Detail Photos

Detail Photos

Life is in the Details!

The Story is in the Details!

A photographer doesn’t just look at the whole picture. 
They also look to capture the details.

The details tell a story. 

They make it more real and personal.  The size, shape, color…..these are the details to capture.

Example:  This is my son playing baseball like many other 5 year olds in Little League.  It’s a documentation of a time/place/ect.  What we don’t have is the details that make this a story.

Below is the detail that make it come alive!

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Converse Shoes as a Whole
A Cow is a Cow is a Cow

The details make him real and personal

 


Photographing the Project
    1. You will take one photo of an object in its WHOLE. 

       

 

    1. You will taken 8-12 detailed photos of your object.  The more you shoot the more you will have to pick from.

       

 

  1. All photos must be in focus and exposed correct
Photoshop Editing Section
    1. Pick your 8 best details and your 1 whole object photo and Edit them all the same.

 

  1. Edit as you choice (vintage, black and white, color or use an action)
  2. Save your finished 9 images to a separate file
  3. Shrink all of your photos to 600 pixels x 600 pixels using the shrinking technique used in the ABC photos project. If you forgot:
  • -File
  • -Scrips
  • -Image Processor
  • -Select the Folder where you have all your images
  • – Select for the save images (second select folder) the same folder you picked for the first one. (Your shrunk images will be in a folder called jpeg in the folder where you have all your ABC photos)
  • -Check the box Save as JPEG and RESIZE to Fit
  • -Change your W and H to 600 px each
  • -Click Run
  • -You will wait while Photoshop runs through all your files and shrinks them.
Putting them all Together in Photoshop
  • Create a new file that is 2000 pixels x 2000pixels.  Make sure the background is white.
  • Go to Layer at the top of photoshop and pick new layer

 

  • Click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool (found second from the top on the tool bar).
  • Click the shift key and hold it as you draw a box.
  • Click D to set your color to black
  • Click  Alt-Backspace (mac Option-delete) to fill your box with black. Do not deselect
  •  Click on the move tool (top tools pallet)
  • Press and hold Alt-Shirt (mac Option-shift) and drag a copy of the black square to the right.
  • Do this 7 more times until you have 9 black boxes.
  •  When you finish your last box go to select-deselect.
    • Click on your background layer on the layers pallet
    • Hold the Shift key and click on the layer with the 9 boxes so both are highlighted

       

 

    • Click on the move tool
    • Click on the Align Horizontal Centers along the top
    • Click on the Align Vertical Centers along the top
    • This allows your boxes to be directly centered.

 

 

 

  • Go to File- Place- Pick one of your parts of the whole photos that you saved
  • Drag it over one of the black boxes.
  • Make sure it is just slightly larger than the black box.
  • Click enter to lock in your image
  • Press CTRL-ALT-G (mac Command-Option-G). This will cause your photo to be placed behind.
  • Use the move tool to place it correctly.
  • Repeat this step until you have filled in all 9 boxes

Your final image will look like this: