GROUP TASK 25th November 2009

For this task we were required to work in groups of three, and produce one final photograph influenced by one from a list of film titles. At first we looked at Breakfast at Tiffanys, Dead Man's Shoes and Into the Wild, but finally we settled on Rear Window. We made a few thumbnail sketches of the type of scene we wanted to recreate, decided upon possible locations,and what equipment we would need. We also decided who would take on what role and responsibilities; eg. photographer, model etc. The following are some of the images including our final take, and also a "cover " version created in Photoshop using layers to create a montage of our work.

DIGITAL DARKROOM - Warm balanced version of a photo

This is a WARM BALANCED version of my photograph, which has been created by using the white balance temperature slider bar in Lightroom to its maximum level of 100% to the right. This removes all cool (blue) tones and enhances all the warm reds, oranges, yellows of the colour scale, creating a warm glow to your images.

DIGITAL DARKROOM - Grey Balanced version of a photo

This is a GREY BALANCED version of my photograph.

To create this effect simply, you can use the box at the top in the White Balance section where there is either colour or greyscale. Choose GREYSCALE. This will instantly convert the image. However, you can still change the tonal values by sliding the temperature bar which will lighten or darken the image.

DIGITAL DARKROOM - Cool Balanced Version of a Photo

Using the Lightroom Catalogue, it is possible to take an existing photograph and produce various colour balanced versions of the same piece of work. Here I have made a COOL version by importing the picture from my computer into lightroom, then using the Develop feature, I have used the temperature slider bar in the White Balance settings, and moved it across to the far left, which is the coolest setting, towards the Blue end of the colour scale. This gives an overall cool cast, removing any warm tones such as reds, oranges etc.