Abstract Digital

The Abstract Digital project was focused on creating compositions while taking abstract photos.  The main goal of this assignment was to learn how to digitally manipulate photos in Photoshop and the different ways of doing so.  The first way we learned was called Cyanotype, which is the fourth picture that is bluish and has specks in it.  The second option was Sepia tone, which has a more ancient and antiquated feel.  This was demonstrated in the last photo of the cork board.  Next we learned how to Solarize a photo, which basically turns the blacks into white and the whites into black.  My Solarized photo was was the second picture of the white spots on the black background.  After Solarization, we learned how to Vignette, which means to make the edges, especially the corners, darker so the viewer focuses more on the center of the picture and it also draws more attention to the middle of the photo.  Lastly, we learned how to use a color filter.  We had previously used filters in the darkroom, but they were to make the photo darker or lighter.  Also there were color filters in the darkroom, but we have not used those yet.  The Color Filter on Photoshop was designed to make one section of your photo a different color.  I still wanted my photo to look semi-realistic so I changed one of the rods in picture one to navy blue as opposed to the previous black.  It was a noticeable change, but still a slight one.