Short List of Photos for Assignment One

Here are a selection of photos of the Chelsea Flowers Show, it is a short list before I make my final choices.


Marble Body - IMG 6512

Camera - IMG 6518

Orange Chairs - IMG 6519

Green Garden  -  IMG 6555

Waterfall  -  IMG 6582

Cameraman  -  IMG 6595

Alys   -   IMG 6615

Fern  -  IMG 6618

Chelsea Pensioners  - IMG 6632

Purple pair  -  IMG 6641

Orange Brolly - IMG 6505

Mauve Bronze  -  IMG 6643

Parasol  -  IMG 6646

Jubilee  -  IMG 6676

Tulips  -  IMG  6663

DPP - Assignment One - Workflow

WORKFLOW




Here are my images on Dropbox, if required.... click here ......

• Charge batteries.
• Get CF card, have a spare 
• Flash, if required.  New batteries.
• Decide on appropriate lenses.  Zoom, standard or macro.
• Camera and bag
• notes if required
• Visit Chelsea 
• Take Photos
• Casual shoot. Taken 180 pics
• Download onto PC. iphoto
• Crop and make any duplicates
• Transfer all to Lightroom 
• Make all adjustments to exposure, tone, brightness etc...
• Flag favourites - which are now on my Blog as short list
• Export back to iphoto
• Make further cropping amendments
• Make a shortlist
• Finally choose 12 for assignment. These to follow below.

FINAL 12 PICTURES FOR ASSIGNMENT

I had a lot of pictures to choose from, 180, and made a short list of 15.  These 15 gave me a good overview of the actual Chelsea Show, and gives a feel of all that is going on during the day.  Although there was no specific pictures to take I have kept in mind that I would be using these pictures for an advertising project.  I wanted to show the colourful people and gardens, celebrities, pensioners.  Im pleased with the photos that I have, they would have been suitable for a client.

I feel that for this assignment I have worked orderly and had a good workflow.  It is how I have worked in the past so felt quite natural for me, and I like to be organised.  However saying this - battery charging was an issue for me in the beginning - forgetting to do it on a regular basis.   I have overcome this thankfully.

For me the picture taking of this assignment was relaxed as no specific spec. But I am unable to return to Chelsea for any retakes so that maybe a problem, but as this assignment doesn't go to assessment im hoping it will be OK.  I have taken plenty of shots so have an army of standbys.

I found this an enjoyable assignment.

Orange Brolly - IMG 6505

ISO 400    f16   1/500


Camera - IMG 6518

ISO 400  f13   1/400



Orange Chairs  -  IMG 6519

ISO 400   f14   1/400




Green Garden  -  IMG 6555

ISO 400   f10   1/320



Waterfall   -  IMG  6582

ISO 400     f 8.0   1/100



Alys  - IMG 6615

ISO  400    f 10    1/200



Fern  -  IMG 6618

ISO 400   f 8    1/200



Chelsea Pensioners  -  IMG 6632

ISO  400    f 8   1/200




Purple Pair - IMG 6641

ISO 400  f 14   1/400




Mauve Bronze - IMG 6643

ISO 400  f 10  1/200



Tulips  -  IMG  6663

ISO 400   f 7.1   1/125



Jubilee  -  IMG 6676

ISO 400  f 13   1/400

Exercise : Editing

COMBINED WITH WORKFLOW TWO / FRINTON SHOTS

EDITING

I am going to use the photographs I have taken in Frinton for this exercise.

Step One 


The technical edit


I have taken 65 shots which I have imported to Lightroom and flagged any fuzzy images or if there is composition that you don't like and any that you really don't want for your final selection. They have been reduced by 21.

Step Two 


The Selects

These are all those that are technically fine - along with any that Im not sure about at this time, or two that are similar maybe and you cant choose between them yet.  They have been reduced to 15.

Images :
6406
6408
6410
6411
6414
6418
6420
6424
6426
6427
6428
6449
6453
6462
6468

The ones I removed, I either didn't like, or the scene was cluttered, or I preferred an alternative view.



Step Three 


The First Selects

These images are left behind after the seconds, or second selects.

6408

6410

6418

6426

6427

6428

6453

6462

6468

Step Four 


Group & Preview


Put all the first selects together and review your choice - make sure you have made the right choices.


Step Five 


A Final Choice


I have chosen these two final shots from the first selects.

For me this picture sums up Frinton.  The lovely beach and sea, with the promenade lined with colourful beach huts.  The sky also reflects the turbulent spring weather, the tone makes the picture a little chilly, which is how it was, chilly.

My second picture also sums up Frinton.  The beach hut owners here have opened their hut after the winter to air the chairs and sunbeds.  They tied their dog up to keep safe and he was watching them as they worked.  I waited until they were in the hut so he looked on his own, and there were no passers by at the time which made him look more lonely.  But it was a sign of the British seasons, at last the prospect of warmer weather, the Brits are always optimistic... especially beach hut owners.

Exercise : Histograms

HISTOGRAMS


The purpose of this exercise is to familiarise yourself with histograms by relating each one to the image you have just taken, helping you recognise the basic characteristics of an image.

You see the histogram first on the camera and then in Photoshop when processing the image.

Here are my selection of pictures.  I will scan in my hand sketches at the end.

LOW CONTRAST

IMG 6482  -  Average

IMG 6483 - One Stop Darker

IMG 6481 - One Stop Lighter

Sketch of Histogram

I have shown the histogram of both the Lightroom histogram, and the one on the camera.  There are slight differences.
In the first image there are a few dark clippings to the left, which don't show on the camera histogram.
In the second image there is quite a difference between the two with the histogram staying more to the left on the camera.
In the third image there is a slight difference.. the camera histogram is a little flatter.



AVERAGE CONTRAST 


IMG 6498 - Average

IMG 6499 - One Stop Darker

IMG 6500 - One Stop Lighter

Sketch of Histogram

With this picture there are a few clippings, and the camera histogram is quite flat.
The second picture, there is a slightly smaller incline.
and the third, their are bright clips to the right and is similar.








HIGH CONTRAST




IMG 6496   -   Average

IMG 6497  -  One Stop Darker

IMG 6495  -  One Stop Lighter

Sketch of histogram

The first picture the histogram on the camera has a slightly more prominent peak and slightly to the left.
The second picture, both are about the same.
And the third picture, the peak is slightly more central.