Photo Manipulation

Photo taken by: Sean "Tungz" Black

Photo manipulation is another name for editing an image. When I think of manipulation I think of something that has been drastically done to an image. My favorite art period is pop art and I like the way Andy Warhol uses the colours to emphasis on certain sectors of the image. Since the original image was already slightly exposed my bone structure was already heightened and the edited version clearly shows this. When I manipulated the photo of my self I wanted to play upon the colours of my make up as well as the background. I increased the contrast of the image creating an over-exposure of the entire image. I decided not to manipulate it any further because it would loose the essence of the photo and what I was trying to portray, which is a digitized pop clip art.

Photo taken by: Ashley Halladeen

With the second manipulation I took the image and created a second layer on Photoshop ®. The first thing I did was get rid of the armpit stubs, because cropping that out would make the image uneven. To get rid of the tiny stubs I had to get a sample of my skin colour and add it on top. As you can see the colour mixed and it was hidden, well to the best of my ability. With the second layer I changed the image to the grey scale because black and white would be to dull. I then erased the scale of the scarf to bring back the colour to that section. When the colour was brought back, I then matched the colour of the scarf to the original layer. By getting the exact colour scale I added the colour to where ever was missed. The last process was increasing the intensity of the scarf so it would appear vibrant and stands out from the background. Once my editing was finished I incorporated the two layers together. My reason for manipulating the photo as such is because the pose reminded me of a President Choice picture with a Japanese Gasha. In my own way i wanted to mimic the ad but give it my own flare. It also reminded me of a picture like this of a orphan child for another ad but her scarf was red. I guess I seen a trend in photography and wanted to try something of the sort so my edited image can stand out and tell it's own story.