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Composition

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Introduction I have not selected a topic for my magazine story so I decided to practice photography with my roommate. I had her pose in a few different positions while I shot her from different angles. I tried to encorporate different composition techniques. For this first shot, I used the "Work the Shot" reading to take this picture. I adjusted several times before finally deciding on an angle to use. This still was not the best angle because the table and decorations in the corner are seen. I took this shot standing on our coffee table in landscape mode.  This shot was a continuation of the first shoot and is one of my personal favorites. I decided to play with the angles in which I took the picture. I took this picture again from above (standing on our coffee table) and used portrait mode. The only improvements that could be made to this shot would be centering her a tad bit more. For this last shot, I decided on a compeltly different pose. I c...

Pretty Little Liars

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Introduction To begin, I chose one of my favorite shows that is very recognizable (even to those who don't watch the show). I contemplated recreating other posters such as "Riverdale", "Mean Girls", "Bring it On", and "Get Out", but this was my favorite.     Background Process To begin, I started my created the background. I found an image similar to the background wall and flooring and added them to the document. I created a mask to show the wall and floor as if they are one, and not having any overlap. I created another mask to make a vignette-ish filter. Before & After - Lazy Eye Fix I used the quick selection tool to select her eye that I wanted to copy. I then copied her eye and placed it over the lazy one. I lined it up with her eye and used the eraser tool to clean up the harsh lines around the edited eye. Hair Edits I also had to fill in some of the gaps of their hair to avoid the original backgr...