Landmeyer-Ava+Final+Texture+Project



A concept is what gives a photograph meaning. For my concept, I wanted to portray how a book can be "brought to life" through the reader's imagination, and how their is much more held in the pages of book than can be seen at first glance. To capture the idea I had for this concept, I had to put my three photos through ten changes to create one final image. First, I selected the book as my background photo. I did this because my concept portrays the book as the "starting point" for the entire story that can be brought to life. Secondly, I changed the photo to black and white. I did so to portray the plain or even boring look of an ordinary book at first glance, as well as to make the images I would be adding later stand out more. Third, I selected the photo with the trees as my second photo. I did so to begin to bring life to the original photo of the book, in order to bring some life to the image as was intended through my concept. Fourth, I cropped the image in order for only the part of the tree neccasary to be incorporated into the final project. Fifth, I changed the opacity of the photo in order for it to still be seen, but for the words of the book to come through in order to show the connection between the words on the pages of a book and the story they create. Sixth, I selected the photo of the roses as my third and final photo. I did this because I felt that a flower was a perfect way to resemble the life that can be brought about through a book. Seventh, I adjusted the opacity for the same reasons as the tree- in order to show the relationship between the words and the life being created through them. Eigthh, I adjusted the color of the roses ever so slightly to make them appear more red, in order to make them "pop" even more so. Ninth, I went back and fixed the selections of my rose in order to create a more clean cut, precise image. Tenth, I then warped the image of the tree and the roses to make them follow the upward motion of the book, in order for it to almost seem as if the trees and roses were apart of the page. In the future, I feel that I could improve upon the neatness of my edits, which I feel that I could further improve once I gain more knowledge on how to work with Photoshop. For example, I wish I would have cleaned up arounds the lines of the book and the image of the trees. I felt proud of my concept.