Photographer of Choice

1. Patrick Demarchelier

2. Born: August 21, 1943

3. The third of five children, Demarchelier was born just outside of Paris, France, into a humble family. It was the Kodak camera he received from his uncle as a birthday gift that inspired him to begin developing his own photos and considering photography as a career. At 32, he moved to the United States. In 1989, he began his career as the official photographer of Princess Diana. Today, in addition to being a father and a husband, he is a world- renown fashion photographer whose images grace the pages of all of the top fashion magazines, advertisements, and album covers.

4. Demarchelier's photos can be seen in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, to name a few. "I like real laughter in my images," Demarchelier states. His informal fashion shots have a raw fluidity to them that captures viewers. His photos are surreal, yet very tangible as well. He utilizes the space in the image to emphasize the true beauty of his subject. The respect he has for his subjects is obvious in every unique shot. I consider that a great contribution to the realm of photography.

5. I was attracted to this photographer because, first of all, I love fashion and he is one of the top photographers in the business. Secondly, when leafing through fashion magazines, like Vogue, I love how visually interesting and striking, yet sleek, his images are. None of his photos are boring because there is always something that draws you into to it. Whether its the simplicity and elegance of his black and white shots or the intensity and lighting of his colored photos, his photos mesmerize the viewer. They are never distracting, however. They always emphasize the clothing, product, or model by making it the main focus. That balance is what makes his pictures so fantastic.

6.
Untitled, March 2009



Untitled, April 2011


 
Christy Turlington, British Vogue, New York, February 1992

Nadja Avermann, Harper's Bazaar, Paris, October 1994


7. Sources:
http://www.demarchelier.net/home.html
http://www.tonyshafrazigallery.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=12&view=bio
http://models.com/people/patrick-demarchelier
http://jewelryaccessories.com/fashion-photographers/373-patrick-demarchelier.html

Grafiti Panorama

 To create this panorama, I made the first image its own layer and copy and pasted in the next layer. By lowering the opacity and using the move tool, I lined up the photos as best I could. Nothing was too unaligned. Next, I applied a layer mask and blended the two photos together, hiding the crease between the photos. I did this same thing for every single photo that I added. I used the clone stamp for some last touch-ups and then, I cropped the entire panorama, cutting out some messy looking clone-stamped grafiti. Lastly, I increased the saturation on the entire picture to make the colors brighter. My main goal was to emphasize the colors and I think that was achieved fairly well. I also really like the depth of the picture and how it is almost 3-dimensional. I wish I wouldn't have had to crop out the portion of brick wall that I removed because of bad alignment, but overall, I don't think it harmed the finish product. I like how it turned out in the end, especially because the models are my best friends. They are my favorite part of the picture and it makes me smile to look at it because it reminds me of them. (:

Head Replacement

To transfer my face onto Mrs. Lovett's body, I used the lasso tool to copy and paste my head into the image. Then I used a layer mask blend my head more naturally into her hair. Next, I changed the exposure, saturation, and brightness of my face to match the photo. Lastly, I adjusted the size of my face to pixelate it a bit, helping it match the lower quality of the photo better.

Open Notes Quiz

1.What is the advantage of using a layer mask? What color reveals and what color masks your images?
-Layer masks hide things and let you reveal only what you want to be shown. Black hides and white reveals.

2.  When using a clone stamp, what key must be held to sample a portion of the image?
-Option

3. How do I add additional canvas to my image? How do the anchor points effect this?
-Go to the image tab, then canvas size, and change width. Use the anchor points to add canvas in the opposite direction.

4. How do you blur a layer?
-Go to the filter tab, then blur, then Guassian blur.

5. How do you link a levels adjustment layer to an individual layer?
-First, create a levels adjustment layer and then hold down option to move it onto an individual layer.

Classroom Panorama

I began by opening the three photos in Photoshop. I made the far-left picture into a background layer and then added canvas to the right of it. I copy and pasted the next picture onto the canvas, lowered its opacity and used the move tool to line it up as best as possible with the other image. Because they did not align perfectly, I used the free transform tool to morph the picture a bit. Next, I created a layer mask and erased the things that were still unaligned. I repeated these steps to add and align the next picture, cropped the entire thing, and then adjusted the levels.

Self-Portrait

First, I cropped this image to 8x10.  Then, I used the clone stamp to remove the fly-away hairs around my head and used the patch tool to remove major blemishes. To even out the skin even further, I blurred the face with the Guassian blur. To brighten the teeth and the whites of the eyes, I painted them white with  a brush on soft-light mode, later lessening the opacity of the layer so they it doesn't look unnatural. Lastly, I changed the levels of the photo to remove any yellow.

Vintage Retouch

For this photo, I used the clone tool to erase water marks and other signs of damage. I fixed the colors to be brighter and richer. Lastly, I cropped it into a clean-edged oval.

Ripped Photo Retouch

For this photo, I used the clone stamp to fix all the cracks in this ripped photo and make it look as if it is all one piece.

Model Retouch

For this photo, I adjusted the color to take out the yellows. Also, I brightened the white of the model's eyes and teeth and brightened her lips as well. She had a large vein on her forehead, so I used the patch tool to remove it and then blur her skin to make it more even.