I chose to use a vintage look for my second portrait. After
I took the photo I brought it into photoshop. I opened up the curves and
adjusted the red channel, the green channel, and the blue channel separately.
Then I slightly desaturated the photo. Next, I made the border with rounded
edges. To do this I unlocked the original layer and created a new layer
underneath it. I painted that layer black with the paint bucket. Then, I took
my rounded rectangle tool and adjusted the radius to 70 px to make the edges
rounder. Next, I made the rectangle so it surrounded the whole photo. After
that I increased my canvas size by an inch. Once I did that I had to re-paint
the black layer. Finally, I applied a clipping mask to my original layer.
I like vintage photos to begin with, but I thought it really
fit with this photo because of the time of year. It’s winter, it’s cold, there’s
not really any color… That’s why I chose the vintage look.
I like it. It has a very classic feel. I think the border adds to the feel of it.
ReplyDeleteI really like the editing and location that you chose, it gave the photo such a calm/peaceful atmosphere. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteprime example of why photographers love cloudy days. Evenly exposed, easily visible eyes, especially with glasses on.
ReplyDeleteCareful with the fence going through your head, adds nice depth, but it's distracting.
like the warm tones, clear focus, and all around nice self portrait. good job!
Ashley,
ReplyDeleteThe crop and background you chose for this image really enhances the entire shot. And I love that you created the vintage feel with the colorization. My only suggestion for you to consider is to watch how close you place your subject's face to the lens. There seems to be just a slight distortion which sometimes happens if you use completely zoom back from a lens that is a slightly wide angle, like a 28-70mm or something similar.