Shoot 1 - Computer Experiments

Shoot 1 - Computer Experiments 

Experiment 1 - 

Before

After 

I decided that for his photograph I would convert it to black and white as my first computer experiment. I thought that this would be an effective change to make because as I have mentioned before the main subject of the photo, being Jordan and the computer screen, is the area with the only colour in it, the rest is mainly white, blank space. Therefore converting it to black and white meant that the centre of the image was even more emphasised and was the only area with dark bits in it. I really like the outcome of this because it makes the before, very normal image a lot more interesting and pleasing to the eye. 

Editing process - 

The first thing I decided to do in photoshop was use the black and white tool in order to introduce the black and white effect. As this already comes with pre-set settings of where the colour bars are I decided I could mess around with it slightly and make the colours that I wanted stand out. The main colour I changed was red as this made some of the details on the screen a lot more evident but also darkened part of Jordan which made him appear very flat and lacking detail, therefore I done the following step. 

The second thing I done to correct the effect of darkening the red was using curves. When opening the curves tool I moved tone top part of the line up above the pre-set curve which lightened the dark areas more. This brought back a lot of detail that was previously erased, for example Jordan's hair and where his hands are. This gave the overall effect that I wanted it to and gave the image a very striking appearance. 

Experiment 2 -

Before 

After

When using photoshop to experiment with this image I wanted to change the highly saturated appearance of it and tone it down as such. I like the results as it appears in a slightly more realistic light whereby the weight looks more shiny and the background is less detailed. This experiment was to test the way the image would look when some of the colour was drained away and the shadows exaggerated. 

Editing process - 

The first step I took in the editing process was to use the hue/saturation tool to bring down the saturation. I moved the bar down to -45 which took the very bright, unrealistic colour out of the image. I like how this turned out however I thought that at this stage I feel that some life and dimension had to be brought into the image. 

This brings me to my second step where some of the dimension and detail was brought back into the photograph through the use of curves. By using curves I was able to bring back the shine on the weight and some colour back into Jordan's hand and the background. Therefore, all in all I think this computer experiment turned out well as the results I got I think are slightly different to the basic editing process.