6.semester Portfolio – Advanced Photography & Photoshop

Mit portfolio fra 6. semester som indeholder billeder, som jeg enten har taget, taget og redigeret eller designs lavet fra bunden i Adobe Photoshop. Jeg sætter det op som det stod i min endelige aflevering med et par enkelte fodnoter. Opgaven var på engelsk, derfor vil det næste også komme til at stå på engelsk af samme grund.

My portfolio from 6th semester, which include pictures that I have either taken, taken and edited, or designed from scratch in Adobe Photoshop. I have inserted the portfolio as it was in my final delivery but with a few footnotes.

Frontpage

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100 & Samsung GT-I9000
Location: Como, Milanello (The Man) & Herning (The Cross)
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp

Photoshop
In photoshop I’ve used an empty file to put my images together and adding styling to them bevel and emboss etc.

02: Il Duomo..!

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Milan
Date taken: 2012-04-06

Purpose
The purpose was to take a real good picture of the cathedral in Milano, which were showing off all the details in the construction.

Camera Techniques
The picture is taken from frog’s perspective to help really bring fought the appearance of the cathedral. It has also been shot a bit from the side to show some of its size and depth.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc. The basic darkening of the image to make it look gloomy was made in Raw as well as it was cropped.

Photoshop
In Photoshop I continued what I started in Camera Raw. I created an extra layer set to overlay mode with a mask and the brush tool selected the entire cathedral so it was only the sky the overlay applied to. Then I added a gradient with low opacity to make a difference in the clouds amount of darkness. Then I added mattingàdefringe to the selection to get rite of the white edge. After that I added HUE/Saturation layers to both the selection of the cathedral and of the sky. Finally I added a bit of brightness to darken the sky the last part.

04: An Aussie Lost in Denmark..!

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Birk
Date taken: 2012-03-13

Purpose
Have a memory of my roommates visit in Denmark and to get some pictures with people in them.

Camera Techniques
As it was very bright and sunny that day I had the sun behind me so I didn’t had to shot towards the sun. The target is placed one third in from the right. The picture also has a good depth with a foreground of the person, a centre of the trees and a background of the road and the buildings.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc.

Photoshop
In Photoshop I used a selection made in channels with the blue layer which was adjusted with levels to darken the lightest parts of the image. After that I used an adjustment layer with layer mask of the same selection to make the last details darker. Finally I used burn tool on a few areas around the changed area to make the difference seem better.

06: A Spring Day in Birk

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Birk
Date taken: 2012-03-13

Purpose
The purpose was to capture the amazing colours of the museum.

Camera Techniques
The rule of thirds has been applied according to the level between grass and sky and the museum is one third in from the right.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc. The colours on the building have been made stronger and the picture has been cropped.

Photoshop
In Photoshop I have used several adjustment layers with masks to make neutralize and lighten some of the colours on the image without changing the buildings or the grass.

08: The Fountain at Castello Sforzesco

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Milan
Date taken: 2012-04-06

Purpose
To take a picture of the fountain and the water splashes that showed it in all its beauty.

Camera Techniques
The picture has been taken from a frog’s perspective so the fountain and the sky come together with the contrast. It has also been taken a bit crocked to so all the water splashes is visible. The rule of thirds has been applied with the building in the background.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc.

Photoshop
A brightness adjustment layer has been used on the image to make it lighter and with a layer mask with gradient some of the image has kept its darker view.

* This picture is taken the exact same place as number 08: The Artist and number 15: Riding my Bike.

10: The Artist

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Milan
Date taken: 2012-04-06

Purpose
To try to capture the everyday in a big city of the people who live there. There is also a great contrast between the painter and the flowers in the background.

Camera Techniques
The object of interest is one third up from the bottom. The image has a good depth with the artist as foreground, flowers and trees as centre and the castle as background. I think of the picture as a “capture the moment” picture because as I shot he was very concentrated in painting.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc. It has also been cropped.

Photoshop
I have deleted object in front of the flowers using first a selection of it then press delete → fill → content aware. This I did to give me an idea how to make it look because it is such a big area that needs to be redone, then I used clone stamp tool to make it look better.

12: Beauty in an Alley

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Milan
Date taken: 2012-04-05

Purpose
To show the amazing tree that has grown unto the terrace.

