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Terry Fox

Terry Fox

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, clarity, vibrancy and saturation. First of all, I found a medium grey which decreased the temperature by -19 and the tint by -2. Then, I lowered the exposure by -2.20 to decrease the amount of light in the photo. Next, I decreased the contrast by -35 to define the photo and not make the detail so hard. I also brought up the highlights to show the shoe more. Another edit I did was lowering the shadows by -8, whites by -7 and the blacks by -34 to darken the photo more. Then I increased the clarity by +5 to define the leaves and reduce any motion in the photo. Finally, I increased the vibrancy by +12 to add more hue and decreased the saturation by -18 to make the photo look a little cooler. I edited this photo this way to have a darker theme and to focus on the shoes and leaves.

Terry Fox

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, blacks, clarity, vibrancy, and saturation. First of all, I found a medium grey for the white balance which increased the temperature by +2 and decreased the tint by -6. Next, I reduced the exposure by -0.75 and enhanced the contrast by +11 to lower the light and direct more focus towards the swing set. Then I brought down the highlights by -4, increased the shadows by +6 and the blacks by +15 to add a darker tone to the photo and emphasize the footprints. I also brought up the clarity by +3 to highlight the footsteps as well. Finally, I increased the vibrancy by +3 and saturation by +5 to add some more colour to the photo. I edited this photo this way for a darker theme and to show off the swingset at the beach we were at for the Terry Fox Walk.

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, clarity vibrancy and saturation. Firstly, I found a medium grey as always which increased both the temperature and tint by +1. Then I reduced the exposure only by -0.45. Next, I upped the contrast by +11 and the clarity by +4 to define the photo more and not make it too soft. I also decreased the highlights since to reduce the light in the photo. Then I brought up the shadows and whites by +7 to bring out the shadows and whites. Another edit I did was reduce the blacks in the photo to make the seagull the centre of attention rather than the fence. Finally, I brought up the vibrancy by +19 to give hue to the grass and saturation by +6 to make the photo warmer.

Terry Fox

Patterns

This photo shows a pattern by how windows repeat all the way around the building.

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, highlights, vibrancy, and saturation. Firstly, I found a medium grey which brought the tint down by -7 and brought down the temperature by -9. Then, I took down the highlights by -55 to take away light. I also brought down the exposure by -0.55 to also take light away. Next, I brought up the vibrancy by +13 to show some hue in the photo to not make it so bland. Finally, I brought up the saturation by +6 to add colour. I decided to edit this photo this way to add a darker theme and so wasn't overexposed.

This photo represents patterns in many ways, such as the windows and blinds. The blinds have repeating rectangles and windows are symmetric.

In this photo, I edited the white balance, highlights and a little bit of the vibrancy. First of all, I found a medium grey which brought the temperature -1 and the tint +9. I also brought down the highlights because of the brightness in that room. Finally, I brought up the vibrancy by +3 to add only a little hue. I edited this photo this way because I wanted to show all of the colour and show off all of the different aspects of the room.

Patterns

PATterns

Patterns

This photo shows a pattern by the repeating cubes going down to the right.

I did some minor edits to this picture such as clarity, saturation, and highlights. First of all, I brought up the highlights by 18+ to add light. I also brought up the clarity to define the cubes a little more. Finally, I brought down the saturation by -54 to get rid of any hue. I edited this photo this way because I didn't want any colour in the picture.

Camera simulator

Shutter Speed

MOTION BLUR

FREEZE

Aperture

SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD

DEEP DEPTH OF FIELD

Manual

SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD

& FREEZE

DEEP DEPTH OF FIELD

& MOTION

Bicycle

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, highlights, shadows, whites, clarity and vibrancy. First of all, for the white balance, I chose a medium grey which brought up the temperature by +2 and the tint by +7. Then, I brought the exposure down a little bit by -0.95 to decrease the light in the picture. I also brought down the highlights by -2, shadows by -3 and whites by -4 to also bring down the light in the photo. Next, I brought up the clarity by +7 to add more texture. Finally, I brought up the vibrancy by +5 to add some hue to the photo. I decided to edit this photo this way to have a darker theme/mood.

