DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING - PROJECT 1B

 May 27, 2024

27 May 2024 - 9 June 2024

Bertrand Alden Gani (0370471)

Digital Photography and Imaging

Project 1B / Digital Imaging Exercise

List:

• LECTURES
• TUTORIAL
• PRACTICAL
• REFLECTION

Module Information Booklet:

Lectures

Week 5: Basic Photography Shooting

Exposure Setting

In photography, exposure is the amount of light which reaches your camera censor or film.

The main parts of the camera: 

1. Camera body:

• Shutter

• Image sensor

• LCD screen

2. Camera lens:

• Aperture/ Iris

 

The camera body is a light proof box.

1. IRIS: Iris/Aperture is control the flow of light entering the lens.
2. SHUTTER: The shutter is a small plastic sheet that opens and closes to allow light onto the film or prevent light from reaching the film. 

3. ISO: Originally referred to the sensitivity of film—it's "light gathering" ability. For digital photography, ISO refers to the sensitivity—the signal gain—of the camera's sensor.

4. 

Lens Perspective

There are wide angle lens, standard lens and tele lens.

Appropriate lens provided desire framing, lens choice affects angle of view. Different lenses are designed for different for different purposes. Lenses can be categorized by FOCAL LENGTH.

FOCAL LENGTH:  The shorter the focal length, the wider the angle of view and vice-versa. Focal length is the measurement (in millimeters) from the optical center of a camera lens to the camera’s sensor.

DEPTH OF FIELD:  The proportion of the image that is reasonably sharp and in focus.

The smaller the aperture you use, the greater the depth of field.

• Wide angle lens

Wide angle lenses are ideal for fitting a large area into your frame. 

Wide angle lens is especially useful for landscape photography or street photography. With wide angle lenses, almost everything is in focus, unless your subject is very close to the lens.

• Standard lens

Standard lens offer a fairly accurate representation of what the human eye sees, both in terms of visual angle and perspective. Images created by standard lens are perceived as more natural than those taken with other types of camera lenses.

• Tele lens

Tele lenses are great for isolating a subject that is far away. 

Tele lenses allow you to photograph subjects from a distance thanks to their magnification. 

DSLR v.s Smarthphone

DSLR cameras are designed to capture images. Phones are designed to carry out a multitude of functions. Phone cameras are very limited by size. The size of the lens and the size of the sensor that captures the photos. Entry-level DSLR have much larger lenses and sensors than mobile phones do.

Week 6: Poster Design

The 7 principles of poster design:

1. Emphasis
2. Balance & Alignment
3. Contrast
4. Repetition
5. Proportion
6. Movement
7. White Space

Tutorial

Week 5: Studio Shooting

Mr Fytullah also gave us some tutorial in using Colour Balance (Ctrl+B), Hue / Saturation adjustment (Ctrl U), Levels (Ctrl+L)

Week 6: Photography Basic

Mr Fytullah also gave us a brief tutorial regarding the use of quick selection tool, filter, layer mask and colour correction.

Practical

Week 6

We were instructed to do a digital imaging exercise. We need to insert and adjust the character Shazam into a hearst mansion and make it look realistic/natural. We also need to include techniques such as Quick Selection Tool, Layer Mask, Filters, and Color Correction.

Here are the Shazam before masked out:

Here are the Shazam after masked out:

After that I insert the character to the hearst mansion background. I made the shadow and did some adjustment using blending mode and blur. I used Match Color and Curve Adjustment tool to match the character color with the background. For the reflection, I used copy, reflect and adjust the opacity. Here is the final result:

After that, we need to make our own version using the same techniques. Here is the final result:

Week 7

We were instructed to recolour a black and white image. We need to use Blending Mode, Quick Selection Tool, Marquee Tool, Brush Tool,  Refine Edge Brush Tool and Layer Mask. 

Here is the given black & white image:

Here is the recolored result:

After that, we needed to choose one B&W picture from the list of B&W pictures that were given. Here is the picture that I chose:

We need to apply the same techniques. Here is the recolored result:

Reflection

After completing this project, I improved my understanding of the use of blending mode.  I learned how to apply suitable gradients to make an image edit look natural.  I also learned more about blending modes, like Multiply, Screen, Overlay and Soft Light. Lastly, I learned how to improve clippping mask by using refine edge tools. This significantly enhance my accuracy in masking.