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For our first project of the semester we had to take lots of pictures filled with different types of texture. After we got a good variation of different types of textures we moved forward with the project and choose some of the images we had and had to create one final product that included at least three different images filled with texture. Not only did we have to come up with just a new photo that incorporated other images but the final product had to have a concept and idea. The concept that I chose for my project was that even though things in life may seem unreal, they can happen to anyone at any given time. I showed this concept throughout my piece by filling a photo of a tree with flowers. The flowers make up the tree and one of the flowers I chose was a purplish blue rose. I chose this image in specific because purple is the color of pancreatic cancer. This is an important color in my life because my grandma has been fighting this for the last year and a half and it’s finally came to the point where she had to stop treatment. As of now she could last a few days or maybe a few weeks. The other flowers I choose, I choose them because they complimented one another fairly well. Another part of the project was that we needed to have at least 10 different changes to the photograph. The ten changes I included in my project were 1. Copy and paste the purple flowers on the image of the tree and organize them. 2. Copy and paste the pink flowers and organize them. 3. Organize them to shape the tree. 4. Merging the layers. 5. Copy and pasting those layers to finish shaping the tree. 6. Copy and paste the orange and yellow flowers and paste them into the image. 7. Merge all the layers together. 8. I copied and pasted the flowers individually and move them to the snow below the tree. 9. After all those flowers were placed I used the stamp tool and blended the white into the flowers to make them look like they were in the snow. 10. Once I completed blending and finalized everything I merged all of the layers together to create a final piece. Within my project I used lots of elements and principles of design for example, color, texture, value, emphasis, shape, proportions and so on. My piece would not be successful without the compositional techniques for photography, filling the frame, framing, leading lines, rule of thirds, level horizon, focus and depth of field, My piece would not be able to be successful without all of these techniques, elements, and principles. Overall my piece is successful considering I changed my idea the last work day and created this in one class. If I were to redo this assignment I would change the types of images I got and also I would get more images. Also I would chose a idea and not change it so I could make it more complex.