Zelly Taylor Photography

NQ Photography Journal - City of Glasgow College

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Time to shine DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION

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Regarding Weekly Planning

I was unaware that I had to post my plan every week on Tumblr, and as such, I had only posted one previously to show that I understood what sort of planning we had to do. My planning mainly involved a lot of post it notes stuck to my monitor and many MANY phone alarms and reminders, as this is generally how I schedule my life outside of college work too. This was a massive oversight on my part that I have no way to fix now, but still wanted to address since it had been brought to my attention.

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Final Portfolio Showreel

Created using Cyberlink Powerdirector 12 Music from bensound.com

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Retouching

Teeth/Eye Whitening

Skin Smoothing Tutorial

CTRL+J to duplicate Image

CTRL+I to Invert

Change blending mode to Vivid Light

Go to Filter > Other > High Pass. Set the radius to 24.0

Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set radius to 3-4

ALT+Click to create a black mask on the Skin Smoothing layer

Select Brush Tool and make the foreground colour white

Paint over the areas you wish to smooth the skin, avoiding areas like eyes, nostrils, lips, etc and also avoiding highlighted areas.

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Retouching two of my own Photos

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Showreel Storyboard

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Do your six stand the test?

I wasn't able to find the link to the Padlet mentioned in this brief. So I'm uploading here. I also changed from using text and line tools while marking up these photos and used my tablet and pen instead as it felt nicer to actually write on the photos instead.

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Showreel using different software

Due to hard drive problems, I was having issues installing another piece of video editing software on my PC, So I decided to see how the free Video Editor software that comes with Windows 10 works. The Video Editor is incredibly basic and very VERY easy to use. It's easy to import the photos you want to use and drag them onto the timeline. It gave me the option to create a very nice looking title card and had a small amount of free music available for me to use too. While it gave me the option to add some motion to my images in the showreel, it didn't give me any options for transition between my images. Overall, it's a nice basic piece of software available for free, but it's not what I'm going to use for my final Showreel. I will be using the program I used previously, Cyberlink Powerdirector, as it's a program I've been using for years for basic editing and I'm very comfortable using it.

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Presentation options for printed images

Portfolio Boxes

Portfolio Books

Print Sleeves

For my own physical portfolio, I would create a portfolio book using polyester sleeves, as these are a cheaper method of protecting my images from dust during storage, but will also protect my images during handling to ensure there is no discolouration. The sleeves have a crystal clear appearance, meaning there will be no reflection on the surface to distort or obscure the image.

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Colour Management

What is gamut?

Gamut is the range of colours that a device can record or display

What is a colour space?

A colour space is the colour range that is displayed in a photograph

What two colour spaces do most DSLR cameras offer?

The two colour spaces you find on most DSLR cameras are sRGB and Adobe RGB

What colour space can most computer monitors display?

Most monitors display sRGB colour space

If you switch from sRGB to Adobe RGB on your camera what colours will you see an improvement in?

You will see an improvement in reds, greens and blues when switching to Adobe RGB

When you change the colour space in photoshop what does it do?

It will adjust the amount of colour that you see in the image

Name a larger colour space than Adobe RGB

Pro Photo RGB

What can happen to a digital image if you map colours to a really large colour space?

The image can appear oversaturated

Set up your camera to Adobe RGB colour space note where this is in your camera menu.

Does this display on your camera LCD screen?

I am using a Nikon D5100 and it does not display what colour profile I'm using on my Screen.

Set up photoshops working space to Adobe RGB Can you find out how you can quickly find out the working space in photoshop? Can it display anywhere other than in the edit >assign profile menu? You can find out the Colour Space being used on your working space in both the 'Colour Settings' and 'Assign Profile' under the Edit menu.

sRGB Image

AdobeRGB Image

ProPhotoRGB Image

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Methods for Photographic Printing

C-Type

A C-Type print, also known as a Chromogenic Print, is a tradition method of photo printing using negatives, light sensitive chromogenic paper, and a chemical development process in a darkroom.

A Digital C-Type print is developed in a similar way, but the image is transferred to the paper from a digital image using an LED or Laser light source, rather than from a physical negative.

These types of prints will degrade over time with exposure to light. While stored in darkness, some C-type prints can last for over 80 years.

