Caitlyn Cronin's Photography/Designs
K I S M E TArchive for October, 2010
Adding Text
Though you can’t really tell, I have added text to the bottom right hand corner of this photo. The text is really small because the photos are actually huge, and it would not usually show up this miniscule. I did this by simply clicking the text tool and adjusting the color, font, and size.
Black and White
I took this picture in color. The light part was yellow from the sunlight and the parts not in the sun were grey. I edited this on Photoshop to make the lights lighter and the darks darker. I did this by doing Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.
Black and White with Parts of Color
I made the background on this photo darker by using Photoshop. I did this to make the pink of the petals and the green of the stem pop from the contrast of black and white against this. I desaturated the photo, unlocked the background layer, made a copy of that layer, and painted in black with the paint tool.
Sepia
When I took this picture, the cobblestones were just gray, and it was kind of boring. I edited this picture on Photoshop and changed the color to Sepia. I did this by clicking Sepia in the Styles pallet. Then, I adjusted the brightness/contrast to make the dark and light colors pop.
Elements of Design
There are three Elements of Design: color, texture, and value.
This is an example of color. Color creates illusion of depth and using contrasting colors brings attention to that part of the photo. Photos with this element have three properties: hue, intensity, and value.
This is an example of texture. Photos with texture give you a feel of the surface. Photos with this element can have two types of texture: tactile and visual texture.
This an example of value. The dramatic lighting gives depth and can also be referred to as tone.
TV Mode
TV Mode is the mode on the camera that takes still and blurry motioned pictures using a fast or slow shutter speed. Levels of Aperture close to 1/30 or 1/60 make a motion blurry with a slow shutter speed. You would want to use this if you were taking a picture of a train or car to get the trails of movement. Levels of Aperture close to 1/2000 to 1/4000 “freeze” motion with a fast shutter speed. You would want to use this if you were taking a picture of something falling or someone running for a sport. My pictures are examples of TV Mode because they show a frozen and blurry motion of the pear falling.
AV Mode
The apeture of a camera is simply how much the lens is open when you take a picture, which affects how much light comes into the camera. The amount of light that enters causes the picture to be sharp or blurry. These two pictures are examples of AV mode because the background is blurry on the first one while the butterfly and flower is in focus, in contrast, the whole picture with the sticks and leaves is clear.
Close-Up Mode
Close-Up Mode allows you to zoom in and focus on the object and not the background as much. It has short depth of field because you are so close. In my picture, the object focused on is the flower and the leaf, and the background is blurry because it is not part of the main subject.
Caitlyn Cronin's Photography/Designs 