Bicycle

Bicycle

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, highlights, and clarity. Firstly, I found a medium grey as always, which increased the temperature by -6. Then, I brought down the exposure by -1.25 to lower the amount of light in the room. I also decreased the highlights by -11 and increased the shadows by +7 to bring out the dark parts in the photo. Finally, I brought up the clarity by +1 to display some texture. I decided to edit this photo this way to show off the motorcycle.

Bicycle

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, contrast, highlights, blacks, clarity, and vibrancy. First of all, I found a medium grey which decreased the temperature by -11 and the tint by -12. Another edit I did is bring down the exposure by -1.55 and contrast by -2 to bring down the light in the photo. Next, I brought up the highlights by +4 and brought down the blacks by -2 to add whites. Then, I increased the clarity to show texture on the bike lock by +7. Finally, I brought up the vibrancy by +3 to show off the colour of the bike. I decided to edit this photo this way to show off the bike lock and its colours.

Rainy days

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, clarity, and vibrancy. First of all, I found a medium grey for the white balance that brought down the temperature by -2 and brought up the tint by +1. Next, I decreased the exposure a little by -0.50 to bring down the light in the photo. I also reduced the clarity by -2 to define the oil in the water puddle. Finally, I increased the vibrancy to add more hue to the oil spill. I edited this photo this way because I wanted the oil spill to show in the picture. I think this photo represents rainy days because you only really see these oil spills on the ground when they're in rain puddles.

RAINY DAYS

RAINY DAYS

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, highlights, and whites. Firstly, I found a medium grey for the white balance that brought down the temperature by -2 and tint by -3. Next, I reduced the exposure by -1.10 to decrease the amount of light in the photo. I also lessened the highlights by -35 and whites by -9 to diminish the amount of light in the picture. I edited this photo this way to have a more grey/dark theme to it. I think this photo represents rainy days because of all the people outside with their umbrellas walking through the city.

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, highlights, shadows, clarity, and vibrancy. First of all, as always I found a medium grey which increased the temperature by +3 and decreased the tint by -2. Next, I only brought down the exposure by -0.75 to reduce a little portion of the light in the picture since it was already rather dark. Then I raised the highlights by +6 and lowered the shadows by -8 to bring more light in the clouds. I also brought up the clarity by +4 to define the clouds. Finally, I increased the vibrancy to add more colour in the sky. I edited this photo this way to make the clouds stand out and keep the houses shadowlike. I think this represents cloudy days by after a thunderstorm sometimes the sun comes out.

RAINY DAYS

Giving Thanks

GIVING THANKS

In this photo, I edited the white balance, highlights, clarity, and vibrancy. First of all, I found a medium grey for the white balance which decreased the temperature by -5 and the tint by -1. Then in highlights, I brought down them down to reduce the amount of light the lamp was emitting in the photo. Finally, I brought up the clarity by +10 to define elements in the picture and increased the vibrancy by +7.

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, highlights, clarity, and saturation. Firstly, as always I found a medium grey which decreased the temperature by -18 and the tint by -15. Secondly, I lowered the exposure by +15 to reduce the amount of light in the photo. Then, I increased the highlights by +15 to make the whites brighter. Next, I brought up the clarity by +11 to add more detail and definition to the food in the photo. Finally, I increased the saturation by +5 to add more hue. I edited this photo this way because I wanted a darker theme.

GIVING THANKS

In this photo, I edited very few things such as the exposure, shadows, and clarity. First of all, I increased the exposure by +0.40 and the shadows by +64 to add some light to the picture. Then I decreased the clarity by -8 to smooth out the detail in the photo. I edited this photo this way because I didn't need to edit too many things and to keep it a little dark.

GIVING THANKS

Shoes

SHOES

In this photo, I only edited the white balance since I was pretty happy with the result . I brought down the temperature by -5 and tint by -3 to make the photo look cooler. I edited this photo this way because I already liked the way this photo was taken originally.

