Lith and Lomo Tutorial

To make this lith print, I had to first move this photo to Photoshop. Then I duplicated the background layer and  changed the hue to 40 and saturation to 30.  I duplicated that layer and added 30% noise. To soften it even more I used the Gaussian Blur filter with a radius of 1.5. I created a third layer and filled the picture black. I used the elliptical marquee tool to draw an oval section on the photo. I applied a layer mask and set layer blending to soft light. With a black soft brush, I brushed the inside of the picture to create a vignette.

To edit this one, I created a new background layer. I used a radial blur with an amount of 15. I applied a layer mask and used a large soft brush to remove the blur from the center. I created another layer and used a a black, large soft brush to make a vignette and lowered the layer opacity to 50%. I made a new adjustment layer and adjusted the red/green outputs. I duplicated the background layer and added noise with an amount of 10. I also added noise to the layer with the Radial Blur.

Under exposure/ISO tutorial

This was taken at an ISO of 100.

This was taken at an ISO of 400.

This was taken at an ISO of 1600.

I took this picture where the light meter was right in the middle.

This picture was taken where the light meter was at -1.

The light meter for this picture was at -2.

Glowing Lights

I chose this image for glowing lights and added thought bubbles to each person to make it look like they're thinking. I used the effect, outer glow, and changed the color to a light pink. I kept the size and spread at 0 pixels. I drew the thought bubble on the left first by using the freeform pen tool. After creating a stroke path and deleting the black line in the middle, I started on the one on the right. To make the one on the right, I had to open another layer and do the same thing except make the color blue instead.

Drive By Song Lyrics

To edit this photo in Lightroom, I had to decrease the exposure and increase contrast and saturation. Then I moved it to Photoshop and made it all black and white. I used the history brush tool to make her colored again so she would stand out from the background. I added in the lyrics and centered them in the bush next to her. I'm trying to show that she's the girl that's mentioned in the lyrics by taking a picture of her from across the street, having her not look at me so it doesn't seem like she sees me, and editing it to make her stand out form her surroundings.

Frozen Motion

For this picture I used a shutter speed of 1/500 sec, apertures at 8.0, and an ISO of 400. In Lightroom I increased the temperature, contrast, black clipping and the orange color in the ball. I decreased the white clipping and shadows. I did not to anything in Photoshop for this one.

In this picture I used a shutter speed of 1/500 sec, apertures set to 8.0, and an ISO of 400. In Lightroom I increased the temperature, contrast, and the orange in the ball. I decreased the tint, highlights, and black clipping. I then moved it to Photoshop and clone stamped out my shadow and cropped it.

I used a shutter speed of 1/500 sec, apertures at 8.0, and an ISO of 1600 for this photograph. In Lightroom I increased the vibrance, highlights, clarity, contrast, highlight tones, and saturation. I decreased the exposure and white clipping. I also cropped it in Lightroom. I moved it to Photoshop and clone stamped out a tree trunk and stones leaning against the fence.

I set the shutter speed at 1/500 sec, the apertures at 8.0, and ISO at 400. In Lightroom, I Increased the contrast and clarity. I also decreased the tint sharpening and shadow tones. I also made the oranges and reds stand out more. I did not do any editing in Photoshop for this picture.

Practice Motion Pictures

I set a low shutter speed on this photo at 1/30. The apertures were set at 6.6. The ball was thrown into the air and it came out very blurry in the photo.

This one had a medium shutter speed at 1/80. The apertures for this were set at 8.3. The results came out a little blurry, but more focused than the first one.

This had a high shutter speed with the apertures at 5.9. The ball is very sharp, clear, and easy to see.

Texture Layer

To create this picture, I chose one of my flower pictures and a picture of bark. In Lightroom, I increased the temperature and tint, while decreasing the shadows and black clipping in the texture photo to make it lighter and browner. I then moved both pictures to Photoshop and made their sizes and resolution match. I copied my texture photo on top of the flower photo. After looking through all the blending modes, I chose darken and changed the opacity to 25%. I added a layer mask and brushed out some texture in and around the water drops.

Text Tutorial

To begin creating this, I opened a layer in Photoshop. I added a gradient to the background that is light blue at the top and fades into white at the bottom. Then I used the text tool to write the word, "Whoosh." The font size is 120 pt and the color is kind of a raspberry, pinkish-red. After that I clicked on the button at the top called text warp. I chose twist because I thought it looked best for the sound effect. The bend is at 73% and the horizontal distortion is at 24%. Then I moved the word to the middle of the screen. I went to bevel and emboss to increase the depth in the up direction to 100%. I also changed the contour range to 69%. Next I went to stroke and outlined the word in a darker color. In drop shadow, I increased distance to 164 px, spread to 23%, and size to 10 px. I also went to inner shadow and increased distance to 5 px and size to 13px. Last I went to inner glow, and set the opacity to 75% and increased size to 5 px.

Chrysanthemum

Before picture

After picture.

This photo was not edited in Lightroom. In Photoshop, I cropped it to a square. Then i used color balance to increase the reds and blues in shadows. In midtones, I increased the magenta and cyan. I did not change the highlights.

Flower Grid

For these photos, I shot them using macro to zoom in on the water drops. I adjusted the light meter to get the correct lighting. I uploaded them to Lightroom and used clarity, contrast, and black and white clipping on all of them. In Photoshop I had to clone stamp out a few water drops and unnecessary distractions. I set them at the right size and resolution and placed them into a grid.

Photo Final

This is my original picture that I didn't edit at all.

For this picture, I burned the center and the squares of the bowl and I dodged the edge. I also changed the brightness/contrast and the levels in Photoshop. In Lightroom, I increased the clarity and contrast. Last, I cropped the image closer to the edges of the bowl.

My picture before I edited it.

To edit this one, I went into Photoshop and used levels and brightness/contrast. I also burned some areas on the bowl and parts of the shadow and dodged certain areas on the bowl. In Lightroom, I increased contrast and made the whites whiter. I cropped the picture so the bowl would fill the frame more.

Before picture.

First I went to Photoshop to edit this photograph. I changed curves, levels, exposure, and brightness/contrast. I also burned and dodged some of the edges of the tiles. Then I went to Lightroom and increased the contrast, decreased the shadows, and made the white parts whiter. Finally, I cropped the picture to the top and bottom edges of the tiles.

Before I edited.

In this picture, I changed the levels, burned the edges of the shadows, and dodged parts if the snowman and the bottom left corner so you could easily see its shadow. In Lightroom I added contrast, highlights, and shadows. I also cropped it so the snowman didn't seem as far away and in the middle.

Holiday Lights