AJA: Fave Place at School/Feeling

Gratitude

 I am thankful for the beauty of nature. I increased the contrast on this image and increased the saturation of orange/yellow colors to make the butterfly stand out.

 I am thankful for family. I increased the saturation of blue in the photo and added a slight black vignette so that the mom and daughter pop out.

 I am thankful for Starbucks coffee. I increased the saturation of red to make the photo have a warmer and more Autumny vibe.

I am thankful for the beach. I didn't do much to edit this picture because I felt that it looked pretty nice already. However, I did clone stamp out a boat on the horizon because it was distracting. 

AJA: Favorite Place

Hands & Feet

I converted all of the pictures to black and white. I upped the contrast and added vignettes also. I think the contrast is much better in black and white, and I think it adds a little bit of drama to the photos. These images represent her shyness and tendency to be introverted because she is hiding behind her hair. 

Historical Houses

I took all of my pictures in Port Costa in the business district. I chose them because I really like all of the detail you can see in the old wood. The wood is deteriorating, but not so much so that it looks gross. I also really like the lighting on the chair in the doorway. And I like the picture of the stairs because of all the different lines that direct your eyes to the same place. 

Sense of Place

 I wanted to capture the message College Park is trying to send about the school. Everyone can be together in one place and feel a sense of community. Also, most decorations around the school get ruined and torn down within a couple weeks. This decoration has been there for two years.

This shows College Park's patriotism. We show respect to our country by putting up the flags every morning.

Lith Print & Lomograph Tutorial

 This is the lith print tutorial picture. First I opened the picture in Photoshop, and then I duplicates the image's layer. Then I selected Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation and ticked the colorize box. I set the hue slider to 40 and saturation to 30 and hit okay to apply the lith tone. Next, I duplicated the top layer and went to FIlter > Noise > Add Noise and selected the uniform box and ticked the monochromatic box. I set the amount slider to 30% and hit okay. Then I reduced the layer's opacity to 30% to soften the texture. I applied the gaussian blur filter, radius 1.5, to soften even more. Finally, I created a new layer and selected Edit > FIll > Black. I drew an oval over the picture with the Elliptical Marquee, hit shift+cmd/ctrl+l to invert. I applied a layer mask, set layer blending to soft light and removed the inner edge with a soft brush to create a vignette.

This is the lomograph tutorial picture. First I opened the picture in Photoshop and created a copy of the background. I went to FIlter > Blur > Radial Blur, entered 15 in the amount, set method to zoom, and quality to best. I applied a layer mask and used a large soft brush to remove blur from the center. Next, I created a new layer and used a black, soft brush to paint a vignette. I lowered the opacity to 50%. I went to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > CHannel Mixer, and adjusted the red/green output channels color. Finally, I duplicated the background layer and went to FIlter > Noise > Add Noise and entered 10 for amount, set to uniform and monochromatic. I added the same noise filter to the layer with radial blur.