Self Portrait

Self Portrait
Location: My House

Image #1 

I chose to take this picture because I really liked how it cut my face into two parts. I liked how my eyes and my nose were on the top part of the mirrored jewelry box and my mouth was at the bottom. I personally liked the lighting in this picture a lot. I just love how this image is mirrored and how pictured turned out really nice in the jewellery box. I improved this image by lighting, the angle that I took the image at, and not having my face to close to the mirrored jewelry box. 

Image #2

I took this picture of just my face with an ornament that had cuts through it, so you can see the other side of the ornament. I personally love how this image turned out. I wanted the focus on my face not on the ornament. I also love how the ornament is a bit blurred out from the sides. I don't know why I love this image from all of these images. I just like how the ornament is blurred from the sides but my faec isn't. I improved this image by making my face show more through the ornament so that my face could be more clear. So this is why I made the image have more of my face. 

Image #3

I took this picture with a handheld mirror because I liked how there was a shadow only of the side of my face. I also liked this image because it makes you wonder about how my face got into the mirror when you do not see my body. I just love how my eyes and mouth are in the image and my body isn't in the image. I improved this image by making the side of my face show more so you could see my eyes on the other side of the mirror. 

Image #4

I took this picture with a masquerade mask because I loved the pop of colour of the mask into the picture. I also liked the purple feathers that came into the image because it gives it that pop of colour. I personally love the pop of purple and gold in the picture. I improved this image by the lightening because the image before this one was looking a bit weird. This image looks a bit more clear and the angle of this picture is just right. 

Image #5

I took a picture of this ornament because I wanted my picture to be in the ornament. I love the gold ornament and my green shirt pop out of the ornament. This is one of the simplest pictures I've taken from all five of these images. I just love the simplicity of this image. This image is improved by lighting because now you see my body in the ornament. This image isn't as dark as the other one. 

Self Portrait Sceneries

Self Portrait Sceneries

Image #1 - Anna Gay

I chose this image because I like the pop of colour of the high heels. The red really stood out to me so I just had to chose this image. Another thing I like about this image was the lighting in the background which gives the heels a shiny look to them. I think if the lighting was not in the back of this image this picture would have looked just like any other picture and it wouldn't stand out at all.

Image #2 - Bethan Philips

I chose this image because I just love how the tree looks blurred out a bit in the background and the white dust just pops out more then everything else in this picture. I just loved how the girl was blowing the dust out of her and it just looks so cute. I also loved how the dust is going up in the sky and is forming a shape in the air as it's going up. I also liked the lighting in this image as well.

Image #3 - Bethan Philips

I don't know why I really chose this picture but I just really liked it. I think I liked this image because of the pop of colour in the umbrella and the pop of colour on parts of the grass. The umbrella is still dull bright but it still looks very nice. I really liked this image because the scenery is very simple. I personally just like this image a lot.

Erik Johansson - Surreal 3D Outdoor Room

Erik Johansson - Surreal 3D Room

Surreal 3D Outdoor Room

By: Gurnisha Sidhu

Photoshopped in Adobe Photoshop CS3

The Process:

