Free Form

This is another image of Alyssa with a theme of childhood, but instead playing an adult pretending to be a child, she is dressed simply, showing how she is someone going through a transitional period of life yet still trying to cling to their childhood, symbolized by the doll.

Free Form

This is the more photoshopped version of my last photo. I played up the saturation of the bright colored cloth and crown jewels, but toned down Alyssa's face, skin, and hair to show feature the garish brightness of playing dress-up.

Free Form 2

I plan to work on photoshopping it more, but here is a free form with "childhood" as the theme.

Open Project 2

I liked this fun shot of Diane. I enhanced the lighting and actually changed the color of the hat because it was disappearing into the background. I liked the frivolous purple and the playfulness it added, contrasting the last picture of Diane with the hat.

Open Project

I shot Diane, with no inspiration other than the props I found in the classroom. I liked this project because I didn't feel constrained to a specific subject or trying to work the shots toward a specific goal. I felt more free to take a wide variety of shots and simply go with the flow. I also enjoyed using Photoshop, since I have gotten much better at it over the course of the year. This shot had a lot of photoshopping, since I was trying achieve a certain lighting effect. I still am not sure about the final effect on Diane's face, but overall I am happy with the darker mood of the photo. It isn't perfectly in focus, but that's what I had to work with. I brought out the red of the chair and the contrast in the hat, to highlight those objects a little more. I felt using the hat prop made the picture more intriguing because it implied some deeper plot behind the photo.

Portrait with Background

A second picture of Cassandra with a bubble background.

Portrait

This is a portrait with a feather boa and a background created using ink splatter brushes. I found this project a lot of fun because I loved the quirky simplicity the feather boa brought to the portrait, and I had never really used the brushes before and was excited to find the variety of brushes available online. I'm finding photoshop easier to use each time I do a project, and I was happy at how quickly I was able to adjust this photo the way I wanted it. I used some of the tools to smooth out the skin and brighten the eyes and lips.