Camera Techniques
The image has been taken from a frog’s view point with the taller buildings in the background it gives a good effect. It was also shot diagonal to the focus which brings some clear lines in the image.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, etc. The colours has been made stronger and the especially the colour of the flowers has been manipulated with.

Photoshop
In Photoshop the hanging lamppost has been removed together with the wire it was hanging on which went across most the image, also a red sign in the background was removed all using clone stamp tool.

* I had originally intended to change the sky with another picture as I do in portfolio picture number 24: Bello Milano. However I didn’t manage to do it before deadline for my assignment.

14: The Roman Beats

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Herning
Date taken: 2012-03-11

Purpose
The picture was intended to be a product photography so I would have one of those as well in my portfolio.

Camera Techniques
The image has a focus on the cross, which is the centre attention point and it’s applying to the rule of thirds as well.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc. The image has also been cropped in Raw.

Photoshop
With clone stamp tool a lot of dirt in the background has been removed and with burn tool on low opacity the cross has been darkened a bit.

16: Yellow Sky over TEKO

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Birk
Date taken: 2012-03-13

Purpose
To capture all the braches on the trees just next to TEKO as well as take shot combining the trees with the round TEKO-building.

Camera Techniques
The items of interest are applied to the rule of thirds. Also there is a certain depth in the picture with the grass as foreground, trees and TEKO as centre and cars and so on as background.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc. It has also been cropped via Raw.

Photoshop
In Photoshop I inverted the picture with the adjustment layer invert and used a layer mask to deselect the building, grass and cars so it was only the sky and the trees that was inverted which were the parts that created the dramatic effect.

18: Signs..!

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Milan
Date taken: 2012-04-07

Purpose
The was not that much of a purpose to this one except for it being a fun sign that I thought it could be fun manipulate with.

Camera Techniques
It has been taken from a frog’s view and a bit from the side giving it a fun perspective.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc. It has also been cropped and the red colour has been emphasized.

Photoshop
I reshaped the sign so it was round and then selected it. Then I made another background in another file. I chose to make bricks so it would be a sign against a brick wall instead. So I used marquee tool to make my bricks then filters to make them look like bricks followed by adding HUE/saturation adjustment layer to the bricks then made different selections so there were diversity in my brick wall. After the wall was finished I put my selected sign in it and gave it some layer styles. Now I only missed a pole to hold the sign which made with a gray selection with filters and adjustment layer curves.

20: Memory from Venice

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Samsung GT-I9000
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Venice
Date taken: 2011-10-01

Purpose
The aim with the photo was to manage to take a picture that captured the spirit of Venice. With some of the typical Venetian buildings as the main target and river taxi sailing in front the location of the picture cannot be argued.

Camera Techniques
The image is taken as a landscape picture and the tower is just about one third in from the left also the difference between sky and water is levelled out according to the rules of third so the sky takes about two thirds of the picture.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc.

Photoshop
In Photoshop the image has been cropped to make it more obvious that it is a landscape picture. The image was added layer style bevel and emboss to give it the antique look, followed by several filters to improve the feeling of the old postcard. Dodge and burn has been used at the end to improve minor details.

22: The Collage

General Information
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Milan
Date taken: 2012-04-08

Purpose
I wanted to capture the interesting sculpture and then I just hoped I could use it for something good…

Camera Techniques
I took the image on my knees directly at the foot of it trying to get as much as possible of it, so it would only be that and sky. This succeeded and has given a good contrast.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photo has been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting etc. The colours of the sculpture have been emphasized.

Photoshop
I have removed all the dirt on the sculpture with clone stamp tool, and then I gave it black/white adjustment layer. With that I made several selections with brush tool in layer mask, which gave me more versions of the same image. Next I made a new file where I put all the images together in, this file has gradient background and when I inserted the images I gave them some layer styles.

24: Bello Milano

General Information
Photos taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D3100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Milan (DSC_0327) & Herning (DSC_0020)
Date taken: 2012-04-06(DSC_0327)
Date taken: 2012-04-22(DSC_0020)

Purpose
DSC_0327: I wanted to take a picture of the tree with cathedral in the background because there was a good harmony.

DSC_0020: I wanted some pictures of a sky with some interest and diversity with both blue sky and clouds that I could use in other images.

Camera Techniques
DSC_0327: The rule of thirds is applied with the sky taking the left third. The picture also has a nice depth with the phones and the tree in the foreground, the cathedral in the centre and the sky and the buildings on the other side of the square in the background.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photos have been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc. With image “DSC_0327” the red colours have been emphasized and the image has been cropped.

