Happy Thanksgiving!!

My Grandparent's cat Alex, a self portrait of me, then a family portrait.

Sequence Photos.

Printed Frame within a Frame Photo!!

Photoshop Review

Question One: What are the three types edits that we have learned and in what order did we complete these edits for the Frame within a Frame project? Why do we edit photographs in this order?

1. levels/curves

2. photo filter

3. vignetting

** You edit in this order because levels/curves adjusts the simple contrast and brightness of the picture. Levels must come first because you want to check how "even" the contrast and coloring is in the photo, if the graph spans the whole display area when you open areas, you have a good photo to start from, and probably won't need much editing. The photo filter uses those selections and may tone the photo, or add a color to make the photo look good and neutralized, it helps you regulate the white balance of the photo. Vignetting is like the last touch that is for enhancement of the subject, and needs to be done last because it will be dark around the corners, and you wouldn't want to edit contrast/colors before that.

Question Two: What are the “quick keys” for: Move Tool, Crop Tool, Brush Tool, Text Tool, and Mask Mode. We did not go over the “quick keys” for Mask Mode in class, find the answer through your own research.

**Move=V

**Crop=C

**Brush=B

**Text=T

**Mask Mode=Q

Question Three: What are the “short-cuts” for Select-All, Inverse-Selection and Deselect-Selection. (Ctrl + ?, if you work on a PC, or Command + ?, if you work on a Mac.)

**Select All=Ctrl+a

**Inverse selection= Ctrl+shift+i

**Deselect selection=Ctrl+shift+d

Question Four: Write all the steps necessary to create vignetting. Do not forget to write what Brush Mode we use, and what percentage of opacity, hardness and flow we use to paint the mask.

**Open a photo in photoshop.

**Type the letter B, to make sure you are in "brush mode"

**At the top, click next to where it says brush, on the black dot

**Choose a thick brush, and while looking a the picture, increase the "master diameter." Make sure the circle in the photo does not touch each edge, but fits within the frame equally.

**Now, type in 0% for Hardness.

**At the bottom of the tool palette, 3 rows up from the bottom, click on the circle on the right, the red one.

**Use the circle and move it around the photo to create an even "mask" of red over the picture, keeping the edges free of red.

**Now, click on the dot next to the red one on the tool palette.

**Next, On computer number 7, hit Ctrl+shift+I.

**You will see a dotted circle of the area that you masked.

**Open curves(Go to image-->adjustments-->curves), then adjust the line and look at the photo to see how much darkness you are adding around the edges.

**When you are satisfied, click OK.

Question Five: When you open a JPEG in Photoshop, how many layers do you start with, and what are they / is it called?

One, it is called background.

Question Six: Which of these buttons on your Layers palette do you press to make a new edit layer (curves, levels, color balance, etc.)? Which of these buttons do you use to delete a layer?

**Make a new edit layer= Black/White cookie button.

**Delete a layer=Drag layer to trash bin.

Question Seven: How do you “turn off” a layer / make it invisible?

**Click on the eyeball.

Question Eight (Extra Credit): Find a poorly Photoshopped image on the web a la the NYT article we read in class. Post it to your blog, and explain what went wrong.

This photo is poorly photoshopped. It appears to the normal eye as if the man to the right is taking the picture, however, if you look a bit closer, you can see that it could not possibly be his hand because of the angle and the position of his body. This is a mysterious hand Ms. Macwright! This is a horrible photoshop job, especially for a movie! However, the rest of the editing seems to be good, like the "curves" and "layers" adjustments.

Tonight there was a beautiful sunset...

My frame within a frame photos.

Story Telling. Due 11/16/09

1. What is the first thing you notice in this photograph?

- The first thing I notice is the stairs, and the back wall, because the stairs are ascending up the wall.

2. Do you think the woman is dead or alive? If she is alive, what kind of emotions does she appear to be experiencing?

- I think the woman is alive. The emotions she is expressing could easily be depression, sadness, and maybe guilt.

3. At what time of day do you think this photograph was taken?

- I think this was taken midday.

4. What are the light sources in this photograph?

- The light sources seem to be natural light, sunlight.

5. How would you describe the environment or room here?

- The room in this photo is "dark" and appears to be a sad mood. It is very messy and things are out of place. The disorganization may show how the woman's life is going at the moment, and her laying on the floor, in water, adds to the "sad" theme.

6. What objects do you see on the steps leading upstairs?

- I see slippers, a robe, and a nightstand as well. Pictures are hanging on the wall.

7. Is the female subject wearing shoes?

- The female is not wearing shoes, her slippers are on the stairs, and it is almost as if she wants to trick people into believing she is dead.

8. The title of this piece is “Ophelia.” Do some quick research… what is the history of the name “Ophelia” in literature?

-Ophelia is a fictional character in the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. A possible historical source for Ophelia was Katherine Hamnet, a woman who fell into the Avon River and died in December 1579. Eventually, it was concluded that she had overbalanced while carrying some heavy pails, but rumors went around saying that she was suffering from a broken heart. These rumors were considered plausible enough for the thought of her death being a suicide.

A lovely woman, middle aged, walks in the bright daylight home from the store as she picked up a few things to prepare dinner for that evening. She approaches her home, when she smells the scent of a dead animal, and it didn't smell good. She opened the front door, water pours out over her feet. A cat floated out the front door. She screams, calls 911. Suddenly, her husband is standing at the top of the stairs with his rifle. He accuses her of cheating on him when she was really at the store. Her husband was bi-polar, and their divorce was up in the air. She loved him, and he shot the rifle, bullet after bullet, into her as she fell down in the water which he drowned their five cats in because one of them scratched him. The cats are lost in the water, the house is a mess because he wanted to find her night gown so that he could have a good story and make it look like she drowned herself in the water. The husband sees her eyes open, he shoots again, but she was already dead. He brought her upstairs, dragging her by her hair, took off her clothes and changed her into the nightgown. Lastly, her husband stood at the top of the stairs and threw her off into the water. The police never came, her husband had disconnected the cell phones, she was too scared to realize that no one was on the other line when she called 911. Her husband got away, he fled the city and now lives with his new wife and claims to be "happy" and says he is on medication for his behavior.

My frame within a frame photos.

Vignetting 11/6/09 #2

Vignetting 11/6/09

11/2/09 Frame Within A Frame

~The image above has one interior frame. The viewer will automatically pay close attention to the man sitting in the front seat.






~There are four interior frames in this photo. The three pictures frames represent the interior frames as well as the mirror. The Interior frames are attracting the viewer to the photos within the picture frames as well as the man laying in the bed. The first frame is of a man, where as the second picture frame will attract the viewer to see a man and woman, and lastly, the frame to the right shows a portrait of a woman. The mirror is bigger, but the photo overall seems to be balanced.




~There is one interior frame in the photo, which is the TV screen. The TV screen is an interior frame that attracts my attention to the man on the motorcycle in the screen.