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Some work I've done in the digital darkroom today.

T189 Submissions B.

I have recently completed the Open University's T189 Digital Photography course.

As part of the final assignment, we had to submit 10 images. The ones I submitted are below (6 - 10)



Manor Lodge under a Moody Sky


Angled Red Brick Building and Clock on a Sunny Day


Capturing the Parenting of a New Chick


Brightly Coloured Market in a Park


The Bride Was a Vision in Scarlet

T189 Submissions A.

I have recently completed the Open University's T189 Digital Photography course.

As part of the final assignment, we had to submit 10 images. The ones I submitted are below (1 - 5)


Birds of Paradise in the Winter Gardens


Flower Standing Out from the Crowd


The Golden Glow of Tulips


Julia's Arrangement of Flowers


Two Gravestones and Their Overgrown Companion

Making a Modern Photo Look 'Vintage' using Elements.

Turning this:

into this:

1. Open the image you want to work on


2. Check you are working in 'RGB' mode (Image > Mode >RGB)


3. Duplicate background layer


4. Window > Artwork & Effects


5. In the Artwork & Effects palette on the right, choose the third icon along, then below, choose Photo Effects and Image Effects


6. Highlight 'Tint Sepia' and drag the highlighted icon onto your image


7. Filter > Noise > Add Noise


8. Alter this as appropriate


9. Bottom left - set foreground colour to a cream colour


10. Layer > Fill Layer > Solid Colour
    
11. Select the cream colour you chose. OK


12. With your Colour Fill layer highlighted, but its 'eye' icon deselected (so you are working on the fill layer, but can't see it), use Elliptical Marquee Tool to draw an oval around the part of the image to be framed. Use the arrow keys to move the shape around


13. Select > Feather > 25 (or so, experiment!)


14. Make sure the Colour Fill layer is selected, and select the 'eye' icon to its left, then Edit > Delete


15. This will show you the image in sepia, surrounded by a cream frame


16. When you are happy, Select > Deselect


17. If the framed image is off-centre, then Layer > Merge Down will merge the frame and sepia layers


18. Highlight Background Copy layer and Fill Layer as before, using exactly the same Foreground colour which should still be selected


19. Reselect sepia framed layer and select the Move tool. Move the image to a central point, then deselect


20. Layer > Flatten image

Warholisation - How I Did It in Photoshop Elements

1. Open a portrait, ideally a head or head and shoulders shot.


2. Layer > Duplicate Layer


3. Filter > Stylize > Solarize


4. Filter > Adjustments > Invert


5. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness and Contrast


6. Play around with the brightness and contrast settings until you are happy.


7. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue and Saturation


8. Play around, especially with different hues, until you are pleased with the resulting colours


9. Using magnetic lasso tool, draw around the shoulders, neck, hair, head etc.


10. Right click on the image and choose 'Select Inverse'


11. Right click on image, click Feather


12. Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Colour


13. Pick your Colour. Press OK.


14. Crop the image if necessary


15. Layer > Flatten Image


16. Save your image