Lauren Mitchell's Project Blog

This is my final outcome after studying "Moody HDR Portraits" this morning. HDR is shortened for High Dynamic Range Imagery. To get this kind of imagery I set up a medium softbox infront of my model, a snoot behind and to the left of him to light behind him and a reflector just under his face. With my camera set at 1/125 with F8 I got my first image that I would use for editing. I then opened up my image in Bridge, to then Photoshop to change my RAW image to a TIFF. The reason we chose to originally shoot in RAW was because RAW doesnt compress the file and opened the file in Bridge because unlike other image viewing options, Bridge shows the image how it is, as sharp as it can be. I then opened the same image but the RAW formatted one and slid the exposure slider down to -2 and saved it as a TIFF. RE-opening the RAW file. i done the same but slid the exposure slider to +1 this time and once again saved it as a TIFF. I then went in to photoshop and went File-Automate-Merge to HDR and chose all 3 TIFF files. This then merged them together but I was not happy with the outcome so i decided to edit it further more. I chose the 'Monochromatic Artistic' and set the exposure to -1.50, the highligt to 5 and vibrance to 93 to get my final image. I love my final image because of the entire difference to its original image and makes my model look almost unhuman. I dont think I will use this effect again on portraiture unless I was using a model to advertise something or to enhance a landscape. 

Risk - Flooring Action - Wipe all spillages of any liquids off of the floor to avoid people slipping over. Risk -  Cupboards Action - Keep them closed when not in use to avoid people walking in to them and always place materials back to their correct place.  Risk - Darkness  Action - Always behave yourself in the darkroom. Simple things like no running, no messing about, no pushing etc.  Risk - Wet & Dry Areas Action - Keep the correct materials in the correct area. Dont mix the wet with dry and so on.  Risk - Phones  Action - Keep phones hidden away or out of the darkroom as a simple bit of light can easily ruin peoples work. Risk - Jewellery/Long hair  Action - Keep long hair tied back and take hanging jewellery off as this could easily dip in to the chemicals or can get stuck in the dryer which would leave a nasty accident.  Risk - Electrical  Action - Turn any electrical switches and equipment off when not in use. Risk - Fan  Action - Make sure you always turn the fan on when in the darkroom and always turn off when leaving!