LO4: Evidence Of Editing

Selecting Final Images
Contact sheet of my photos I am considering for my final ten.

Final 10.

Adding Metadata

These are some screenshots of what I did when I needed to add metadata to my final 10 images. After opening Adobe Photoshop and then choose my final ten images. I then clicked the file info command. In this I changed the name of my image and the author of the file. I added the copyright symbol in my title. This copyrighted these photos I own. I added metadata for all the rest of my photos. I have used various techniques such as increasing the highlights and the decrease in shadows. These makes the building pop and the blacks in the photo darker and clearer.

LO3: Edited Images

My camera settings I used to take these photos was a canon 2000d with a traditional 18-35 mm lens. I controlled my photos by changing the aperture and the shutter speed. I had a fast shutter speed and a low aperture setting of which allows more light to go through the camera, this creates a shallow Depth of Field, this is an unconventional method as I wanted to create a different look to standard Landscape Photographers. The fact I have used a kit lens 18 - 55mm means this is hardly noticeable with a very mild medium DOF. This allowed a lot of light to go into the lens but not so much that it over exposed. 

Editing

When taking these photos, I saw that the colour was too bland and the colours were not vibrant and eye catching, I want these photos to appear photographic but with elements of oil paintings, in reference to the brief I feel that of using Adobe Lightroom to adjust certain colours edit the curves and contrast give the images an industrial oil painted look. Through Adobe lightroom I adjusted the contrast and the highlights and the shadows. This made the darks very dark and allowed the other colours pop such as the sign in the photo I created with western tower in the background, I also added temperature changes to add to the atmosphere of the photos. For example, for the danger keep out photo I changed the temperature to a minus number to make the photo cooler as this is a cold unforgiving environment and I needed to accentuate this. However, I know that a lot of editing can lose the quality of the photo such adding noise to the photo and making the quality of the photo as the pixels have been adjusted losing the photo in the process. Having said this, people use editing to make the photo look clearer and more distinct by using the sharpening tool and curves tool. People use editing effects to create hyper realism and an ideal picture that people are excited by, this I feel is something I have achieved but with some elements of the original raw photograph. These adjustments in photoshop are vital to a photo just to clean up an original photo that is rough around the edges and editing polishes a photo making the image as professional as possible. 

LO3: Photos Unedited

Whilst taking these photos I had my settings on Manual, so I could take full control of my camera. I had my settings on F4.5 and my shutter speed on 1/1000. This controls the amount of light coming into the lens, making sure my photos are not over exposed. I used a compact tripod to make sure the image is in perfect focus. I did not need lighting equipment because I was outside using natural light. I have broken rule of thirds and allowed the main object in the photo to take up most of the grids, this makes the object seem large and powerful. To save storage on my SD card I had to save my photos as JPEG as it allows to take multiple photos and have a choice. However I know quality is greater when taken in Raw but I chose the storage cautious option.

LO3: Evidence of taking photos

Contact Sheet:

Settings

These are photos I have taken some successful abandoned and modern building. 10 of these photos will be in my final 10 in my final collection. I used Adobe Bridge to find the settings I used whilst taking these photos. Also in adobe bridge I saw the type of camera I have and shows the equipment I was using whilst taking these photos. my ISO in this photo I had set on 1600 this adding a lot of light to the photo. With this ISO I have my shutter speed 1/1600 this controlling the light that comes into the sensor. This along with a high f stop.

Setting Up Files

This is a screenshot of my unedited images from all my photoshoots. All my photos are JPEG are Loosy file types but are high quality. Lossy files makes it easier for me to export and edit them easily. This makes it easier to upload to the internet and download it from the crowd. To make sure the quality is the best I need to change the resolution to 72.

LO2: Legal And Ethical Considerations

Where I am photography portfolio around abandoned buildings and modern buildings I must consider potential legal and ethical issues. If I find out the potential legal and ethical issues then I can avoid them and face potential trouble. I must look into the legal issues such trespassing and copyright. These are the keys ones as abandoned buildings are locked off, I do not want to be on owners land when I am not supposed to be.

Legal issues

• Trespassing - When I am taking photos of an abandoned building I will have to make sure the distance from and the building is not too close as I could be on land I am not allowed to be on. If there are gates towards the place I cannot go over these gates as that would be illegal to do as it endangers me and cannot go inside the building.
• Copyright - Allows me to control how my work is used. This protects my content I have created. This limits people to using my content in a way that is inappropriate. To avoid this I will create Metadata to make sure that my content is known to be my own. This makes my name known as I it will be on my own. 
• Consent - If I was to use these photos and gain profit from these photos I would need to have written consent forms from the people in the photos. If I do not create the 
• Public documentation - It is legal to take photographs in public places.
• Breaking these laws will result in the work being taken down and being sued for the revenue of the photo.

Ethical Issues

• Places in photos - Some of these photos will feature abandoned buildings. Some these buildings will be privately owned. I will need to find out where I can or can't shoot. I will need to see from the owner if I am allowed to take photos there
• People In the photos - As some of the modern buildings are university buildings I will probably have university student in the background. I will make sure they are represented as a typical student as they will add to the photo.

Before all my shoots I will address these issues before taking these photos. I will do this to make sure I do not have any trouble after these photos are taken. The main issue for myself is being on private property. To avoid legal trouble I will email the land owner to ask him for permission to take photos on his land. I will also provide forms such as location release forms and Reece sheets and call sheets.