Week 5

Last week we continued to edit our pictures that we had taken the previous week. I knew that my pictures all needed higher contrast, especially on the black and white ones. I started to edit the contrast, i set them to roughly around 45 contrast, which wasn't too much so that it was unclear but not too little that there was no difference. After i had done this, i saw a few of my pictures that i though needed more colour and a warmer tone. I added a 'warm photo filter' on these pictures which gave them a orange tinge, i think this worked really well because it gave the picture a different feel and it looked hot and stuffy which is the kind of feel i wanted for the specific picture. The picture was of some sprouting plants in a brick wall. I wanted that hot and humid feel because it reflected the idea of plants taking the wall over. I also upped the saturation which made the image even more humid looking. On other pictures i added a blurred border so that the centre of focus was on the most important thing. I think this worked really well and gave the picture an abstract feel, it also framed the picture and made it look much more complete and less plain. On some pictures i added 'Diffuse Glow' which made anywhere which was white glow, i think this worked really well because it made the picture seem abstract and surreal. I added this effect on a picture of inside the cycle bridge, this really worked well because there is a lot of white light coming through the windows at the side of the cycle bridge and i think that adding this effect made these features come alive and become the focus of attention for the eye. I didn't want to make it too diffused and i set the diffuse amount to approximately 30. This was the perfect amount because the structure of the bridge was not obscured in any way, but there was enough glow to notice it. The feel i got from the edited picture was perfect, it wasnt too over-edited - it was subtle. After i had edited my pictures i decided to think about how i would display the final photos. I knew i was doing lack of control for my final piece, i thought that i could perhaps put my photos inside a box with a broken lock. Or maybe i could get a box and fill it with moss to show that the box had lost control to nature - the moss. Or perhaps have the pictures 'sprouting' out of a man made object as if the pictures were plants themselves. But i am not quite sure of which idea ill go for.