My thoughts on digital imaging.

We were asked in class to work on an image in Photoshop using the techniques and practices we have been developing over the previous weeks. The image above has been  coloured  correctly, sharpened slightly and had blemishes removed. This was done using layers to remain nondestructive along with blend modes and filters. In hindsight, I think perhaps the white of the jumper is a little on the blue side but over all I’m happy with how it turned out and think its highlights what can be done in 5 minutes with Photoshop even for someone who is just starting with it.

The examples above show the lens correction filter in Photoshop before and after the filter has been applied. I was inspired to look into this after a talk by Sean Conboy at the Blackpool & Fylde College. He uses high end digital medium format cameras with quality lenses, this allows him much more movement when composing an image. It allows him to correct the lines before he clicks the shutter and has much more versatility than a DSLR with the best tilt shift lens. As you can see Photoshop does a decent job of emulating the high-end cameras but it still isn’t quite there. It shows that for all the new technology we have, sometimes the more traditional methods work best. Whilst taking the shot above I used a 20 second shutter, at f/22 & ISO200, I took advantage of the long shutter and used a high-powered torch from a distance to add addition light to the building on the right and to the roof of the building on the left. I intend to reshoot the shot at an earli