Sterling-Madison

Changes done to photos:
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 * 1) Crop on image 4
 * 2) Size change on image 4
 * 3) Crop of peace sign (image 2)
 * 4) Size change of peace sign (image 2)
 * 5) Lowered opacity of image 2
 * 6) Crop of skull (image 6)
 * 7) Opacity change of skull
 * 8) Crop of arrow (image 3)
 * 9) Horizontal reflection of arrow (image 3)
 * 10) Cropped out heart (image 7)
 * 11) Lowered opacity on heart (image 7)
 * 12) Crop of danger sign (image 5)
 * 13) Lowered opacity on danger sign (image 5) ||
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= FINAL UNIFIED PICTURE = ||

The objective for this project was to create an unified image by using at least 3 different images to create one final digital image. We were to also show evidence that we changed 10 things from the original image. I chose to use 2 background images because I used the image with the sun and dark trees, but then I also did a very light overlay of the danger sign. I then used five other images to make my final ensemble match its concept. Although my final creation doesn't look exactly like it is a real, unedited shot, I wanted it to have a realistic and easily relatable concept. As for what my concept is, it's supposed to that because we are all high schoolers, we have choices and directions to decide. As for me, I am a junior so I have to be making good choices in and out of school as well as college options. I also have different paths I need to take in order to be successful in what I want to do, also involving choices. I believe that anyone who thinks about this art piece can make their own assumption as to how it applies to their life. For example, when one looks at the skull and girl they may see life or death or when they see the peace sign and heart they could see that they want to choose to have love and happiness. To create my collage I used the school's Nikon 3000 camera, Photoshop, and Adobe bridge. We started taking photos in the courtyard outside of the school, then the next day we went to the old and new cemetery, and on our last day we went out to the forest to shoot our final photos. I then uploaded all of the photos I shot onto the mac and looked through each one to decide what concept I wanted to use and how I wanted my photos to come together. My final step of the process was using Adobe Photoshop to crop, resize, and ensemble the photos I wanted to use. Because I didn't exactly follow the concept of trying to make my collage look like a real photo, I focused more on how to use the most art elements & principals that I could. For colors I mainly used all neutral and earth toned colors, with a bright yellow arrow for emphasis. The arrow also provided movement throughout the piece as well as giving shape and contrast against the darker images. The two pictures of hands gave sense of unity as well as form because they are both fairly distinct images. The use of texture was also very prominent in my art to show detail and depth. I also gave my piece an odd amount of images because that seems to always be more interesting that an even amount. I liked my piece because I believe I had great craftsmanship for it, but I wished I would have followed the prompt more in trying to make it look like a real photograph. If I were to do this project again I would resign the photos I used to make them look like they were in a more realistic setting rather than an abstract one.Overall, this project was important to me because it related with my life. I would also say I learned from it because it was my first digital photography project.