This is the original, unedited photograph that I opened up in photoshop to edit.I chose the preset ‘earthy’ which I constructed myself. The earthy preset has low saturation and almost borderlines on black and white. It adds contrast and enhances the shadows and highlights in the piece which can accentuate certain desired elements and features.After I applied the preset, I adjusted the exposure and contrast slightly as it didn’t produce as much definition as I wanted. The figure in the picture is an elderly lady and because of this I wanted to make sure the texture of her skin was dramatised and accentuated.
Because of increasing the contrast, It reduced the sparkle in her eyes and skin, so to undo this I increased the highlights and used the brush tool to be more specific to certain areas. I felt that a square format for this piece was ideal, as it gave the picture The final piece, and the best outcome of my shoot