SHOES

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, highlights, clarity, and saturation. First of all, I found a medium grey which decreased the temperature by -8 and increased the tint by +3. Then, I brought down the exposure by -0.65 and highlights by -100 to lower the amount of light in the photo. Finally, I increased the clarity to by +5 to define the logos on the shoes and brought up the vibrancy by +2 to add more hue to the photo. I edited this photo this way to show off the shoes more and kept it portrait to keep the main focus on these set of shoes

SHOES

AUTUMN

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, clarity and saturation. As always, I found a medium grey which increased the temperature by +6 and the tint by +12. Then I lowered the exposure by -0.85 to make the photo darker and make the lights less glaring. Finally, I brought up the clarity by + 31 to define the lights and glasses more and brought down the saturation to make the lights a softer colour. I edited the photo this way to make the lights in the photo less harsh and to define the glasses.

AUTUMN

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, clarity, and vibrancy. Firstly, I decreased the temperature by -3 and the tint by +6 to give it a cooler appearance. Then I brought down the exposure by -1.25 to get rid of the unnecessary light in the photo. Finally, I brought up the clarity by +17 in the photo to define the leaves and clouds and I brought up the vibrancy by +33 to add more colour too the photo. I edited this photo this way to define the objects in the pictures and add more hue.

AUTUMN

In this photo, I edited the white balance, exposure, clarity, clarity and vibrancy. First of all, I decreased the temperature by -18 and the tint by -21 to balance out the white. Then I decreased the exposure by -0.95 to lower the amount of light in the photo. Finally, I brought up the clarity by +12 to define the pumpkins more and increased the vibrancy to add more hue to the pumpkins. I edited this photo this way to make the photo darker and to make the pumpkins the main focus.

AUTUMN

HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN

In this photo, I edited the temperature, tint, exposure, highlights, clarity, and vibrancy. Firstly, I brought down the temperature by -11 and raised the +8 to add more colour and make the photo have a colder appearance. Then, I reduced the exposure by -0.60 lower the amount of light and brought up the highlights by +17 to decrease the amount of flash in the photo. Finally, I brought up the clarity by +11 to define the candy more and raised the vibrancy by +11 to add more colour in the picture.

HALLOWEEN

In this photo, I did minor edits such as the exposure, highlights, clarity, and vibrancy. First of all, I lowered the exposure by -0.05 to decrease the amount of light in the photo. Next, I reduced the highlights by -100 to limit the amount of flash in the picture. Finally, I brought up the clarity by +6 to define the photo and lessened the amount of vibrancy to reduce the hue in the photo. I edited this photo this way to take away the amount of flash and decrease the amount of colour in the picture.

In this photo, I did minor edits such as the temperature, exposure, and clarity. First of all, I decreased the temperature by -7 to give the photo a colder appearance. Then, I reduced the exposure by -0.20 to reduce the amount of light in the picture to give it a darker presentation. Finally, I decreased the clarity by -18 to give the photo less definition. I edited the photo like this to give it a darker theme and almost ghost-like.

HALLOWEEN

In this photo, I made minor edits such as the temperature, exposure, contrast, and clarity. First of all, I increased the temperature by +7 to give it a warmer appearance. I also lowered the exposure by -1.35 to decrease the amount of light in the photo. Finally, I reduced the contrast by -31 and clarity by -6 to lessen the amount of detail in the photo.

MULTI-IMAGE

In this photo, I only did two edits, exposure, and clarity. I brought down the exposure by -1.55 to decrease the amount of light. Then, I brought up the clarity by +24 to add more detail and definition to the yarn.

MULTI-IMAGE

MULTI-IMAGE

In this photo, I edited the temperature, exposure, highlights, and clarity. First of all, I lowered the temperature by -11 to give the picture a colder appearance. Then, I reduced the exposure by -0.95 and the highlights by -16 to reduce the amount of light. Finally, I brought up the clarity to define the legos more.