Marlon

For Assignment One I chose to work on a photograph I took of the Diablo Valley College Library. I chose this photograph because I loved the way the entrance to the library is designed, specifically the way the entrance is built upon layering and extruding elements that let light seep in between them. I thought this photograph captured this specific element very well and I edited the photograph to really make this show.

Here are the steps that I took to achieve this:

• Opened photograph in Picasa then used Picnik to straighten the photograph by -0.79 degrees.
• Opened the photograph in Photoshop.
• Cropped the photograph to focus on specific portion of the photograph and to give it a “Rule of Thirds” feeling.
• Opened new adjustment layer. Used “Levels” to bring out true black and true white. [Black (13), White (242), Gray (0.87)]
• Opened new adjustment layer. Used “Black and White” and changed it from the “Default” setting to “Darker”.
• Opened new adjustment layer. Used “Burn” to darken certain areas on the photograph. [Overlay, Fill with Overlay-Neutral Color (50% gray)]