Well, that it is now up on my portfolio. I welcome all feedback and suggestions!
I realize now that I should have kept some kind of log of what all I did to make writing the narrative for the assignment a lot easier. Although, that would have meant writing “opened history menu, backed up as far as possible” several dozen times. The adjustment layers were the biggest help, and once I started using a mouse instead of my laptop’s trackpad my frustration level became manageable. I also dilly-dallied selecting images: a couple I thought were interesting ending up being enormous drains of time so I had to go with ones were I could demonstrably accomplish something. As I mentioned on my assignment, I really wanted to work with post-mortem photos, but couldn’t find enough high-quality interesting images to make it worthwhile.
The good news from all of this is that I’m feeling slightly more comfortable with Photoshop. The bad news is I realized that I will be spending countless more hours with it since my final project is so image heavy. Didn’t think that one through too well, apparently.
4 thoughts on “Image Assignment”
Celeste, I really appreciate how clean your page is, particularly the header and nav bar. I found myself adding break tags to my site at the last minute when I realized that I had far too many images and divs piled up against one another. Have you considered using that beige that’s in the heading as a background color around your container? I think it might compliment some of your images nicely as you scroll down (although, again, this is probably just my impulse to add add add).
Celeste,
I love the images of the children! Your work to recover the seated child’s face is really incredible. What was once fuzzy is now so clear and detailed! It is amazing what can be done with a burn tool. I also like the color choices for the dress and hair. Making the background more of a solid color allows the child’s face and flesh tones to really stand out. The changes you’ve made really highlight your little subject’s personality. The marching boys are too cute!