Picture 395

SO!!!
I took a week off.
I went to my Aunt’s house to work on school work.
And after we got done… I didn’t want to go home.

So I stayed and we built a puzzle.
Things have use been very busy.
Loads of projects due.
My brain is fried.
But, things are calming down and it’s all good…. For now.
I set up my Spring classes yesterday.
I thought I was busy now.
HAHAHAHA
I was almost forced to take EVERY CLASS on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
From 9 am to 8 pm.
A WHOLE DAY OF SCHOOL!
That wouldn’t have been fun at all.
The only class that I could change was Math.
It’s on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 am.
I’ll have a night class at 6pm to 8pm.
Busy times….
Other than that, everything is still the same.
I printed some photos in photo class.
We are moving onto digital now.
The teacher handed out cameras to those who didn’t have one.
And guess what….
THEY ARE MY CAMERA!!
Nikon D3300!
There were a few 3200s.
It was cool.
So, I don’t have to worry about having to do things a different way because I have a different camera.
We are all the same.
We have a make some pictures as well!
OH! That reminds me, my Imaging class wants me to make some pictures as well.
Six pictures of textures.
The pictures for Photo can be pretty much whatever I want, as long as it looks good.
I can only use MANUAL.
Which is what I do anyways.
….. ok, almost all the time.
I know more than most people in the class.
Sorry guys……..
…………………….
But it’s true.
MOVING ON!!!
I have many things to do!
ONTO THE PICTURE!
Last time I did a picture…. I hated it.
The end result was just terrible.
Well, to me it was.
So, that led me to want to do it again.
And this time, the way I had it planned in my brain.
That’s what I did.
AND BOOM!
It worked.
I love it when my plans work out.
This is how I wanted it to be in the first place!
I did have to use a few tricks to make it look good.
Like shake reduction and all that.
I think it looks good!
I would go into detail of what I did… but that’s too much.
I used to back in the day before the BTS videos.
Maybe I should do that again.
That way you can see what I did without having to watch 45 minutes of my being weird.
You can just read it.
Like the good old days.
ANYWAYS!!
For the coloring, I did the usual contrast, clarity, and saturation.
But not too much.
I did have to play with the blues and reds to make my shirt POP!
COMPARE!!
First off, here's the original...

I cropped it early on and save the changes as cropped pictures.
Comparing cropped and non-cropped causes issues.
So, you'll be comparing the cropped versions.

Hover your mouse (the computer one :-P) over the original picture to see the after editing one.
If you're on a touchscreen device, just tap on the picture. You may have to tap more than once.
This is just the Photoshop changes...

Now, compare just the Lightroom chaanges...

Lastly, compare ALL THE CHANGES!!!

AMAZING!!
Just what I wanted!
Let's try the Image Slider.
Here's how it works...
There's a blue bar in the middle of the picture.
That's the slider.
The slider will disappear when you move your mouse off of the image.
I did that so you can really see the split.
But, it'll come back when you hover over it again.
You can CLICK on it and DRAG it around to get our own split image.
Or, you can use these presets.
Before FULL, After FULL, 50/50, Before a QUARTER, or After a QUARTER.

Before

After

Ok, the video is a bit long.
The other reason for my taking a week off was that Premiere Pro…. Stopped working.
I have been having issues since I got it and this was the flash straw.
IT JUST DECIDED TO QUIT WORKING!
So, I had to re-edit the video in good ol’ Premiere Elements.
I’ve decided to just use that from now on.
I’m tired of the issues.
So, all that is in the BTS video.
Plus, all my extra silly stuff.
Maybe one day I’ll separate my videos.
I do monthly updates which are all the videos that I didn’t include in a BTS video.
Maybe I should so weekly updates and cut out the videos about the picture making.
And then have that be its own video.
That’s why they are so long.
It’s mostly me just rambling and then I make a picture or 10 minutes out of the 50 minutes.
Or, I could include less.
I like to show how my week is going.
That usually influences the picture.
I should just include….. less.
I don’t know.
I need to do something.
This video is an hour long and it shouldn’t be.
I’ll work on things.
You can CLICK HERE to see the video or watch it below. 

OK!! That’s all.
I do have a picture for next week, but I might include it with the Park videos for next year.
But that means I won’t have a picture for next week.
I might just use it anyways.
It’ll be a sneak peek of what we have been doing.
So…………..
COME BACK NEXT WEEK!!!