Photoshop Practice

Black and White with Color

Abstract

To create this black and white with color photo, in Bridge I took out all of the color using the adjustment brush, and then used it again to paint back in the color that I wanted. I decided to paint in these bright red leaves, because I really liked the color of them and I thought the vibrant red would pop against the background. I only painted the leaves that were closest to the camera back in, because I tried doing the ones in back too but I didn't like the way it came out. Overall I'm happy with this black and white with color. 

Free Choice

To bring back this bird's orange beak against the black and white background, I used the adjustment brush to take away all the saturation, and then paint back in the beak. I chose the beak to color in because I originally thought of having the whole bird in color, but I thought that would be too big of a subject to be colored. I really like how the orange beak came out.

Landscape/Nature

I again used the adjustment brush to desaturate this entire photo and then paint the saturation back in to the flower and stem. I like how well the coloring back in went, but I wish I had picked a picture of a more colorful flower. The white still looks nice, but a different color would have been a better contest against the black and white background.

Portrait

Lastly, I used the adjustment brush to take color out and put in back in to this picture of my friend. I decided to make her dress colored, because it was a very pretty blue, and I thought that making her entire body colored would have been too much. I discovered while converting this that the sun and shadows made a weird yellow colored section on her dress, which I don't like, but other than that I like how this picture came out. 

Black and White Conversion

Abstract

To create this black and white conversion, I first used the histogram in Bridge to make sure my photos were evenly exposed, and then converted them to grayscale images. With this particular image, I added a lot of lights into it to make the details of the bark really stand out. I really am happy with how this photo looks as a black and white.

Free Choice

I used the histogram and grayscale converter in Bridge to create this black and white image. I really like how this picture came out, and I think it looks good as a black and white. I also added lights to this photo to make it brighter, and I think the lights and the darks contrast each other nicely.

Landscape/Nature

This is a picture from my trip to Florida last year, and I thought it would be a good image to convert to a black and white. I didn't have to do very much with the histogram for this image, because it was already pretty evenly exposed. I used the grayscale converter to make this black and white, and I really like how it ended up coming out, especially the dark shadows on the light ground.

Portrait

This portrait of my friend Gabby was converted to a black and white by using the histogram and grayscale converter in Bridge. I brightened the image to highlight her face and the lighting around her hair, and then I converted to a grayscale image. I'm really happy with how this came out as a black and white image.

Split Toning

Abstract

For this split tone, I believe I used a greenish and pink/red color. I used the split toning tool to turn this photo into this nice combination of the two colors. I think this picture works really well as a duo tone image, and I'm happy with how it came out. 

Free Choice

For this image, I used the split toning tool in bridge, and used a lot of pink/red along with a tiny bit of blue/green. My goal with this image was to make it a pink color because it is of a heart, and I think I did a nice job accomplishing that. I wish this picture was sharper, but I'm still pretty happy with how it turned out.

Landscape/Nature

Using the split tones in Bridge, I used a pinkish color and a yellowish color to get this duo tone leaves picture. I really like the color that this picture ended up being, and I think that its tone works really well with the image. I like how this image came out a lot.

Portrait

Lastly, I used the split toning tool in Bridge to adjust this picture of Gabby. I believe I used a purple color and an orange color to create this duo tone. I think that those two colors work well together, especially in this image, and I am happy with how it turned out.