Week 7 Workshop Task – RAW vs JPEG

I initially picked this futsal image as I think the actual shot is a good one. The player is holding the ball with no blur like what we practiced in the workshop the other week. However, I’m not sure if the lighting caused it or what but the colour appeared to be a bit washed out and image looks a bit grey.

That is why in post production I chose to liven the image up and to try bring the colour through by using the brightness/contrast adjustment layer. This was was my first attempt at doing anything like this on photoshop so I don’t know if I may have accidentally gone too over the top and made it too bright.

The second image is one I took of a rugby pitch. Similarly to the first one, I think the shot isn’t bad but as you can see from the sky, the lighting on the day wasn’t great. I chose this image as it will be one I will perhaps replicate for my project with an image of Farsley’s pitch.

I used the same post production technique for this image as I adjusted the brightness and contrast using the adjustment layer. As you can see the sky is no longer as gloomy and the colour of the pitch has really come through and I am really pleased with the way this image looks now after post-production.

Extra Credit

For the extra credit task I wanted to take a photo at night so I know what it is like to post produce a night image. This is just in case one of the Farsley games for my assignment is a night time game. This gave me experience when shooting at night.