Allyn+A+-Texture

Changes:
To start this project, first I had to crop Chloe and use the Magic Wand tool to get her out of the original background. After that step, I dragged all three of my images onto the same PSD, ultimately making 3 new layers. With all three images being seen at once, I realized that the images weren’t the size I wanted. Using the Move tool, I resized and moved my images around until it was perfect. Next on my agenda was making my photoshop look believable. I took my Eraser tool and carefully erased the excess background from Chloe’s original photo. As I did this, I noticed that she had a lot of bright white hair on her nice black hoodie, and it stood out more than I wanted it to. I went in with the Stamp Tool and stamped the design of the hoodie over the loose hair. While fixing her hoodie, I also decided that her hair was dark at the top middle area and bright everywhere else, which I didn't want in my final composition. I went in yet again with the Stamp Tool and stamped her lighter hair over the darker, and quick fixed that up. After that I decided to take a break from Chloe and start working on my wood chips image. For this I had to lessen the size of it to fit the camera, and then warp the image to fit the camera’s screen. Next on my agenda was to make the images the same contrast, to make it seem like they were all taken together. I used the Brightness/Contrast adjustment button to create a new layer and adjust the look of my photo. After toying with that for a while, it was evident that Chloe’s hair was too bright for the shadowy look I was trying to achieve. I made a new layer and added a black box, and erased it to fit Chloe and her camera. Then I changed the opacity level to a lighter shade, to make it seem like a shadow. When all the layers are seen together, the dark box helped Chloe to look a little darker. Lastly, I used Sponge on the wood chips to get rid of some of the bright colors of the original image, and then Burn to make the wood chips look darker.

Compositional Techniques:
In my final photograph, I used rule of thirds and leading lines. Chloe is placed in the lower right-hand corner instead of the center, and the white dash lines on the ground lead your eyes to the opening in the trees.

Texture:
I used a lot of various textures in this project, such as the silky texture of Chloe's hair, the rough look of the wood chips, and the peaceful foresty look of the background trees.

High/Low Lights:
Strengths I felt I had in this project was my use of the different tools in photoshop. I also felt I did well on making my images come together as one, and meshing together different textures to look like one photograph. If I had a second chance to redo this project, I would definitely spend more time on the wood chip photo and make that stand out a bit more in my final image. I also could have worked on some small details and blended the different light amounts into one amount of light.