processing images

1. Processing images
Ellie Dawson

2. Images sourced from books:

3. Advantages of sourcing images this way:
An advantage of sourcing an image through a book is that it will not lose any
quality like a digital image because it is printed in full quality on a page. This will
also mean that you have sourced your images more uniquely whereas Google
images will be used a lot.
Disadvantages of sourcing images this way:
One disadvantage sourcing an image from a book is that they are always going to
be someone else's, so this means when you use them it would be copyright. You
are also limited to the amount of photos you can find, whereas on Google images
there are an unlimited amount of photos.
Using images from a book also means that you do not have quick access if you
want it on your computer/laptop because you would have to scan it in or take a
picture.
Images from a book are not manipulate-able so if you want to edit the image you
are unable to.

4. Images sourced from google images:

5. Advantages of sourcing images this way:
The main advantage of sourcing images this way is that you have an
endless amount of images which you can manipulate and edit in any way
you like. Another advantage is that most images on Google are extremely
good quality like the ones I have chosen.
Disadvantages of sourcing images this way:
A disadvantage of sourcing images this way is that when saving images
or uploading them to social media sites some quality could possibly be
lost because the photo is being compressed.
A lot of the images could also possibly be copyright which means you
might be restricted to what you can do with them.

6. Images sourced from stock image library:

7. Images sourced from copyright free site:

8. Advantages of sourcing images this way:
An advantage of sourcing images this way is that with some sites if you
buy a stock image it can be taken off the website so it is for your use only
therefore you have a unique photo. Another advantage of stock and
copyright free photos is that they are professional photos so they are the
best quality and they will not lose quality.
Disadvantages of sourcing images this way:
A disadvantage of sourcing images this way is that with copyright free it
is not always free, sometimes you have to pay for the use which means
each time you use it you have to pay in some cases and unlike stock the
photo does not become yours.
Another disadvantage is that you may not find the exact idea of a photo
that you’re after because they have a broad target audience so the photos
are very generic.

9. Images sourced from your own existing images:

10. Advantages of sourcing images this way:
One of the advantages of sourcing images this way is that you can
choose the subject of your image and take it in whatever way/style you
like. Also you can edit and alter the image before and after; you can
change camera settings to fit the photo, and then after your shoot you can
edit them however you like.
Disadvantages of sourcing images this way:
A disadvantage of sourcing images this way is that you may be limited to
what equipment/subjects you have access to, meaning you are restricted
in what you can take pictures of so that might also mean the quality isn’t
good if you haven’t got professional equipment.

11. Processing
Images

12. Original image:

13. Cropped image:

14. Scaled images:
A4
A5
A6

15. Resolution image:
300ppi for print
72ppi for web

16. Advantages of different resolutions:
An advantage of different resolutions is that if you were to have an image
blown up for a large canvas it would need to be a high resolution so that
when it is enlarged quality is not lose and it does not go pixelated.
Another advantage of different resolutions is that you can have different
resolutions for print, the internet and social media sites.
Disadvantages of different resolutions:
A disadvantage of different resolutions is that if an image is taken at a low
resolution for example 72ppi and you change it in Photoshop to 300ppi it
will not make much visible difference to the photo because it was already
taken in low quality so you cannot improve the quality much so you are
limited.
A disadvantage of resolutions especially 72ppi is that less detail of your
image is shown because it all has to fit into 72 pixels, whereas at 300ppi
you get more detail because there are more pixels for more detail.

17. Manipulated image with appropriate caption:
On the look out.

18. Explain the changes you made to the image and explain why you made
those changes:
When editing the photo in Photoshop I used image adjustment tools, I
started off by adjusting the brightness because the exposure was too
high in the photo so it was too light, I then slightly adjusted the contrast
so that the photos colour came through more. After this I decided to turn
the vibrance down slightly to create a vintage looking effect because it
made the outside element in the photo look more fitting. I then went on to
‘Filter’ > ‘Sharpen’ > ‘Unsharp mask’, and sharpened the image to make
the dog be more in focus and the texture of it’s fur more visible. Finally I
cropped the image from the left to get rid of unnecessary negative space.