Photoshop Brushes

For this assignment, we learned more about photoshop and how to use the brushes. I really enjoyed this assignment because I learned to take an ordinary photo and turn it into something more interesting. I had trouble figuring out what I wanted to paint onto my picture, so I just clicked on a random brush and started doodling all over it. I was seriously getting really frustrated but then Ms Miles came by and said that the pink random squiggly line that I had looked good. I was surprised and when I looked at it a little more, I began thinking more into it and seeing that it could be something I could work with. I used pink because it matched my shirt and looked on the color wheel and used a sort of blue-ish green as my other color. I decided to draw another crooked line with that color and then finished it off with a little bit of pink at the bottom.

Even though this assignment was difficult, it was still fun. The project that we did in class helped me a lot because I learned that it helps if you have something touching all the sides. I tried my best on this photo assignment and I think that I did a good job for my first time using brushes!

Soft Lighting

Original Photo

Soft Lighting

In this photoshop assignment, we had to make our picture and the lighting look softer. I did everything correctly and followed along as the teacher was doing the steps, and although I got confused, my picture turned out good. The process in editing this picture wasn't difficult at all because of the help we got from the website and the teacher. I thought it would look just a bit more lighter on my face, but I can definitely see the difference. There is more of a angelic glow to me and I am much lighter.

Photobooth Assignment

This photo booth assignment was one of my favorites of this semester. I think the reason for that is cause we got to take pictures of ourselves instead of other people. I mean, we're always fooling around on the photo booths anyways! Haha. I took about 20 pictures on the photo booth and it took forever for me to figure out which ones I wanted to use. I chose these four specific pictures because it shows my different personalities. My crazy, ghetto, hippie, and "just Chelsea" sides :) So this assignment was a personal kind of thing as well. Although I had tons of fun taking these pictures, it was SUCH a pain trying to pick which ones I wanted to use. I also had a hard time with photoshopping this and putting it all onto one page. I was confused with how to crop, copy, and paste it. & had trouble with the spacing of it.  But it ended up turning out good! :) Yay!!

Photoshop Elements

In this photo, I used a picture that I shot back in the beginning of the school year of Briana and put it onto a picture of clouds. I first opened the photo of Briana and used the lasso tool to cut around her body. I then opened up the picture of clouds and pasted the cropped picture of Briana. I began to move her around and see where I should position her. I tried putting her on the bottom right and then the top cnter, but positioning her in the center seemed perfect. The edges seemed a little rough so I used the eraser tool to make the edges seem softer. I wanted to make this picture seem as realistic as possible and not as if I copied and pasted.

I love the way my model looks like an angel in the clouds looking at the earth below. I think I did an amazing job even though I had difficulties with erasing (because I'm not that patient and my hand is so shaky! lol). But other than that, I actually enjoyed editing this and the best part of this project is the fact that I did it all by myself! (with help from Ms. Alvarez :P )

Studio Lighting

In this assignment, we had the opportunity to work with studio lighting. In this figurative photo, I shot Darchelle and Janay in front of a white background. It is a candid picture of them laughing about a joke that was made. The image is in focus and the tone of this picture is very interesting. This picture was taken indoors and the image turned out darker than I had planned. I don't think my work was as successful as I had hoped it would be because the lighting is more focused on Janay than it is on Darchelle. I should have had Darchelle move into the light more or moved the light back. There is also an akward gap between the two models. Other than that, I love how naturally the models are posed in this picture since it's candid. I also love the way the shadows add that extra flavor! (:

Motion

In this photo, we were working on motion. What i see in this picture is Taeok in some sort of leap while his friend Rhona is chasing after him. I see a bush, trees, people, and a building that aren't that far away. This photo was  figurative because you are able to see what the photo is of. The work is organized in many different ways. The image is in focus which was done intentionally to capture Taeok in his leap. The tone of the picture is just perfect. It's not too dark or too light. What I tried to communicate through this picture was Taeok and Rhona's determination for the dance off. Even outside of the dance room they take their energy with them. He is also wearing a junior jersey ;) This picture was taken outdoors and the lighting worked out wonderfully. What I think of this picture is that it captured Taeok's wonderful  looking "fierce" but graceful movement. I think it added that extra thing to it as well that Rhona is in the back trying to catch up with him. This photoshoot I had was a success :)

Depth of Field

In this assignment, we focused on depth of field. I used Carmen, Shayla, and Eric for this picture. Besides the models, I see lunch tables, trees, and a trash can. The trees in the back add a good effect to the picture because of how far away they are. The work is pretty organized and the shapes and the tones came out pretty good. The light is focusing more on Carmen, and the two in the back don't have much light shining on them. The image is focused because you can clearly see what the models are wearing and what they are doing. This was done intentionally. I thought the image was just perfect. The two models in the back are darker than the main model which made it known that she was the subject of this photo shoot. This photograph was taken outdoors. I think this photo shoot was successful because I achieved the assignment of focusing on a subject and blurring the background.