her case the next spEnv shoot. In her case the next stage shoot is only a matter of stage shoot is only a matter of Increasing image area as indicated by Increasing image area as indicated by the 4:3 shape white line rectangle.the 4:3 shape white line rectangle.
Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography ICase Study: Exhibit worthy spHS Case Study: Exhibit worthy spHS
SSummary:ummary:
Jessica has a very early start on her final project. The seed Jessica has a very early start on her final project. The seed for the final project image is usually born during the next for the final project image is usually born during the next psEnv assignment shoot. psEnv assignment shoot.
Early birth is good. That will give us more time to massage it Early birth is good. That will give us more time to massage it up to the exhibit worthy image quality. And it becomes an up to the exhibit worthy image quality. And it becomes an excellent example for the rest of theexcellent example for the rest of theclass to emulate…class to emulate…
Jessica has given us a lot more than aJessica has given us a lot more than aseed image. It’s almost Library Showseed image. It’s almost Library ShowReady with her Least choice…Ready with her Least choice…
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