C-Type prints have a limited range of paper types to choose from. Online Company The Print Space has 4 different paper types available for their prints

The Print Space

Giclée

Giclée prints are fine arts prints created with a an inkjet printer, using high quality pigment archival inks. These printers use up to 12 different colours in their printing process, which can help to achieve a smoother gradient and a wider colour gamut.

Giclée prints can last for over 200 years when stored in darkness.

Giclée prints have a larger variety of paper types to choose from compared to C-Type. Loxley Colour have 8 different paper types available on their site for Giclée printing

Loxley Colour

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Portfolio Research

Zenfolio

Suggested image dimensions to upload is 1100 x 800 as this is the default size for online viewing, but the maximum image dimensions which can be displayed is 1550 x 960

Maximum file size which can be uploaded is 36MB for Starter Subscriptions, increasing to 64MB for Pro/Advanced users

Supported file types which can be uploaded are JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and GIF. The website also supports video uploads

Offers a variety of different subscription types, with the basic plan costing $7 per month, working to an advanced studio plan for $44 per month

Further guidelines for uploading images to Zenflio

I signed up for the free trial to see how it worked. The interface is fairly basic and easy to understand, it's easy to customise, and preview your site before publishing any changes.

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Northshore Digital Photography

Wix

Supports a wide variety of files types, including JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF. It also supports video and music file types.

File sizes are limited to 25MB per file

Wix offers different types of plans for their website service. The prices range from £3 per month for a basic plan right up to £18 per month for a VIP plan.

Sonja van Dülmen

L'appartement Parisien

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Cyanotype

1)What year was the Cyanotype invented? Cyanotype was invented in 1842

2)Who invented the Cyanotype? An English Scientist called Sir John Herschel invented the process

3)Why are Cyanotypes blue? Cyano types are blue due to the use of a non-water-soluble pigment 'Prussian Blue'

4)What is Anna Aitkins famous for? Anna Atkins was the first person to Illustrate a book using photographic images.

5)Do Cyanotypes have any drawbacks? Cyanotype images can fade over time due to exposure to light. But they can be restored to their original colour by storing them in a dark environment.

6)What were the first cyanotypes of? Cyanotypes were originally used to create blueprints and diagrams.

7)What is the chemical solution to make a cyanotype? The Chemical Solution used in Cyanotype is equal parts Ferric Ammonium Citrate and Potassium Ferricyanide.

8)Traditional film photography uses silver as it's base, how do cyanotypes differ? Traditional film photography used Silver Salt Solution and is developed in a dark room, but Cyanotype uses Iron Salt Solutions and is developed with UV light

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Task 1 - Degree Portfolio Requirements

Robert Gordon University Aberdeen

Robert Gordon would like students to submit a digital portfolio for assessment on Flickr. The portfolio should contain 25 images, and each image should be titled and be accompanied by a brief description. Edinburgh Napier University I was unable to find Portfolio guidelines for the Degree course at this University anywhere on their website, after searching for more information on the UCAS website, I was only able to find qualification requirements and a mention that portfolio guidelines are sent to applicants at a later date after submitting the application. The University of Edinburgh Like Robert Gordon, The University of Edinburgh want up 25 images of your work, but spread across three categories. Up to 10 images showing your development, up to 10 images of your resolved work, and up to 5 images which demonstrate your influences. Each of these images are to be accompanied by a brief description of no more than 100 words.

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Time To Shine

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Studio and Location plans

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Showreel

For this showreel I wanted to keep it simple. It displays a selection of my favourite shots that will form part of my portfolio. For the transition I used a simple fade transition and the music was Royalty Free music downloaded from the website Bensound. This video was put together using Cyberlink Powerdirector 12, which is an older program I already had a licence to use from a number of years back. It's a simple and easy to use program to use and has been a favourite of mine due to it's simplicity.

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Task 1 - HND Portfolio Requirements

City of Glasgow College Edinburgh College New College Lanarkshire A lot of the colleges I researched didn't seem to have portfolio requirements available to view on their websites, so I can only assume that these requirements are shown during the application process. An overview of the portfolio guidelines that I did manage to find are.

A selection of 10-15 photographs to form a digital portfolio

Ensuring your photos contain your name in the file naming (i.e Zelly_Taylor_01.jpg)

Images are jpeg and 300ppi

Shows a good variety of the work you've done

Shows a rage of different photography skills

Images are optimised in post production but don't have excessive manipulation

Prepare a personal statement talking about your photo choice and why you want to study in this particular course.