First of all, you need a professional camera to do this assignment before continuing to read the description.
Overview
This lab assignment will demonstrate your competency with exposure and contrast adjustment and color adjustments. Both a before and after version of your images will be uploaded.
Instructions:
- Photograph a scene that interests you with your DSLR or compatible camera) that you would like to adjust
- This image should be a new image you have taken this semester
- Practice good compositional skills (use elements and principles of design combined with tools like rule of thirds or the golden ratio)
- Note ISO, shutter speed and aperture when you shot the image
- Open the image in Photoshop
- Save a copy as a jpg
- Adjust the exposure and contrast with levels
- Adjust the color using the technique demonstrated in the lab video for this week
- Save a copy of your adjusted image
- You should now have two files of the same image, one with adjustments
- Embed both images in the submission box (use the embed image icon) and label them ‘before’ and ‘after’
- Submit a short reflection of about 150-200 words that details
- the ISO,
- aperture,
- shutter speed,
- the adjustments you made,
- how the adjustments affected the visual impact of the image and
- what compositional elements or principles of design are being used and how well they are used