Digital Photography

1. Lighting Panels - Artificial and Natural light                                         Create a power point of 10 slides 5 photos of Natural and 5 Artificial.  Hand completed assignment in the Z drive folder Lighting panels.                                                                        

2. Layer Basics Lesson 4 -                                                 Save completed assignments as a photoshop file so I can see your  use of layers.  Hand in completed assignment in the Digital photo folder for lesson 4. 

3. Using bracketing on your camera.      

        Watch the video below on how to set up my camera for bracketing, if you are using your own camera look up bracketing online for your camera or you will have to set up 3 separate exposures manually using the tripod.                                                  These three exposures captures clarity at three different depths (foreground, Mid-ground, and background) Take three sets of photos of 3 different scenes that have foreground mid-ground and background, for a total of 9 pictures and 3 scenes.  Example scene would be the creek (foreground) bank and trees (mid ground ) and sky (background).  Create a Bracketing folder with your name and 3 folders inside for the 3 scenes with the 3 pics in them.  Hand in to the Z drive folder "Bracketing shots"                                         

SETTING up BRACKETING VIDEO

4. HDR Layers -  Using your bracketed photos                                             Read the lesson link below on how to layer your 3 shots to create a High Dynamic Range photo.  Use all three scenes to create 3 separate HDR photos using layers.  Save the assignment in a folder you create with your name and drop it into the z drive into the "HDR Layers" folder. Take your time and make sure you flatten the layers in the layers menu so you can blur any unrealistic lines in-between your 3 depths      

HDR Layers in PS. Lesson Doc.

HDR Layers VIDEO

5. HDR Automate -  Using your bracketed photos     

        Read the lesson link below on how to layer your 3 shots to create a High Dynamic Range photo.  Use all three scenes to create 3 separate HDR photosas you did in the HDR layers.  Save the assignment in a folder you create with your name and drop it into the z drive into the "HDR Automate" folder. Take your time and make sure you  enhance the image using the automate  Tone and Detail, Edge Glow, and Advanced Setting

HDR with Photoshop Automate Doc.

2nd Set of helpful directions

HDR Photoshop Settings Automate Doc.