Savannah Grant: Digital Photo Term 4: 2010

Attractive #2: Madeyln Sleeping.

I took this photo of my little sister, Madelyn, while she was asleep. I applied a gaussian blur to the entire photo, and then went back and sharpened her eyelashes and mouth a little bit. I enjoy seeing detail in photo, so I thought sharpening those was appropriate. I also used the 'burn' tool to burn the few freckles on the bridge of her nose. Again, I love detail, so I think that helped the photo. Lastly, I desaturated her sweatshirt a little bit, because I felt like it took away from the natural color of her lips. I really like the way this photo turned out.

Attractive #1: String of Lights and Its Outlet.

This photo was taken of a string of lights that I have up in my room. I liked it because the glow of the lights reflecting on the wall and outlet popped out at me. I burned a lot of the photo; the background as well as the "string" of the lights to make its detail 'pop'. I also applied a slight neon glow, just to add to the glow on the walls. I blurred the wall that the lights are against, though it didn't seem to work like I had wanted. I would've preferred less texture because I feel like I look at the top right hand corner before anything else.

Repulsive #2: Dirty Hands.

This photo was taken of my own hand, which I painted with watercolor paints and put silver glitter on the tips of my fingers. I wanted it to look more dirty and look like I had oil all over. I considered this as repulsive, because I cannot stand when my hands are dirty. I made the contrast more intense to help the darkest spots become darker and more attractive. I also burned some of the background to make the hand 'pop' more. I burned the creases of the hand as well to help make the detail more apparent.

Repulsive #1: Egg Yolk.

I took this photo of an egg yolk being held over grass. Personally, I think eggs are the most disgusting things in the world, whether they're cooked or not. So in my photo, I toned down some of the colors, like the grass and hand, but left the yolk as yellow as possible. I burned all of the creases in the hands, as well as the outside of them, to define them, more. I burned the egg yolk a little bit too, because it made it contrast more. I used two light sources for this photo: a shop light and the sun. I am pretty pleased with the way this photo turned out, as a whole.