Photoshopped photo

 This was the original photo:

  

I took a photo that I had of a basketball and inserted the ball into the picture. I put the ball in place of Sam's head. I then went online and got a photo of hair. I took it out of its white background and put it into the photo to look like the ball was a head. I then got a photo of eyes and put it into the image. I then got a picture of lips which I had to re size before placing it onto the basket ball head. I then merged the layers and went onto hue and saturation where I turned the saturation down. I then went onto curves to change the colours of the image:

Mundane photo task

We had to take photos of the mundane but make them look interesting.

I took a photo of a book that was on my chair. I tried to make the book in focus and the chair and blanket in the background not:

I took a picture of the bottom of my bed. I liked the shape that it made against the bed covers and how the colour stands out:

I took a picture of the lamp on my desk. I liked that the light was not in focus and instead the feather was:

I took a photo of my feet on the bed. I liked that the background was all the covers and that my socks stood out from it:

I took a picture of my lamp. I liked that the entire background was darker and that the lamp was white. I don't like that you can see the glass in the picture:

I took a picture of the fairy lights on my bed. I liked that the lights weren't in focus:

Wet plate photography

 This type of photography is when the photo is taken onto a metal plate. It was said to be invented by Fredrick Scott Archer and Gustave Le Gray in around 1851. A picture made through wet plate photography is made through these steps:

• put the metal plate into a film holder
• put silver nitrate into a flat container
• put some fixer into the same container
• clean the metal plate off and pour collodian onto in
• make the plate light sensitive with collodian and silver nitraite
• turn the lights off let it sit for 3 mins
• have the camera already set up and focused for the subject
• place the film into the camera and take the picture
• put it into the developer for 10-15 seconds then water wash it for 10-15 seconds
• then put it into the fixer, the photo will then show

This is an image showing the process of wet plate photography:

Overall I think that wet plate photography can be a good method of photography as it can produce good pictures that can have contrasting colours. It can also be a good way for people who like to have hands on methods of making and producing photos. However, it can be time consuming as there is lots to do to produce the image. It can also be costly as there is lots of equipment needed to produce the photo. Also if a mistake is made or the photo does not come out right then the whole process must be done again, it also only lets one photo be produced unlike digital cameras which can produce many copies.

This is an image taken using wet plate photography, I like the way that the hair of the girl looks and the contrast between the hair and the girls body:

This is another photo taken using wet plate photography, I like this photo as the girls face is what is in focus. I like that the light is centred on the girl and that there is contrasting colours of black and white:

Source: https://fstoppers.com/portraits/step-step-guide-wet-plate-photography-2540

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collodion_process

Reflection photo task

We had to take photos of reflection and to try to make the photos have two different parts to it. 

I took this photo on the train. I liked that you could see the reflection of the people and the outside of the train:

I liked this photo as you can clearly see the reflection of the people in the train:

I liked this photo because you can see the outline of the city as well as the funny face that Edward is pulling in the reflection:

I liked this photo because you can see the boy in the photo with his headphones as well as the reflection of me and my friends in the window:

I liked this photo because you could not only see the the inside of the chair and the living room but you could see the reflection of me taking the photo. This photo was the only one i took on my camera whereas the rest were taken on my phone:

iphone camera

Each version of the iphone have slightly different varients. The first generation iphone have a fixed focus, 2.0 megapixel camera on the back that can take digital photos. It doesnt have any optical oom, flash or autofocus and doesnt support video recording.
The iphone 4 introduced a new front camera to the phone which can take VGA photos and record SD video. The back camera introduced a 5.0 megapixel camera that could record high definition videos and pictures. It also had a backside-illuminated sensor that means that photos can be taken in low lighting and an LED flash can stay lit whilst a video is recording.
The iphone 5 introduced the new panorama feature and also allowed photos to be taken whilst recording a video.
The iphone 6 introduced a 12 megapixel camera that had 4K HD video capability.

I think that the iphone camera can produce a good quality photo and i would use it to take photos myself. I think that the photos still look good and are of a good quality even once put onto a computer and enlarged.

This is an image of the camera on the iphone:

This is an image of the iphone camera taking a video:

This is an image taken by an earlier generation of iphone. The front camera doesn't produce as good a quality image as the later models or other camera but still can produce a good image:

This is a photo taken by an iphone. The photo is in focus and has an effect on it. It shows that the back camera can produce a good image. I like the way that this image captures the two people unaware:

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone#Camera

Joe Buissink - photographer

Joe Buissink is a wedding photographer. He decided to become a photographer after taking a photo of an intimate moment between a mother and a child. He decided to become a wedding photographer because there he could see the "open and honest display of emotions" that people gave. He began to take photos in 1995 and since then has become a very famous wedding photographer that many people e.g. celebrities want for their wedding.

I liked this photo because of how symmetrical it is. I liked that all men are wearing almost identical outfits and how the 2 on either side are sitting the same way. I also like how this brings the attention of the photo to the dog in the middle:

 



 

I liked this photo of the bride coming down the stairs as the filter makes the whole picture look creepy. I like that the trees in the background stretch across the whole image and make shadows on the ground:

 



I liked this image because of the spiral stairs that go through the photo. I liked that the bottom starts black and they turn into light. I also like how this brings attention to the woman walking up the stairs and the contrasting red colour that she is holding:

 



Perspective photos task

We had to take photos of exaggerated scale and perspectives. This is when you make the photo look like your are holding something in your hand when in reality you're not or making something small look huge.

I liked this photo as you can see my arm stretched out and it looks like I am picking up my tiny phone, this took me a while to do as I found it difficult to take pictures in this way:

I liked this photo because it makes my arm look long as it's stretching across the room to grab something that's on the other side:

I liked this photo as it made my hand look huge and capable of holding a long mirror in my hand:

Altogether I found this task quite difficult as I found it hard to get the perspectives in the photos.