GiordanoM-+Texture

Originals: ] I then, I created this!

My Thoughts on my Piece: My concept of this photograph was the idea of life and death. I used three photographs and different editing techniques to make my final the way it is. My three photographs were of an angel on a cross of a gravestone, dried leaves on a tree, and the eyes of Kayla Holzhauer. The angel represents the idea of death but eternal life. This image has a smooth texture with a few cracks and some grime in the center from being outside. The dried up leaves represent life and death together, the leaves themselves are dead but the living tree is not ready to let them go, until something, wind, takes them away from it. The leaves have a rough texture that isn't shown in full but it gives a bumpy, rough feeling. Kayla's eyes represent life but the expression is very blank like she is just staring but not smiling or frowning. Kayla's eyes and eyebrows carry out the wings of the angel to create a strong feeling. This photograph has amazing texture with the slight wrinkles around her eyes and her eyelashes give so much feeling to the picture. Looking at the final photo, her face is smooth and then her eyelashes and eye brows give a more harsh feeling.

These three pictures were put together using Photoshop, I began by putting the angel as my background layer. I moved the angel picture just slightly so the angel was centered. I then opened the leaves and selected the entire picture and copied and pasted it onto my angel picture. After that, I lowered the opacity to 67% so I could see the main focus at the time which is the angel sitting on the cross. After that I lowered the fill to 19% just so I could see the angel a little clearer. I then edited the bridge of the cross to make it darker and more visible through other pictures I place on top of it. Then I opened up the picture of the face, I changed the brightness of this picture using curves to have a more dramatic feeling. I then changed the hue of her eyes to make them deeper blue. After I edited the eyes I cropped her face a little just so both sides were equal to each edge. I then added my edited version of the picture into my combined pictures and lowered the opacity to 45%, at this opacity you could still see all the features of her face as well as the features of the angel. I then moved this picture to be perfect for the rule of thirds. Lastly, I blended a slight blemish on her cheek to ensure a smooth texture. I then changed the resolution and changed it to a jpeg document and saved my new and edited picture!

Overall, I believe my piece is strong. My concept of life and death is strong for the texture idea, and my pictures represented this well. I chose two object that are beautiful and almost glowing and mixed it with one picture that is harsh and rough, this enhanced my composition throughout. The use of Rule of Thirds was used with the eyes. I placed the eyes at the top intersections to grab your eye to those places. Also, this use of leading lines was used with the bridge of the cross leading your eye right to the angel. Lastly, I used fill the frame with both the bridge of the angel and and the face going off of the picture. If I were to change anything about this picture I would take the picture of the face and make sure the left side isn't brighter than the rest. But I feel I have a very strong concept and end result.