"Lightroom Adjustment Experiments."

The light was really dark and i gave it a bit more contrast and exposure to make the lighting a bit more clear and alive .

The color of this picture was really dry and pale so giving the subject a bit more color without looking to over tan can help with the blending of the background and the subject .

" Sample Poses "

Pose for a single man

Pose for a single female.

Pose for friends.

Pose for couple (romantic).

Pose for family of 3 to 5 people

Pet Portrait

1. What type of pet will you photography?
Bunnies , Guinea Pig


2. Where will you shoot?
 Backyard , Park

3. What type of lighting will you use?
Natural Lighting


4. What equipment will you need?
 Camera , Assistant , Tripod , Attention Objects

5. What challenges will you encounter?
Movements , Weather , Lighting


6. How will you overcome these challenges?
 Patients , Toys

7. Post an example for inspiration for your shoot. Explain what you like about the photo and how you will attempt to emulate or use for inspiration.

I like the simplicity of it and how both animals are included in the picture , i will use this picture for inspiration to create my photo shoot using 2 rabbits and a guinea pig .

Family Portrait

1. Whose family will you photograph?
 My own Family


2. Where will you shoot?
 I will shoot probably inside my house or somewhere downtown .


3. What type of lighting will you use?
 Natural Lighting and Indoor Flash

4. What equipment will you need?
Tripod , camera , background , flash , decorative objects 


5. What challenges will you encounter?
 Movement , weather , and angles


6. How will you deal with these challenges?
 Having patients and planning it with time .


7. Post an example for inspiration for your shoot. Explain what you like about the photo and how you will attempt to emulate or use for inspiration.

i love the simplicity and the color white makes everything look elegant in a way but with not a lot of effort , I would try to make a related image to this  with a similar color pattern and background . 

HDR

1. A brief explanation of the method you used to create the image

    I used photoshop to create all the layers together and i also used the settings to edit my image.

    

 2 .A brief reflection on how you successful you feel you were in creating the HDR image.

 

I would say i feel really good i think to be my first image it came out really good i love the vibrancy of the colors .

SmugMug

1. Content Blocks
How do you add Content Blocks to your site?
 You drag it from the customize drawer and drop it onto your page .

 2. Content Types
What are the eight different types of content you can add?
Galleries , photos , Navigation , Video , Design , Text , Social , Discovery , Services

3. Photos
When you add photos to SmugMug, which are the FOUR different ways you can organize and display them? Briefly explain what each method does.
Single Photos -  A single image
Multiple Photos - more than one photo in a form of a gallery or folder .
Slideshow -  Multiple images created in an automatic way
Carousel -

4. Navigation
What are the THREE different types of Navigation items you can add to your SmugMug account? Briefly explain what each does.
Menu - Building a navigation bar with links to other pages on your site
Breadcrumb - It  reveal links between homepage
Featured Events - Feature an event on any any page you create .

5. Design Elements
What are the THREE kinds of design elements can you add? What do they do?
Logo - Include your logo to brand your pages
Separator - it helps to site viewers eyes 
Spacer - Add spacing between content block to give more room

6. Colorspace
What "Colorspace" should your images be processed in to be uploaded to SmugMug?
it should be processed in RGB colorspace. If you work in a different color space its fine  but when you save the file as a JPG, you must convert it to sRGB before uploading it  to SmugMug.


7 . Cropping
Should you crop your images before uploading to SmugMug? Why?
Do not resize or otherwise crop your images on your computer the camera cameras produce files with plenty of pixels and are large enough to sustain cropping.


8. Resolution
What is the minimum resolution size for an 8" by 10" print?
1536 x 1024 pixels minimum

"HDR Preview "

STEP 1 

What is HDR ?

  It takes a series of images , in which each shot is capture with a different exposure from darkest to lightest.

STEP 2 

1. What does HDR stand for?

 It stands for High Dynamic Range

2. In your own words, explain what makes an HDR photo an HDR photo?

 I think the quality of the picture and the exposure makes it HDR

3. What is bracketing?

 is the general technique of taking several shots of the same subject using different camera settings.

4. What software can you use to produce an HDR image?

Lightroom

5. When selecting layers, what do you have to be careful about when creating your HDR photos?

The key is to not go to the extreme and combine dozens of photos leaving every pixel of the photo well exposed. Leave room for natural shadows and use moderation when combining images.

6. Save your favorite HDR photo on your blog.