Assignment # 2

CN Tower Photo

Summer Sunset

Niagara Gorge

   

 

 

Bridegroom and I

            Tall Rock, Downtown Park        

         With the advent of photo editing tools, photographers can now alter their photos to convey a different message, emotion, perspective or overall feel. With the assistance of Google Picasa 3, I edited a few photos which I had taken with my Apple iPhone 4S which comes equip with a 8 megapixel camera. On my first image, I captured a photo of the CN Tower and the adjacent Toronto skyline. I added a "Neon" effect in order to accentuate the CN tower, seeing that it is a symbolic figure of Toronto. Neon lights can be seen commonly on store signs such as "OPEN 24/7" and restaurants names such as "Jimmy the Greek". This effect is suppose to bring awareness to the CN Tower as one of the world's tallest free-standing structures just how neon lights bring awareness to store signs informing the public that they are open. The second photo is one I took of the sunset on a summer day. On this photo, I added the "straighten" effect which gives you the ability to turn a photo either clockwise or counter clockwise to a certain degree. I decided to turn the photo clockwise to give it the feel that the scene is changing just as the sun is going down and the time is changing from day to night. 

The third photo is a photo I took of the Niagara Gorge. I found this photo fascinating because the Niagara Gorge has one of the strongest river currents in the world. It is truly amazing to marvel at. For the Niagara Gorge photo I used an image process effect called "Boost". The "Boost" effect brings out the colour of a photo and increases its contrast. As you can see, this effect adds a different dynamic to the photo, it gives it a vibrant feel and the dark colouring of the trees brings the photo more life in my opinion. For the fourth photo, I had a friend take a photo of the bridegroom and I on his wedding day. This photo has a lot of meaning to it because the bridegroom is my best friend and it this was a very special day for him. For this photo , I used the "HDR-ish" effect which allows the photo to appear as a painting. I choose to edit this photo to look like a painting because it was the bridegroom's favourite photo taken of us and he had it made into a painting. This effect gave me the best effect to emulate that painting.  The final photo is one I took of this tall rock at a park in downtown Toronto. For this photo, I used an effect called "Focal Zoom" which allows you to focus on a certain part of the photo in order to make it stand out. The reason I shifted the focus on this tall rock is because that day there was a wedding taking place at the park and everyone was lining up to take a photo of them standing in front of it. So I decided to make this rock stand out because of the importance it had that day behind everyone's own photos. 

It is amazing how photo editing tools allow us to edit, alter and manipulate photos to fit our liking. All of these photos are original photos I took using my iPhone 4 8 megapixel camera. The editing done on them reflect my feelings and accentuate the city of Toronto.