Initial Images compared to Final Images

The overall effect of the initial images was completely incorrect for the story and messages I intended to portray. The photos did not ‘pop’ at all and the lighting created some very dull and faded images that were not eye catching. Through the editing process I manipulated all aspects of the photo, focusing on lighting and colors specifically. A main feature in creating these eerie feeling images, was the clarity. With a high clarity I was able to bring out very fine textures within the walls and other subject matter within the photo to give an overall feeling of destruction. I used the brush tool for almost every photo which allowed me to changed lighting and colors within small parts of my photos. Another editing technique i used in creating these images was changing specific colors through  the hue, saturation and luminance. I believe the initial photos were not effective themselves and could have been improved by using a stronger light source within the building and possibly taking photos on a sunnier day which would have allowed for brighter photos inside the building and better lighting outside too.

 

 

 

  

 

I believe for my final piece, these images are the effective and the best in portraying a sense of landscape, documentary photography of the derelict mental asylum. The variation of vibrant and black and white photographs will compliment each other when side by side in my final presentation. I believe this set of images creates a true representation of the mental institution at its current state and how it is wastefully sitting there, taking up space that could be used for nature. However it supports the untrue myths associated with how it was once full of psychopaths and was poorly run.

Through this set of images I want the audience to appreciate and acknowledge the wastefulness in which humanity evokes. Also i want them to serve as an eerie reminder that nothing lasts forever.