Project 4 Three Techniques

2.10 Dodging and burning

One of the most used techniques to lighten (dodging) or darken (burning) parts of an image. It can be used to draw attention to or away from parts of an image. In the following example the face is lightened and the background foliage darkened. Having experimented with a couple of images, the challenge was to make a subtle change.

2.11 Split contrast

This exercise was more challenging and felt that the guidance had been written by someone who was an experienced Photoshop user, but didn’t fully consider people who are new to the programme. I felt like I was following the instructions without fully understanding the process. Photoshop is a powerful programme and using layers and masks allows you to edit whilst retaining the original image, though time and practice will be needed to master the techniques