Lee+S.+Texture



__**Final Photo**__

__**Texture**__ The first unit we studied in photography was texture. I chose three pictures to incorporate into my photography. The background photo was of a log in the forest, but it is shown through a different perspective that you usually don’t see. This created an interesting look and the texture in the wood was very vivid and appealing to the eye. The second photo I used was the person in right bottom corner. By adding the person, I thought it added more of a story to the picture. The boy is walking through this psychedelic forest and the journey that he goes through is what is really special. The third and last picture I added was a paw print. I cropped it and added it to a branch of a tree which I though showed that the forest could be wild. Although my photo selection was limited, I really thought the idea in the picture and the photos I chose worked well together. I thought that I really did well with making the picture look interesting with all the different effects of color I added. The texture and the color create a cool “trippy” effect. I also took a picture that took up a lot of negative space and by using the rule of thirds, the picture doesn't have just one object in the middle of the picture. One of the focal points is on the bottom left side of the picture, and it focuses on the texture in the branch of the tree. It really draws my eyes towards the texture. The branches also create movement and keep my eyes moving through the photograph.

Everything I added in the photo were different effects to change the color and look of the picture. I added multiple layers of hue and saturation to the picture and that changed the coloring and look of the piece. I also added contrast and brightened the picture because it was fairly dark to see all the cool textures within the wood. I also added a little gradient to the background but it Isn’t very noticeable with all the different colors in the photograph. I also added smudge and gradient to the paw print on the branch and that warped the paw print to an unknown creatures mark. Overall I really like the photograph and I really like the different perspectives and textures shown, but if I were to redo it, I think I would add an additional picture of someone’s face in the background to add to the theme.