experimenting: Locations

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I started by doing small adjustments to each image which included increasing the sharpness, contrast etc on Lightroom before beginning to experiment with colours.

Experiments

————– Experiment 1: ——————

For this image, I wasn’t sure whether I wanted a dark image with the light being the only thing lit up in the photo or whether I wanted a really bright and colourful image so I decided to attempt both and choose which one I liked better.

The Original Photo

I decided to combine both these ideas, focusing on adding one colour to the the foggier image which led to this:

I like this edit best as it looks mysterious and almost alluring which is complimented by the purple highlight. The intensity of the colour makes the photo seem more eye-catching and gives it more personality as it uses up what would’ve been wasted space.

I like the way this edit turned out and I’d like to try and use it as a part of my final project, however, I do think I’ll struggle to make it work with the rest of my images due to how different and vibrant it is.

————– Experiment 2: ——————

For this image, I knew I wanted to use the light in order to reveal something although I wasn’t sure how I wanted it to look so I experimented with a few ideas I had.

Original Photo
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For this edit, I used the polygonal lasso tool on photoshop to create he shape of the light then created a small collage of my portraits.
Here, I decided to brighten the photo of the lamppost before adding in a photo of some of my family and a blurry photo of me ontop.
For this experiment, I carefully selected a series of photos that I could combine together to create one scene. [i.e.: I’ve chosen a photo of an eye, mouth, hand etc]

My favourite out of the 3 experiments is the second one as I like how simplistic it is which is emphasized by the lack of colour, allowing the images to blend together better than the other experiments. I like the ideas of creating a collage using my portraits and am thinking about using something similar as a part of my final project.

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