1. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I. Making Images Canon S5is Test - Canon S5is Test - 10 slides Copyright © 2003 – 2009 Kenji Tachibana

2. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Notice the Light: I noticed it while driving on Hwy 99 that the downtown building were dramatically lit by sunlight playing peak- a-boo through the broken clouds. I changed my destination to West Seattle’s Admiral Way Lookout Point. Making Images: Canon S5 IS test shot

3. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Lookout Point View: Once I got to my favorite cityscape shooting location, the lighting had changed. It had lost the shimmering light quality. The cityscape was hiding behind a mild atmospheric haze. Making Images: Canon S5 IS test shot Camera Original

4. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Lab Work: Steps 1 & 2 Step 1 cropping was not required. I went to step 2, basic lab work. o Levels Adjustment o Brightness/Contrast o Color Adjustment That cut through the haze bringing back some of the shimmering light quality that I saw while driving. Making Images: Canon S5 IS test shot Basic lab work

5. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Lab Work: Step 3 The clouds were made darker using a standard area-burn. I selected the areas and applied a high degree of feathering. Then I darkened the clouds. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to compare this with the previous image. Making Images: Canon S5 IS test shot Darken sky

6. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Lab Work: Step 4 The foreground water was also burned down with a gradated darkening affect. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to compare this with the previous image. Making Images: Canon S5 IS test shot Darken water

7. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Lab Work: Step 5 Dodging is a lightening process. I dodged the middle area to lighten some of the buildings and clouds. Both burning and dodging came from the traditional darkroom print making process. Explain as needed… Making Images: Canon S5 IS test shot Lighten city & cloud

8. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Here to There: The image went from the camera original to the finished image in 5 easy and repeatable steps. And each step is a non-destructive filter adjustment, which can be turned off and on or applied from 1 to 100% effect. Making Images: Canon S5 IS test shot Camera original

9. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Detail Story: The small detail area shows very high resolution. Although it also shows the limit of the 8 mega-pixel compact digital sensor chip. It is not smooth! Even using the highest image quality offered by ISO 80, the image exhibits digital noise and other electronic artifacts. Look at the sky. It’s grainy and not real world smooth Making Images: Canon S5 IS test shot

10. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Being a Magician: Even with the best of skills, photography can not capture reality. A good image maker must also be a good magician. A showman that can convince the audience that the illusion before them is the real thing. Making Images: Canon S5 IS test shot

11. Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I x End