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1. Open up street Image and use the crop tool and content-aware to resize, if needed. 2. Open the second image of girl swimming into that same document. (Convert this to a Smart Object to avoid resolution issues from resizing.) 3. Move girl to match up horizon in street photo at lower portion of image. 4. Make a selection of the girl and click on the mask button to create a mask. 5. Use the brush tool and paint with white on the mask to reveal more of the water around her. 6. COMMAND + J to make a copy of this layer 7. Select the bottom layer and RENAME it HARD LIGHT 8. Change the Blending mode of this layer to HARD LIGHT 9. Make sure you're on the mask and using the brush tool, paint more of the water back in. 10. Change the opacity of this layer to 65% 11. Select the HARD LIGHT layer and the copy of this layer by holding down shift to select both. Then COMMAND +G to group these layers. (This is done so any adjustments will affect both) 12. Open a New HUE SATURATION LAY...

Constructing A Digital World Due November 5th Critique: One 16X24 print…. Yes, we’re printing BIG this time! Points: 200 Video: Not this time Requirements: Minimum of three images composited into a final piece (Can use additional found images if you have met the 3 images shot requirement) OBJECTIVE: For this assignment, you will either photograph yourself or someone else and construct a digital reality using composited images. The theme is up to you, but the image must manipulate Scale in some fashion.   In this project, you will be printing BIG and as such, the viewer will read everything in the image as intentional, and it should be. The background, the lighting, the colors in the image, the gestures of the person or people, should all be carefully considered in regards to communicating your concept. Consider how the image changes if it feels very fantastical and staged, versus if the construction is more subtle.  Experiment and have fun. You have...

Portrait Essay Assignment Points: 200 Due Date: October 17th  Six prints and one 1:00 video portrait piece.  Subject : Pick someone whom you can revisit on multiple occasions. This will be a collaborative project between you and your subject. What story can you tell about this individual? With 6 heavily curated images, can you get to the core of the person, can you reveal their true selves?  The subjects of your photographs, will fill the space of your photos and influence the mood or idea you’re trying to depict. The subject can determine whether or not your photos are considered interesting. While subjects and their interest factors are, well, subjective, when considering your subjects, you should ask yourself about your audience. Do other people want to see this? Is my subject representative of the larger idea my photo essay is trying to convey? Your projects can involve people you know or people you’ve only just met. Artist to look at Elin Hoyland, E...

For the video portion of your portrait Assignment, I'd like you to think not only about your subject but also how you will use TIME to represent them.