Photoshop experience

To aid my future profession of becoming a football journalist I have started to create a portfolio of experience including articles, and photos that go alongside them. However, I do not like the thought of someone else’s work in my portfolio and so I have edited every photo that has gone into it, and here they are:

This photo was for my SPL article, and at first, when taken from Google; the photo was in full colour. However, I wanted the two players to be the complete and utter focus of the photo and decided to Photoshop it in order to make the background black and white. to do this, I selected the whole photo before holding ALT and using the magnetic lasso tool in order to select the players and the ball as a whole, I then edited the colouring to 'black and white' and then the background went how I wanted it to. To make sure this photo was recognised as my own, I used text to write 'Edited by Ben Edkins' in the bottom left hand corner. And I took the colour from the player in order for it to stand out well.

This photo was for my Mark Noble article, and at first, when taken from Google; the photo was in full colour. However, I wanted the player to be the complete and utter focus of the photo and decided to Photoshop it in order to make the background black and white. to do this, I selected the whole photo before holding ALT and using the magnetic lasso tool in order to select the player as a whole, I then edited the colouring to 'black and white' and then the background went how I wanted it to. To make sure this photo was recognised as my own, I used text to write 'Edited by Ben Edkins' in the bottom left hand corner. And I took the colour from the players sleeve in order for it to stand out well.

This photo was for my Dame article, and at first, when taken from Google; the photo was in full colour. However, I wanted the player to be the complete and utter focus of the photo and decided to Photoshop it in order to make the background black and white. to do this, I selected the whole photo before holding ALT and using the magnetic lasso tool in order to select the player and the ball, I then edited the colouring to 'black and white' and then the background went how I wanted it to. To make sure this photo was recognised as my own, I used text to write 'Edited by Ben Edkins' in the bottom left hand corner. And I took the colour from the player’s chest in order for it to stand out well.

Firstly, I gathered 3 football logos from Google, brought them all to the front posterior to enlarging them using CTRL + ALT + T. this was all for my article on Clash of the Dons. The next photo I used was also taken from Google and it was the fire, which I enlarged too, before sending it to the back, and placing it behind the 3 logos. I used fire because the team on the right is the 'phoenix club' of the top logo, and the team logo on the left is a franchise of the team on the right after that was de-franchised from the top team following liquidation. finally I edited the 3 separate photos, set them to 'linear burn' and then set the opacity on 60%, and this effect made the logos turn to a black, charred colour, which connoted 'phoenix' as they arise from the fire and flames.

Pose Photos.

 
I have recently gone out and taken some pose photos, and here they are.


This photo was taken to connote his depression which may be from his alcohol consumption and it portrays alcohol as a negative subject. The actor is looking up, may be for hope? And the camera angle is a high shot to make him look inferior to his alcoholic days.

This photo is similar but is from a higher angle and shows less of the actor, I wouldn’t say it is as good as the above photo due to this over exposure of the corridor walls. The actor is once again made to look inferior as the camera looks down onto him.

This photo portrays the actor in a slightly more positive way as he has a glimpse of smile upon his face. The camera is once again looking down onto him to capture and hold that inferior connotation.

Although blurry, I like this photo as the actor isn’t the main focus, as he comes behind the pecking order to a bannister and a bin which may connote his falling lifestyle (bannister on stairs) and his rubbish life (the bin) the bannister is the subject of focus because even that has more significance to life than the actor does, this photo will help steer those clear of alcohol.

This fantasy looking photo is brilliant in my perspective as the resolution is amazing. The actor has done brilliant too as he captures his emotions beautifully as he looks up for hope. This photo looks a lot happier than the others and allows a sense of forgiveness for those who have committed to the over consumption of alcohol. The light in the background connotes hope and forgiveness too.

This photo has used the window as a frame for the subject in focus, the model, the light that shines through the window allows some positivity to a negative emotion.
The plain blank, white walls connote that the model has a boring and plain life; this is also reflected by his plain white shirt. Despite all of this, the low angle gives the model a sense of supremacy as the camera looks up to him. The fact that the model is looking in a different direction may denote that he is looking for something new.
 

This photo is just like the one above, however, he has changed his hand movements and this may add a bit of mystery to the photo as he wonders what he wants, what is he looking to? The camera angle is a close up which allows the audience to see his facial expressions, but his tilt disables this at the same time, creating an oxymoron effect.

 

 
This photo would be used for its comical effect as the model looks like a hamster. The photo isn’t very good because the angle isn’t close enough he capture the models full facial expression. The excessive background would need to be cropped, as would the other photographer.

 

  This photo connotes violence due to the model readying his knuckles for action. The photo is a close up. I like this photo because it was taken randomly and came off really well.

The actor’s facial expressions would denote that he is happy due to the presence of a grin on his face. The photo is pretty good because it is a close up and shows his expressions well, but also allows the background to add that bit of flavour to the photo.

 

Bobby Moore Photoshop

I selected the whole photo then held ALT whilst I lassoed around the player, Bobby Moore, when I finally done it, I selected 'black and white' and then everything but the player turned black and white.

Finally I added some text and got the colour from the player's sleeve.

I made this photo for a West Ham blog after they needed a new logo designed, I won and this is currently being used on @moorethanaclub and the blog is www/moorethanjustaclub.blogspot.com

Slang and Taboo etc

Here I have listed some slang terms from all over the country, I have then put them into a fictional context, as well as this I have translated it into Standard English.


Pratt es – Northern sexual term

Suck us off – Northern sexual term

I’m wankered – I’m drunk

A munter – Ugly person

A dog – Ugly girl

A baghead – One who takes drugs

A jimmy riddle (piddle) – Cockney rhyming slang

Bees and honey (money) - Cockney rhyming slang

Now then chava – Hi mate

Barnes – Children

Bait – Dinner

Glesgs kess – Head-butt

Chelsea smile – An attack

Snaking - Talking to someone

Sharking – Talking to someone

Plates of meat (feet) - Cockney rhyming slang

Apples and pears (stairs)-Cockney rhyming slang

Tin bath (laugh)- Cockney rhyming slang

Voddy – vodka

Bag – Old person

 

Slang Speech

Oh no, some munter was sharking es yesterday at party so a did a jimmy riddle right in her cup, fucking dog deserved nowt else really. The bagheads on the green and the others all wankered, all part of a sturday night really innit bruv. Oioi chava get ya plates o’ meat up these apples and pears for us love, a wanna pratt ya, its nowt to do with the voddy or out it’s just my sausage is have a tantrum a said to this lass, she just laughed and asked if I was havin’ a tin bath, silly bag, no on rejects me without a Chelsea smile and a glesga kess, that sent the bird home happy didn’t it, was funny as bruv ya should a seen her.

 

Standard English Speech

Oh goodness, an unattractive girl kept chatting to me yesterday at the party so I urinated in her cup, the ugly girl deserved nothing else really. The delinquents were on the cannabis and everyone else was very drunk, it was all part of a Saturday night. Hello mate, get yourself up these apples and pears for me, I would like to have sexual intercourse with you, it’s nothing to do with the vodka or anything it’s just my testosterone is raging. She laughed at me though and asked if I was having a laugh, silly girl, nobody rejects me without getting a smack and a head-butt, that sent her home happy didn’t it, it was funny.