Being
able to manipulate photo was one of the tool brought to life as technology
evolved. Photo manipulation, in some sense, is similar to how painters or
artists use their paint brush or eraser to fix up their paintings or sketches.
Back in the days when technology wasn't as developed, photo manipulating was almost
impossible, so, preparing for one photograph would take longer time. As time
progressed, technology and cameras start to become more advanced. Without
technology, problems could arise, such as an example of the red eye effect. As
of now, technology could fix this problem easily; cameras nowadays would eliminate
red eye effect automatically and easily. Moreover, with computers, many people
would be able to edit photos with the help of different software.
For
this assignment, I used Adobe Photoshop 6.0 to edit the photos.
Photo
A- a picture I found on the internet. It’s of the world’s last swimming elephant
in an early morning. Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=423748456155&set=a.423470516155.213232.27566611155&type=3&theater
Original
Photo A1
For A1, I used the effect of Tint Sepia
which can be found in one of the Photoshop effects. Basically, what this effect
does is eliminating all the colours and then replace them with sepia. In contrast
to the original picture, the effect adds isolation and loneliness which I think
shows more of the elephant being the last of its kind.
Photo A2
For this picture, the effect “Tiles” was
applied. It did not make great alterations of the original picture; it just
simply cut the picture into little pieces therefore making it look like a
puzzle. The reason of using such effect was because I like how the picture
looks broken, like it’s pieced together from many pictures.
Photo A3
The last effect I used for A3 was called the
Lighting Effect. It created a brighter lighting onto the picture on the upper
left hand corner. The effect deemphasizes the existence of the elephant on the
lower right hand corner, sort of taking away the main character’s importance.
However, the contrast makes the elephant looks humble and peaceful being the
last of its kind.
Photo B-The second picture was also
retrieved from the internet.
Original
Photo B1
B1 was applied with an effect called angled
stroke. What the effect did was altering the picture with brush stroke, so
instead of looking like photo, it now looks like a painting.
Photo B2
For B3, I simply eliminated the colours and
added sunlight on the upper left hand corner. The removing of the colours had
made the picture look softer and the sunlight helped emphasize the young monks’
energy and playfulness.
Photo B3
As for B3, I used the effect “Cutout” to
make it seem comic. The effect only carries colours therefore hiding the real
characters of the monks, and the background, which leaving only happiness and
energy of the picture to show.
