Photography - Task 1

Assessment Task

 Capture 5 different images from environments with different light sources (e.g. studio lighting, electronic flash, tungsten (bulb), daylight, mixed light-sources, etc.) using the RAW format from a Digital SLR camera. Process, correct and adjust the images using the appropriate workflow in Adobe Photoshop CC.


When setting up my camera i put it in the following settings
- To take both Raw and Jpg
- Adobe RGB ( as thats the highest my camera would take in )
- tv ( no flash )  + Auto focus
- White balance was changed depending on location

As the aim of this task was about the white balance and editing in camera raw i didn't think it mattered that the camera was on auto or what the images were of.



Here is the first of the 5 images i took in its un edited state

 Even though it was taken indoors as the room had a glass roof the lighting was actually day light  but it took the image in cloudy  which left it a bit orange.  I also over exposed the back ground. How ever both of these things can be fixed as it was taken in camera raw.

First off i change the white balance back to daylight

using the histogram i could tell that the image was over exposed as the left side was over exposed and when i clicked on the clipping it showed me the areas that were causing that 

how ever when i change the exposure this happend 

so i used the adjustment brush, this aloud me to select jus the back ground and change the levels on that with out effecting josh. I used the atuo mask around josh so the brush didnt get him too . 

i then openend this in photo shop as a smart object and saved it as a psd as this will allow me to go back in and see the layer and continue editing if needed. 

here is the finished version of the image 

The second image i took was set to cloudy when it was florescent and i also turned the iso down so it was dark  

i then turned the exposure and made it the correct white balance 

The histogram was still pretty high on the right side so i turned down the black and the shadows 

Here is the finished image, also saved a psd. 

the third image also had a low iso and was taken in cloudy.

I started by changing the exposure and highlights/ shadows and then used the white balance tool to select a grey point in the background  as i didnt think any of the white balance in the drop down menu looked right on the image. 

here is the final image that i saved as a psd 

the 4th image was on the same settings as before 

i then changed the exposure, highlights, shaddows. 

 i then masked out the sky to bring out some of the cloud but changing the settings 

I then changed the tint of the image as it was taken at sunset and the sky was a kind of pink colour 

I then tried to do the same with the jpeg version of the image how ever trying to brighten the train over exposed the sky as all the detail were retained like they are in a Raw file. 

here is the finished image that i again saved as a psd so it can be opened again. 

I might actually go back and change this a bit as the tree on the left looks too dark 

the 5th image was taken on florescent white balance 

so i got everything to look how it was suposed to how ever the sky was a little to over exposed and the statue was too dark. 

so i used a mask ont he sky to bring the exposure down and make it a bit blue 

i then used a mask on the stature to turn the shadows up 

and saved it as a psd