O'Shea-Texture

__**Image Adjustments:**__ For the first photograph, I adjusted the levels and made the photograph brighter and sharper. Then I selected Mariah and used command + J to create a layer mask. I dragged the layer mask onto the background photo. The second photograph I adjusted the layers as well, making it darker and sharper. I selected the flower and the headstone and used command + J to create another layer mask, and I also dragged that layer onto the background photo. For the background photo I desaturated all of the color and made the browns more prominent by using the burn tool. Once all of the photos were placed onto the background, I desaturated all of the color from them. The layer with only the flowers on it was created by using a layer mask. I added the colors back to it and dodged the colors to make it brighter and stand out against the black and white of the photograph. __**Additional Things:**__ For the main photograph I used the compositional techniques rule of thirds and a level horizon. A level horizon applies because the trees in the woods are all level, and it is all balanced giving the photograph a calm feeling. The rule of thirds applies because Mariah and the headstone with flowers are all at a point of interest in the photograph. I used color and symmetrical balance here because everything is black and white and the flowers pop, drawing attention to them. Because of all the attention given to the flowers, Mariah is on the other side of the photograph to balance it out. If I were to do this project again, I would have chosen different photographs and better combined them. The photos I added to the picture look fake and stuck on, and I need to improve my photoshop skills for the next project.