Victor Schrager studies

1. Victor Schrager Studies
Nyle Amin

2. Information about the photographer:
“I was always taken with the evocative colours
of old hard covers”
• He juxtapose old hardback books
• He uses shallow depth of field to soften the background so we are drawn
to the sharp edges of the foreground
• He has thrown focus to eliminate the spines if the books
• He has made the books in the background quite abstract, I have tried to
mimic this by adjusting the contrast and blurring a background layer
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3. My Attempts
• Original
– I chose books with bright colours which would stand out
– I set up the books at different heights and and angles which created
defined lines and edges
• Edited
– In Photoshop I adjusted the brightness, contract and saturation to
change the colours of books and washout the backdrop
– In one of my attempts I tried to blur the background layer to soften it
– I cropped on of my attempts to focus on certain colours

4. Original picture
F/4.5
What I did:
I chose books with bright colours which would stand out
I set up the books at different heights and and angles which created defined lines and edges
I used a shallow depth of field, a lamp to brighten the picture and an exposure time of 1/50

5. Edited Picture 1
What I did:
I adjusted the brightness and exposure on Photoshop to emphasize the the colours
I also adjusted the offset to maintain the black

6. Edited Picture 2
What I did:
I adjusted the brightness and exposure on Photoshop to emphasize the the colours
I also adjusted the offset to maintain the black
I also cropped the picture to focus on the red and oranges to make it stand out