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2009 October 18 – HDR Transformer Kaiyodo Optimus Prime

Tory Ling — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:15:45 +0000

2009 October 18

HDR Transformer Kaiyodo Optimus Prime

This weeks [10/14 to 10/21] photography assignment is Table Top. I know how to take pictures for Table Top since a few years back, and from the class of last year. It seems that every time I do it, I improve. I decided to take this assignment a bit further to do them in HDR [High Dymanic Range].

At Comic Con this year I gotten an kaiyodo action figure, and I have been looking and waiting for, which was Optimus Prime. I wanted to fine a good price for it at at Comic Con. I found a seller that had 3 left, so I gotten 2 of them for discounted price. One box is open now, and one box is staying sealed cause Optimus Prime is my favorite Autobot.

Materials

Kaiyodo Transformers Optimus Prime Action Figure
PVC homemade Light Tent
Silver Sun Car Shade
Black Acrylic
Nikon D40
picture sets of different exposure
Photomatrix Pro 3

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2009 May 22 – Photoshop – BlacknWhite

Tory Ling — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:25:03 +0000

2009 May 22

Photoshop – BlacknWhite

On Wednesday, in my photography class, we were taking color photos and turning them into black and white pictures in photoshop.

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There has not been any given assignments because this term is almost finished. Our final day of this term is the 30th of May, they picked the 30th because my Education Center offers Saturday classes.

2009 May 04 – Photoshop Final Projects

Tory Ling — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:27:12 +0000

2009 May 04 – Photoshop Final Projects

Today is the due date for my Photoshop Final projects. I submitted two images but I also given the process images, showing the starting point to the finished images that I wanted to achieve. I have uploaded them to here, so I can share with you, and please give me comments, and thoughts, Id like to see what you all have to say about my work.

First Image is a drawing of me and a lulu girl dressed up as a jedi. I got this drawing at Comic Con a few years back. The artists name is Tim Wollweber, and I just simply scanned the image in to my computer, and used photoshop to outline the dark and important lines. Than, I went and colored in all the areas I wanted to show colors. I took the image to place it on a background image that is Star Wars related. I was applying layers and adding lightsaber effects.

Second Image is a Transformer Toy, his name is Optimus Prime the leader of the mighty Autobots from Cybertron. A year back, I took several exposed shots of this action figure, and made the image into a HDR resolution. HDR (High Dyanmic Range). For what I have applied are a few different things that I learned during class, which are; Filter in the Lens Blur, Masking, and Applying Text with gradient colors.

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2009 March 10 Macro Photography

Tory Ling — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:29:35 +0000

03/10/2009 Macro Photography

I really get a kick out of Macro Photography (aka Table Top) I have been doing these types of shots during my eBay business. I have been take close up pictures of what I was selling to give the customers/or buyers the best image so I can sell my products.

I got this cool action figure at a collectors showcase in the City of Industry of California, but the action figure is a Transformer named “Hot Rodimus” made my a japanese company called Kaiyodo.

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Object: Kaiyodo Transformer HotRodimus | Camera: Nikon d40

Black Arylic, Spot Light, Silver Car Sun Shader

I have also made a slide show feature made my Animoto.com which is below;

Youtube: 20090309 Yaiyodo HotRodimus 03 LRG

Youtube: 20090309_HOTRODIMUS_Part_04

Youtube: 20090310_HOTRODIMUS_Part05