Bucholtztexture

Ten changes I made...


 * Cut out the marbles next to the shell
 * Changed the color of the blue marbles (shadow & dark grey)
 * Reduced the size of the marbles
 * Changed the levels of the salt on the ground
 * Cut out the three feet so the leaves were not included
 * Reduced the size of the feet
 * Used the adjustments and put the background in “lighter”
 * Changed the feet to black and white and added a few adjustments
 * Used the blur tool on the legs and shoes
 * Used the brush tool to fill in/ color parts of the grey shoes because the leaves covered them

For compositional technique, I used unusual point of view and leading lines. This photo to me has an unusual point of view because you are more at grounds level with the photo instead of normally looking down on it. It really shows the length of the ground and emphasizes the salt too. I thought that was interesting. Also, it illustrated leading lines because in the picture the lines play a big role in directing your eye to the feet in the background or toward the front right where there is more salt. The lines contain a lot of depth in this photo which helps to make the picture.

The texture that I really wanted to emphasize in this photo was my background, which had been the salt on the ground. Once I saw I had this photo, I thought it really fit the project. Just looking at the salt on the ground shows plenty of texture. To capture that I decided to make it black and white and change the levels. It captured the salt even more than I had hoped it would, to really emphasize the texture. Also, I put in the feet as well and that added a more settle texture of smoothness to the photo. I wanted to put that in the back more since it had been lighter and since the feet were smooth I thought it would make it “pop” more. Lastly, I added in the marbles to the front right of the photo. It is challenging to see the marbles since they blend in with the salt but that was the point. They add a smooth texture and it also creates a layering affect. Elements that I feel I also used in this photo were space and color. Space was captured since I decided to keep the picture widely open instead of trying to place the feet right dead center. It opened up space and leads the eye toward them. I feel as if color had been used as well in this photo too. Yes, I did not use color but I used different shades of they grey scale throughout my entire photo.

This assignment for me was actually a struggle because I have not done this kind of work before so it was like doing a one eighty for me. It was also hard because I am very picky and everything that I do has to be perfect and if it is not then I have to re-do or re-start whatever I did. But I really like the background and this photo. I do think that the feet look a tad fake and wish I could have fixed that. I would like be more familiarized with photoshop and the cameras because it was a struggle for me to use both of them. A lot of people are really into cameras, but I really have not worked with cameras except for my camera on my phone, so I hope I can get better at using the cameras in class.