Task 7: combining images

Might have been able to get a more interesting and wider angle shot with an assistance, and a digital camera, but this is the best I could manage with a webcam.

Task 6: Removing artefacts

So I thought I would have a little fun with this one. Firstly, I took Kathy's car and removed the bollard and chain, and added a bulldozer blade instead. Then, I dropped it into a construction site scene, with a smaller mask to create the illusion that it might be a more natural part of the shot. I've included a low saturation background version to highlight the main prop.

*resubmission*
It seems that for some reason I didn't save the assets or PSD, so to cover up the cars visible in the window I've kind of cheated and just used a desturation and paint effect to mimic lighting.

Task 5: Tonal Correction

The original, the sun was high and bright, nice balance of lighting (given the low grade camera)

Scaled back the colour a little, slightly crushing the blacks in the process.

Original shot in low light. The camera tries to compensate, and the sky is flooded by light

changed the character of the shot to reflect a slightly surreal scene, a warmer shot (added a slightly opaque colour layer)

Addendum: I captured many many shots trying to get some half decent detail to work with but my equipment is just not up to the task. Instead tried to demonstrate an understanding of tonal correction.

Task 4: cropping

1: Emphasis

In the original, the lamp seems to be the fucus, but
zooming into the vitamin bottle changes the character.

2: Shifting off Centre

Shifting the car off centre reduces the evident claustrophobia of the original

3: Reorient Vertical

Switching this shot changes it into a real Buy/Sell type image

4: Rule of Thirds

The original already feels a little chaotic due to the angled nature,
but repositioning the subject into a 'thirds' position makes it a little more interesting.

5: logo placement

Incorporating the company logo requires a little space.

5: perspective shift

Rectangles make for nice and clear perspective shifts.

Learning task 3: Flatbed scanning

This seemed to be a pretty cool way to create an image and I really hadn't messsed around with it before. I liked the image so much I decided to throw it up as a background. (I had to slightly drop the quality in order to come within the boundaries of what blogger allows).

Trying to convey an image of a rock concert, getting cd's signed etc.

Here are the two shots in their original size. Nostalgia for me because playing games with friends is a part of my youth, and perhaps some other people too.

2592 x 1936 2.65 mb

2592 x 1936 2.45mb

518 x 387  50kb

518 x 387 54kb

Blog started for cert3 media assessment

Uploaded a picture of a cookie monster cake to the forum. Started the blog as part of assessment. My name is Colin and I have been floating around the internet for some time in various forms. You can find me on youtube http://www.youtube.com/kungfucolin to see some of my guitar or game playing.