Photoshop lesson

Our first Phototshop lesson we learnt all about what different things you can do to a picture just using the tools that are given on Adobe Photoshop CS2. We were told to go out and take some pictures, the idea was to try and take some pictures that were related to the theme horror or thriller. Me, Annie and Bella went out and took some pictures near the woods and in an open space first to see what we could do with natural light to try and make our pictures seems scary. We then decided to look at using lights from inside in a dark room to give off shadows in the darkness. We went into the theatre too look at different levels as well as lighting. We ended up in a bathroom backstage with the only light coming in from behind Bella and being reflected off the mirror and lighting up her face. We used a hood to create a certain look that made the light only hit her eyes and middle of her face. This worked well, giving a scary, mysterious and dark look to Bella. I used this picture because I think the lighting looked the best and I found I could work on trying to make it better.

I used burn tool to blend the background in with the hood that Bella was wearing, making ever merge into the darkness surrounding her. I then went into filter and down to blur to make the photo slightly out of focus but i tried to keep her eyes as clear as I could by using the blur tool to keep her eyes in focus. We also used looking space to show the effect, that someone maybe watching her or the other way round she might be watching someone. This created a story from one picture, making you want to know more about whats going on.