Gig Photo Samples
This is another part of my final project. I have decided to make a gig photo book because I spend a lot of time around music and I really enjoy taking photos of musicians so I wanted to show my photos to an audience.Before sending my photos to the company for them to put them in the book, I have experimented with them a little bit because my initial idea was to have the photos in Black&White. I have edited the photos in Photoshop but after editing them I decided not to use a black&white filter on them because in color,the photos had more story to it.
This is the original photo that I have taken at one of the gig's I have been to. I have used a Canon 700D and a 50mm lens on the night when I was taking photos.I haven't used any of my lights,there were some artificial lights set up at the gig and they kept changing the colors and that's why some photos from this gig are a different color to others,because the light kept changing and I really like that on some photos like this, you can see the purple light in the background but you can also see a reflection of the blue light on the guitarists jacket and I think that is a small but a very nice detail to this photo.
I have decided to make the photo Black&White to see what it would be like without the bright colors and if I would like it more or not.
To make the photo Black&White,I have selected the black&white filter in the Image and Adjustments part,but there are other way's of turning the photo black&white but I have decided to use this way because it's a quicker for me.
To make the photo Black&White,I have selected the black&white filter in the Image and Adjustments part,but there are other way's of turning the photo black&white but I have decided to use this way because it's a quicker for me.
After selecting the black&white mode, this is the window that comes up on my screen and I have to use all of the color channels to make the photo look the way I want it to look.The main channels that I have used to edit this photo are reds,blues and magentas because there was a hint of blue in that photo and I wanted to make those parts a little bit darker.
This is the way to make the photo look even more darker. This filter can be used on all the photos but to me personally,it works the best on black&white photos or quite dark ones.To make the photo darker, I have clicked on Image,Adjustments and levels and then have tried to make the black part of the photo a little bit darker.
This is what the photo turned out to be like after the editing that I have done in photo shop. Usually I like photos in black&white but in this case I thought that it took away all the fun emotions that the photo had before the editing. After experimenting with the black&white filter, I have decided to keep the photos their original color because I really liked the brightness of them and I think it gives out a very positive message and vibe when a photo is in color and that's the whole point of my project,to make people smile whilst they are looking through my book.