Forced Perspective

technique description.
For these photos, we created forced perspective. In the first one, I took a picture of Emma crawling on the floor in the commons and rotated the picture to make it look like she was climbing up a wall. For the second, Sydney laid on the ground far away from the camera and I set up one person close to the camera pretending to stomp their foot down. It looks like there's a giant shoe about to step on Sydney. For both photos, I made adjustments to the curves and levels and then duplicated the background layer and used a blending mode on it.

reflection.
I think these photos worked pretty well to create the illusion of a different perspective. We found it a bit difficult to come up with ideas for pictures, though, and kept running into the problem of depth of field; the objects farther back were blurred out. I fixed this by increasing the aperture setting to create great depth of field.

Selective Color

technique description.

For this assignment, we worked on altering the color schemes of photos. To do this, you add a new fill layer of the color you want to change something to. Use a layer mask to block out any area where you dont want to change the color, and pick a blending mode that blends it in realistically. For the first picture, the darkest flower used to be purple. It distracted from the complimentary color scheme so I made it red. In the second picture, I changed the background- which had a lot of brown woodchips distracting from the subject. I made it all green to look more like the flower was just in a field of grass.

reflection.

I think I did a good job using the selection tool to change the color of the first photo. The edits look pretty realistic. However, the second one could be a bit better. I'm not sure I like the background to be all one color.

Color: Meaning and Mood

technique description.
For this assignment, I used color to create a mood in my photo. I used complimentary colors (red and green). I enhanced the colors and added contrast by using the curves and hue/saturation adjustments. Then I adjusted the colors slightly using the selective color. I also added a vignette and lens flare.

reflection.
I like the way this photo turned out, especially the lighting and the texture in it. The flower seems to be reaching up towards the sky. The colors help to set the mood; red portrays a sense of boldness, determined, energetic, lively, and triumphant. The green is aspiring, fresh, natural, safe, and free. The flower seems full of energy and wonder, reaching up towards the sun and the whole setting feels very natural and free.