The process of this project was to find an image of a landscape on Google images. The the second step was to open it into Photoshop, unlock the background and had created a new file. After that, I moved the image to the canvas layer. The third step was to remove the sky from the image with the Lasso Tool and then replace the sky image with the old sky. Then I used the Free Transform, and used the Rectangle Marquee Tool to split the images into three parts. Then, I measured from zero to three on the ruler, which is located on the left hand side of the screen and made a rectangle. After, I moved the left wall to the new canvas, free transformed it, and moved the perspective to make a 3D look to it. I did all these steps for all my walls but from different places on the ruler. The left wall is from zero to three, the right wall is from seven to ten, and the middle wall is from four to six. Adding a floor was a little difficult because I had to pick the right floor with the right colour that would work well with my picture and the size was a bit difficult to find. But then, I found a floor and moved it into another canvas and then I had to put the floor layer on top of the walls layer so that the images would look like one piece not a bunch of pieces put together. To make the floor look like one piece with the walls, I had to create a black rectangle around the floor and had to add it to the left side, middle and right side to make it look 3D. Then, I made some adjustments to the floor colour and had to adjust the colour balance. After adjusting the colours for the whole image, I put a painter into the image. For the painter I had to separate him from the background that he was already on by using the Polygonal Lasso Tool and trace along the painter's body. After that I had to isolate the painter from the image and drag it to the canvas by using the Move Tool (V). Then I had to switch to Free Transform Mode and resize the painter. Then, I gave the painter some shadows and highlights Dodge Tool/Burn Tool (O). Then, I had to create a new layer named "Shadow of painter part two" and put this under the "Shadow of painter" layer. Then, I had to create a new layer and name it "Ladder shadow 1" and apply shadows to the ladder by using the Brush Tool (B). Then I had to adjust the ladder's colour. Then I created more shadows on the ladder and had to create a new layer and name it "Ladder Shadow 2.

Erik Johansson

Erik Johansson

#1 - Cut & Fold

This image was found on Erik Johansson's website. I found this picture very interesting because the way the two roads are being cut apart and separated from the white dotted line in the middle of the road. I also like the picture because the hue and saturation is well put together. The name of this image is just perfect for this image.

 #2 - Common Sense Crossing 

This image was found on Erik Johansson's website. I personally found this picture very interesting because it makes you think which direction each car goes on an actual road. The image looks like an illusion. This picture really makes your mind go crazy thinking about the image. The name of this is personally an awesome name for this image, it really is a common sense crossing.

#3 - Vertical Turn

This last image was also found on Erik Johansson's website. I think Erik Johansson is really creative with taking his pictures  I personally love how the boy at the top is looking down the path. The boy looks very shocked looking down the ramp. I think the boy is looking down in great position. The name for this image is also perfect.

Retouch A Bland Model Portrait

 Retouch A Bland Model Portrait In Photoshop

Location: Clayton Heights Secondary

#1 - Sarah Veloo 

 #2 - Russell Agustin

#3 - Robin Castro

The Process:

The process of photoshopping these images was very difficult and took a lot of work. First I had to open the image in Photoshop CS3 and unlock the image to a layer. Then after doing that you make a selection using the Quick Selection Tool. With the quick selection tool you need to make a barrier of the face and a little bit of the body. After that step, you need to refine the edges. Then click the dialog box and check the smart radius. Then, go to the Output module and select new layer with layer mask. Using the Spot Healing Tool, you can repair any scars or dark spots. Then use the Patch Tool and Clone Stamp Tool to clean up any stray eyelashes. For the eyebrows make a selection on the upper half of the eyebrow and then copy the selection using New Layer via Copy (Cmd + Mac/Ctrl + J Win). Then clean up mess areas around the eyebrows. You also add eyelashes but I didn't have to on some of the images, I only added them on one of the images. After all those steps, you can add makeup and change the hair colour if I want to. I did most of these steps for all my images. I tried my very best to do these images in photoshop even though i was very difficult.

Tilt Shift

Tilt Shift

Location: Clayton Heights Secondary

 Tilt Shift #1

 Tilt Shift #2

Tilt Shift #3

The Process: 

The process for taking the pictures was pretty easy but editing these images were quite difficult because using photoshop was a bit difficult. These images were all taken at a birds eye view. The first image that I took was of the parking lot outside the school. When I opened Photoshop, I unlocked the picture by double clicking the the locked picture on the right hand side of the page and put it as a layer. Then I press shift Q and shift G to enter Quick Mask Mode and Gradient Tool. The I picked an area in the image that I don't want blurred. After that, I pressed shift Q, to exit Quick Mask Mode and return to Standard Lock. Then I clicked filter, and selected a blur. Then I pressed okay to continue and my picture was blurred. I blurred my image by using the G blur. After the process of blurring the image, I pressed control D and removed the marching ants. Then I adjusted the saturation and made the image more brighter so it adds more colour. I did this process for all the images I've taken.