Introduction of photography (week 9)

30.5.2014 (week 9)
Chia Kha Wen (0319625)
Photoshop - edit your selfie


Lecture:  For today class, we start learning edit pictures by using Adobe Photoshop. At first, because we all did not read the link that Mr Vinod gave us. So, the discussion was cancelled. Since the discussion was cancelled, Mr Vinod started to teach us how to use photoshop for edit picture. After that, we apply the technique that we just learn on our selfie and then use it as facebook profile picture for the whole semester.


Instruction:
1. Edit your selfie by using Adobe Photoshop.
2. Use it as Facebook profile picture.

Original

After edit

Reflection:
Experience- On today lesson, it remind me my high school life. I had learnt Adobe Photoshop when I was 14 and 15 years old, it was IT class, it is a compulsary subject which everyone must learn it. Plus, I joined journalism club. We used Photoshop to design our school magazine, when I heard from Mr Vinod that Photoshop is only edit photo and I shocked because I used that design a lot of thing on high school. I had stop using Photoshop for 2 years, todays class was a recall for me. At the same time, it was my first time edit pictures, because I dun use Photoshop to edit ownself picture before, I only edit cartoons.

Observation- On today lesson, I observed some technique on Photoshop that I did not use before. Like change the picture to black and white and adjust the zone system. Moreover, Mr Vinod demonstrate us on how to edit a self portrait at the same time he teach us the function of the tools in Photoshop. Nonetheless, I feel that edit self portrait was hard, maybe is that I had stoped Photoshop long time ago. Now, my brain just remember a few tools but not much, and all the skill i had learnt before was gone.

Finding- Based on the experience and observation above, I enjoy using Photoshop. Firstly, I had done these before although I had forgot most technique of them. Second, I had fun on using the tools and made something different then the original one. I will continue to use it for editing to recall back my memories.