Roberts-Kyle+Texture

Write an explanation of the 10 changes you made to create a final Combined 3 Image.
After uploading the background image of the tiles onto Photoshop, I increased the exposure so the image would not be as dark. Next, I changed the color balance, increasing the cyan and blue tones. Then, I increased the saturation (+97) to make the blue tones brighter and bolder and decreased the vibrance (-54) to make the background slightly faded. Next, I moved onto the middle ground, working with the image of the skull. I used the magic tool to crop the image of the skull to my liking. I then copied the image and pasted it onto my final product. Afterwards, I changed the color balance of the skull, increasing the cyan and blue tones once again. Then, I increased the contrast of the image. Next, I used the magic wand tool to crop the image of the pinecone and remove its original background, later copying the pinecone into my final product. I used the transform controls to rotate and resize my image. Then, I moved the pinecone to the corner of the image, where I thought it looked best in the layout. Lastly, I adjusted the color balance once more, intensifying the cyans and blues of the picture.

Explain which compositional technique(s) you used in the main photograph final combined photograph.
I feel like my composition is an example of an interesting point of view, by focusing on the skull and pinecone that appear to be at an angle, and making the tiled background appear to be blurry.

Describe the texture you emphasized and any other elements and principles of design that you feel you highlighted.
I tried to emphasize bumpiness as my texture in my combined image. The background features smooth, bumpy protruding tiles, the middle ground features bumpy surfaces and grooves on the skull, and the background features bumpy edges on the pinecone. I also feel that I highlighted monochromatic themes in my piece, by increasing the blue and cyan tones of the images.

Explain your concept for this project.
Lately, I've been very sick and feeling kind of blue- so I knew from the start of the editing process I wanted to incorporate cooler colors into my combined image to express my emotions.

Explain how successful you feel you were with the assignment and any changes you would consider for next time.
Overall I feel like I was pretty successful with this assignment. However, I wish I wouldn't have missed class on the days where we had opportunities to take more photographs outside, as I had a very limited selection of images to chose from.