My "Profile"

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In this photo, I did a number of things to edit it to the way I like it. First of all, to brighten it up, I used curves tool. This allowed my to even out the balance of the the light and dark colors. Second, I used the color balance option. I thought the picture did not bring out any colors in the photo, so I slid the red slider up to about 20% percent and the and green slider about 6%. This gave me just enough contrast to make the picture come alive. Third, I decided to change the green background to a lighter blue. To do this, I used the Hue/Saturation tool. I love how this tool can change the mood and setting of you picture with just a couple slides. :)
And last, to touch up my skin, I used the Dodge Tool. I felt that my color was a little to red from my acne and etc. The dodge tool lightened up my skin to make a brighter feeling. I believe I could have used a better editor for acne, but this was sufficient enough.

Diverse Hands

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PHOTOSHOP BLOG

Photoshop happens to be one of the best and most creative photo editing soft wears in the world. It is designed to edit pictures to the amount that pleases the human eye. You can draw on the photo, take parts of the photo out, blur the photo, etc.

I love photoshop because it allows my to create more attractive picture to please others. I love editing on Photoshop Elements because it is a very easy way to edit fast. The photoshop toolbar, which is present on all Photoshop types, has a variety of choices. One of my favorite tools is the eyedropper. You can use to the eyedropper to take a color from anywhere and then use that color for something else, like lettering to creating blush on a persons cheeks. There is also the Clone Stamp. This feature allows you to take a area of your image and place that portion into another spot. This can help cover something that is sticking out or that is not appealing.

One of the most complex parts of photoshop is the layers pallet. Here, you can create a variety of layers to your image. Each time you edit the picture, you should be in a separate layer, that way you can view the layer or hide the layer to see the difference from the original piece of work. When you want to use text on your picture, you click the "T" on the toolbar, and at will create a text layer on the layers pallete. Text is often something that people will want to use. You can create inspirational quotes on them, or even put your signature.

PHOTOSHOP IS THE BEST! :)

-Spencer Swetnam


I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO BE SHORT TILL AFTERWARD! SORRRY! :(

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Renee Likes Ballet

The DSLR Parts

First of all, DSLR represents, Digital Single Lens Reflection. There are two main parts to a DSLR camera, the body, and the lens. Bodies contain different settings on the shooting dial that allow you to change the way the image will look. (We will talk more in detail at a later blog). The body contains a pop-up flash diffuser. Depending on the lighting in the space you are trying to capture, if the camera is on auto, the pop-up flash diffuser will flash on its on. If it is not on auto, there is a flash button that you will have to press in order for the flash to work. 

There are many types of lenses. Wide angle lenses are used to get more of a perspective of whats around you. People can reefer to them a fisheye lens too because there is more of an oval look when printed. Sometimes I notice that wide angle lenses can make natural shapes of things be distorted. My dad uses a wide angle lens all the time and sometimes we create funny images wear my legs are really long and not normal. (It's fun!) A telephoto Zoom lens allows you to rotate the lens on the body without moving closer to the image. You still keep that the crisp clean look, while taking an easier photo.

In photography, exposure is the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium during the process of taking a photograph. In other words, the lens know not to bring in too much light, of else the picture will be over exposed. Too much light is not appalling to the eyes. The purpose of exposure adjustment is to control the amount of light from the subject that is allowed to fall on the lens so that it looks correct.