Photoshop
DSC_0327: With Photoshop the sky on the image has been selected via channels where an adjustment has been made in a copy of the blue layer. The selection was then used to determine were another sky needed to be put in, which was then done and the edges was then feathered to blend more natural.

26: Visitvenice.com Website

General Information
Photos taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Venice
Date taken: 2011-11-01

Purpose
Venice trip 079: To take a picture of the reflection from the water together with the gondola.

Venice trip 087: To take a picture of the most famous bridge in Venice and capture the boats.

Camera Techniques
Venice trip 079: The picture has been taken from a weak bird’s eye view to give another perspective to it. It has also a diagonal angle to make it more interesting.

Venice trip 087: The picture has been applied to the rule of thirds with the boat and it has been shot in a diagonal angle compared to the main focus (the bridge)

Bridge Camera Raw
The photos have been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc.  Image “Venice trip 087” has been cropped as well.

Photoshop
Venice trip 079 & 087: “Venice trip 079” has been edited in Photoshop with the clone stamp tool where I have removed the dirt and garbage that was in the image. Also both images have been saved for web before I used them in the layout.

Website layout: My website is made with all web colours where a gray background has gotten a couple of filters. On top there is a banner made with the rounded rectangle tool and which has some layer styles, some stars brushed on and some filters that makes it appear nicer. The text has been written with “lucida handwritten” and has been curved. The buttons has basically been created in the same way as the banner except they have an inner glow with a gradient on them. The pictures has been put in and has got some layer styles to receive the same feeling as the rest as the layout including a stroke to make a clear identification for where the pictures end. The footer is a selection that has the same layer styles as the buttons. Finally some text from Lorem Ipsum has been put in to complete it.

* Another requirement for my portfolio was at least one website layout I have included two: number 26 & 27.

Old-01: Giraffes on the Savannah

General Information
SP_A02254:
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Samsung Ultra Music F300 Moblie
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Ree Park
Date taken: 2009-07-15

1208638_64685362:
Photo taken from: Stock
Camera: Unknown
Copyright: No Copyright
Date taken: 2009-07-12
Link: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=1208638

Purpose
SP_A02254: To take a picture of the young giraffe from a good angle.

1208638_64685362: To find a picture I could combine the picture with and use as a base.

Camera Techniques
SP_A02254: The picture is applying the rule of thirds.

Bridge Camera Raw
The photos have been edited in Camera Raw regarding exposure, sharpness, contrast, lighting, colour correction etc.

Photoshop
Quick selection tool to select the extra giraffe,
Filters for sharpening (Other – High pass),
Brightness/contrast, curves & levels to fit the colours of the 2nd giraffe to the image and the 1st giraffe.
Refine edge to make a natural look on the inserted calf, Brush tools and layer masks to make markerings for the natural light and shadow.

Old-03: Pinta in the Snow

General Information
P2220005:
Photo taken by: Karin Liltorp
Camera: Olympus μ600
Copyright: Given to Henrik Liltorp
Location: Skive
Date taken: 2007-02-22

Purpose
Take pictures of our dog Pinta in the snow.

Photoshop
Filters for sharpening
Levels to make the image lighter and clearer,
curves to lighten the dog,
brush tools to select dog,
Crop,
Gradient to make corners darker

Old-05: Portrait of Pinta at the Harbour

General Information
DSC_0078:
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Skive
Date taken: 2010-05-01

Purpose
Take some kind of a portrait picture.

Camera Techniques
Rule of golden mean; leash and harbour edge creates the 3 parts of the image

Photoshop
Crop to remove noisy elements,
Filters for sharpening

Old-05: Collage of a Traffic Circle

General Information
DSC_0034:
Photo taken by: Henrik Liltorp
Camera: Nikon D100
Copyright: Henrik Liltorp
Location: Skive
Date taken: 2010-05-01

Purpose
Take interesting picture for portfolio.

Camera Techniques
Rule of thirds

Photoshop
Filters for sharpening,
Crop to focus on the stone man,
Brush tool and layer masks,
Black & white tool to make focus on different things in the image,
Rulers to make things look straight,
Gradients with noise on background to make an easy looking back,
Effects – drop shadow to make things look more smooth.