Thursday, May 31, 2007

...and After

I decided to make this photo into more of a postcard. I used the border art effect and placed some text. Didn't change too much with the quality of the photo itself, just altered the lighting.
This was a little harder to work with and change. Obvioulsy the focus of technology is on the screen itself, so I just changed to shading of the background to black and white and highlighted the lighting on the screen. I added the text for something different, but I think it makes it look a little like an advertisement.

I mostly just wanted to use the effects to change the meaning of the photo. It started as my depiction of summer time, so I used tone lenses to create a completely different feel. This sort of feels like a 'war of the worlds' idea. The subject looks quite lonely, almost as though he's the last man left on earth. By changing the sunlight to a green haze makes it more of a UFO scene than a sunset.


I got this idea from the tv show 'Cheers.' There is a part where all the cast are in a photo which then turns into a painting. With this photo, I added the effect of charcoal and darkened the lighting.



This one was just a fun play around with the effects. It was taken at Fishermans Warf, which is outside. We were having such a great time that night, so to capture that feeling I made sure the focus was on our faces. I outlined our silhouette and changed the background to the darkest shade it would go. To add the idea of us being outside, I used the stars particle effect.




I really wanted to emphasize the two boys outside of the environment. Their faces say more than their surroundings as to the position they are in. For this effect I darkened the lighting and made a central spotlight. I added the text as more of a manovre to personalise them with the viewer. They are all of these things, and they are terms we can relate to in our own lives.





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