Week 6:

And we come to another week. Crazy how time flies. I hope this post finds you well and in good spirits.

We began this past week looking at the world of studio portraiture, which I think is great fun. What did you guys think? Hopefully you didn't hate it as we will come back to it here on Wednesday and continue our look into lighting, subject positioning, etc.

So here's what I'd like to see:

1. Please write a two-three paragraph response to what you learned this last week. What did you find interesting, or not find interesting? Honestly, where does studio style photography fall onto your "like" meter? In other words, do you prefer it to say on location photography for example? What areas or concepts of studio photography are you especially jazzed about if so? (this could be some kind of technique you've seen somewhere but we haven't covered).

2. Using the below images make image adjustments as you see fit. To get you started, you should be looking at things like white balance, saturation, contrast, framing, highlights, shadows, etc. Each of you will ultimately have different images, which is fine. Pretend these are images that you are paid by a client to "touch up," what will you do and why? Be able to justify your corrections and decisions. Generally, with portraits like these, clients are paying for you to show them in their best light, which means we need to know our subjects. Seeming as though these pictures are of you, you should know the subjects pretty well! Think about what your parents like, would they pay for these images? Please post your the images to your blogs.

P.S. Just in case it was in question, all of these were in fact shot by you.

3. We briefly talked about having resource images, textures, folders so make your own folder on your desktop that we will start to fill with resource images and inspiration. It should look something like this.

Inside the "Pure Inspiration" folder, go ahead and make two different subfolders called "Design" and "Photography." We will talk about these more on Wednesday.

4. Lastly, I would like for you to spend at least 30 minutes in Pixelmator aside from this, however I'm leaving it up to you as to how you spend your time. Find a tutorial online that you really like or a technique you find and follow along. You are welcome to use whatever source image(s) you'd like. Thanks guys!