My final pieces- Editing

My Finals Pieces:

Editing

For my second final piece, I selected images from a previous photo shoot I did and selected one of images with the highest quality. For editing I used a black and white filter however targeted certain colors in the image to have certain levels and shades of black and white depending on the original colors. The theme was place and identity for our final pieces so i really wanted to go into more depth, therefore i used the titles o f one of the most famous beauty magazines ‘Vogue’ and cut and pasted the famous font title on top of the preciously edited image. Once again i felt like i needed to add some kind of color so put the title in a hot pink to really stand out from the dark shaded background.

How did I edit the picture?

After the photo shoot I created a contact sheet in order to see which images I preferred and which photos I was going too used. Finally I selected my chosen image and opened it in adobe Photoshop. Firstly I smoothed out any over exposed or sharp edges on the image. Next I need to create the black and white however needed to make sure the power paint colours on her face were darkened/ brightened to really emphasis the different shades I wanted to portray within the image. For this detail I highlighted the image IMAGE > ADJUSTMENT > BLACK AND WHITE. Once selecting this a side tab came up with the strengths of shades each colour would portray in the image. I played around with this for a while till it was perfect with dark and lighter shade distorting her face. Finally I needed to add the vogue, I simply copied and pasted it and messed around with the different colours and decided that hot pink was the most appropriate colour and helped create deeper meaning to the image and the colour really popped in front of the black and white background.

Photoshop editing screenshots:

Editing

For the final image, i had previously looked into the photographer Francesca Woodman whom very much inspired me to create this image. She looked at using slow shutter speed and the model in the image being unclear and distorted. so this is exactly what i did for this image from the photo shoot i used two images and over layered them, altering the opacity so they merged into each other. Creating a distorted appearance.

How did I edit the images?

For this particular image I was very much inspired by previously mention photographer Francesca woodman who focused on the idea of blurring and distorting the model in the image. After completing the photo shoot I selected two images not to similar so it would be clear of two figures when I over layer they to get the distorted blurry feel to the image. I opened both images into Photoshop and edited them to black and white so they would display a much darker and uncomfortable feeling to the viewer. Next I copied and pasted one of the images on top of the other, after carefully deciding the opacity level the image was complete- not too strong from one or the other image. Providing a fair balance from both images so you could still see the difference.