Wietrzny+Amanda-+Initial+Texture

=**Texture Project**=

In Digital Photography Class, I was assigned to create a unique, complex composition that illustrates a concept, combining three or more original photographs using Adobe Photoshop to create convincing light, shadows, and reflections. To successfully complete this project our class visited places, such as the graveyard and prairie to have photoshoots. We also had an indoor photoshoot, in which we were challenged to work with different, unnatural lighting and vintage props. During these photoshoots, I began to develop my concept: flowers sprouting from a vase with a soil background. I chose this concept because it shows that not every flower needs soil to grow, but rather love and care. To bring my concept to life, I edited my three photos in Adobe Photoshop. 1. I began by combining the photos into one document, while keeping them on separate layers to make editing easier. 2. I decided to use the 'lasso tool' and select the flower and my hand out of two photographs and paste them onto the soil background. 3. Using the 'eraser tool', I carefully cleaned up the edges of the two inserted photographs to make it look more realistic. 4. By selecting the 'bandage tool' and 'spot corrector tool', I successfully eliminated most of the twigs in the soil background. 5. I set the 'eraser tool' to a much lower opacity and slightly blurred the edges of the flower and hand for a softer and more natural appearance. 6. I adjusted the soil background lighting to make it appear more saturated and fresh. 7. I changed the lighting of the flower, to make it appear like the light source was radiating from the top-right corner of the picture. 8. I added shadows and more light to the hand, also to make it appear like the light source was from the top-right corner of the picture. 9. Using the 'sample match', I fixed the tips of my fingers and the light streak on the glass bottle for an overall neater and more natural look. 10. I combined the three pictures into one layer and adjusted the lighting once more, before I exported my final phtograph. For compositional techniques, I used 'Texture' for the soil background photograph, 'Rule of Thirds' for the hand and bottle photograph, and 'Leading Lines' for the flower photograph. In the final photograph, I incorporated the 'Rule of Thirds', by off centering my hand and the flower, and 'Leading Lines', by allowing my hand and the flower stems to lead into the beautiful, yellow flowers. Additionally, I emphasized the texture for this project in the soil background and the colorful, vibrant flowers. I applied other art elements, such as space (my hand runs off the page and is located in the corner) and value (the lightness and darkness of the final photograph was edited to make it appear realistic). Overall, I'm very pleased with my final photograph, given this is the first time I've worked in Adobe Photoshop. Although it's not perfect, I tried my best to highlight in the correct places to make the photograph more realistic. For adjustments, I would like to experiment more with blending/smudging and contrast in the future.