Monday, March 30, 2009

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.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Collage/Photoshop



I made this for my best friend, who loves victorian stuff (her name is Ziva).

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Photoshopping fun!


Used a picture of sunflowers, then various pics of flowers and butterflies to create this portrait.

Playing with Photoshop


took two photos from flickr, cut out the door, made it black and white, layered it over the sunflower field, played with the opacity and hues, etc.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Fashion Shoot Reflection

Shooting this project was a lot of fun! Though my prints ended up dark and out of focus because the settings on the camera were wrong for my film, I feel that my photoshopping definitely improved them. I brightened each of them, and especially focused on putting more contrast in the clothes and brightness and contrast in my model's face, in order to shift attention onto those aspects. On one image, I tinted the clothes different colors to bring them out and left the rest black and white. One another, I drew in flowers and vines spelling out "fashion by francesca" to give the look of a fashion line ad, and my final picture I simply edited for brightness and contrast but left it black and white with no added features because I really liked the original shot and pose. I loved having spontaneous ideas and trying different poses with my model and then highlighting key features of the pictures through photoshop, which is definitely an important asset in this project. I would love to try another fashion shoot like this again. It felt very professional because of the fun clothes, white background, and strobe.

Fashion Photo Shoot