BresterK-Texture



**Write an explanation of the 10 changes you made to create a final Combined 3 Image.** For my final combined piece, I made a lot of changes to it. First I changed the levels on the original picture of Ryan to make it darker and bring out the shadows. Then I started to think about what I wanted to substitute in for the camera and when I found out, I dragged the picture from Ashlyn’s grave and used the magnetic lasso tool to get the area I wanted changed, then selected the inverse and cut it. I did the same for hair when I used the rocks, and the glassy flower substituted for the gray sweatshirt. For the rocky hair, I changed it to dissolve to make it have even more texture and look more realistic as to just the red rocks. For the flowery sweatshirt, I changed it to hard mix to make it contrast against the rest of the picture. When everything was done and substituted, I changed the brightness to make it brighter, and put the contrast down a couple notches to make the image interesting to look at.

**Explain which compositional technique(s) you used in the main photograph final combined photograph.** Although there wasn’t many compositional techniques, in my piece, I used rule of thirds as Ryan is not directly in the middle of the photo but to the right and his camera is leading the left. There is also an interesting point of view, because I took the picture from the side, getting his facial expressions and a different perspective as it would be from the front. **Describe the texture you emphasized and any other elements and principles of design that you feel you highlighted.** I used rocks from a gravestone for his hair to make it seem rough and bumpy. I also used a glassy flower for his sweatshirt, to make it look smooth. And then lastly, I used a piece of a unique drawing from Ashlyn’s grave, this was to mostly show line and movement, but it also shows a smooth figure. There was lots of contrast through the whole piece, with the sweatshirt and the camera against the red tennis courts. I did use many patterns as well.

**Explain your concept for this project.** I didn’t necessarily have a direct concept as I am new to this whole photoshop idea. I did want to mess around with all the pictures I took at the graveyard as I feel they are interesting and beautiful. This photo that I had made is very artsy and has many patterns to it. But I would say it was a lot of abstract substitutions for the actual images, such as the camera and his hair. **Explain how successful you feel you were with the assignment and any changes you would consider for next time.** I would maybe mess with the coloring a little more to make it either flow together better or contrast even more. But overall I think I did a good job with the project and finding texture.