Basic Photo Editing in Photoshop Projects

         To start our graphic design class for this year, we had to photoshop 9 different pictures learning different techniques and styles along the way. Given to us was a multitude of different videos explaining how to make a change in each of the pics. It all wrapped up with a long, 6 video collage project where we completely transformed a model's photoshoot. I think mine turned out looking really good! 

original pic

edited pic

    Most of the other projects we did were about removing blemishes or fixing unwanted parts of the pictures. For this we used many different tools including content aware fill, patching, clone stamping, the healing brush, and the spot healing brush. One of the best examples I have of a drastic change comes from the 5th picture I edited:                                     :)                                                                                              T This project taught me the basics of photoshop, although I still feel like there's way way way more to learn. I enjoyed watching my progress and felt great when my results looked like the tutorial! There were a few set backs and obstacles along the way but there were also always ways to get around them. I'm very excited to work with photoshop more this year!

Self-Portrait Artist Statement

       

            For my self-portrait, I played The Office theme song on the piano for a couple different reasons. First, it shows that I enjoy playing piano. I've been playing for about a decade now and it is still one of my favorite things to do in my free time. I chose this song because I am a big fan of The Office and the song is actually really good! I enjoyed doing this but I also enjoyed the portraits that other people did where it was more interactive. I think mine felt like more of a show than a real portrait of myself.

            In all honesty, I forgot to work with my camera. First of all, I parked myself right in front of a window which back lit my whole shot and drowned out all of the color and contrast of my shot. The frame is decent as it gets all of my hands playing in the shot and really focuses on the piano. One thing I really focused on for this project was my sound. That was important and had to be of good quality because that's what the whole of the video revolved around. Next time I will put more thought  into both the sound and the video.

             From this project I learned that not every idea works on the first try! Or the second. Or third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth... you get the idea. I did a lot of takes and retakes to really get it right and I can still hear mistakes when I listen to it! That was my main challenge, as the rest of this was fairly easy, especially because there was no editing involved. I hope that when people watch this they feel happy and somewhat connected to the show. Hopefully most people recognize it, but even if they don't I want them to like the song!