Revised Images (10)

I found that color, whether it be in the reflection of the bubbles or the brick of the buildings, is a profound theme throughout my body of work. Instead of focusing all the pictures into one color scheme, which I tried to do with multiple colors to no avail, I chose to remove the color completely. The body of work went from full of life and vibrancy to dullness and emptiness. I found it really interesting that by removing the color of an image, although lively in itself, will almost completely take the life out of it. Color to an image is like its life, its personality. Yes, there are many images with life that don’t have color, but those are meant to be black and white; it is the action of removing color that is supposed to be there that takes away personality. I, therefore, took the color out of each image and cropped it down to a single "scene". Each cropped image presents a new picture, maybe not all that different in appearance, but completely new in personality. I would like to call the new images, all together, dullness.

I chose to put the image into Photoshop first and take away the color and try to remove any of the blurry parts of the image. This was meant to clean the image up and make it look nicer for the cropping. Then I went to Lightroom and added grain to the image to give it a rougher, duller feeling. The grain makes it appear to have a texture instead of the color that was previously there. Then, finally, I cropped the image down to just the four spoons next to each other, varying in height and in size because I felt that it looked like people next to eachother. It presents a different vibe than it did before because of the lack of color and added grain, it gives off a very rough, dull, and almost gloomy feeling.

I chose to put the image into Photoshop first and take away the color and try to remove any of the blurry parts of the image. This was meant to clean the image up and make it look nicer for the cropping. Then I went to Lightroom and added grain to the image to give it a rougher, duller feeling. The grain makes it appear to have a texture instead of the color that was previously there. Then, finally, I cropped the image down to just the crack in the wood because of how detailed it was on the inside. There are many things not only inside the crack in the wood, but also on the wood itself. The texture and patterns on the wood itself are almost magnified by the texture of the grain and lack of color; you are able to see the details in the wood clearer than before.

I chose to put the image into Photoshop first and take away the color and try to remove any of the blurry parts of the image. This was meant to clean the image up and make it look nicer for the cropping. Then I went to Lightroom and added grain to the image to give it a rougher, duller feeling. The grain makes it appear to have a texture instead of the color that was previously there. Then, finally, I cropped the image down to just the smiley face and pipe/shadow running across the middle of the image. Not only does the added line of the pipe create an almost duality to the image, but the face looking back at you gives it a slightly brighter feel than the other images. The grain, still, is adding texture and detail to what was lost to the decreased vibrancy and temperature, but it also gives the face more definition and the shadow a darker, crisper line.

I chose to put the image into Photoshop first and take away the color and try to remove any of the blurry parts of the image. This was meant to clean the image up and make it look nicer for the cropping. Then I went to Lightroom and added grain to the image to give it a rougher, duller feeling. The grain makes it appear to have a texture instead of the color that was previously there. Then, finally, I cropped the image down to just the water flowing and rising in the sink. The spread of the water is what I find most fascinating about this image, the water is coming down and going outwards instead of around the point of impact. Furthermore, the grain adds a lot of detail that was lost before to the removal of color, which is my favorite part of the image as well. The photo, although different than before, held some of its most important qualities, being the water and the texture of the bubbles.

I chose to put the image into Photoshop first and take away the color and try to remove any of the blurry parts of the image. This was meant to clean the image up and make it look nicer for the cropping. Then I went to Lightroom and added grain to the image to give it a rougher, duller feeling. The grain makes it appear to have a texture instead of the color that was previously there. Then, finally, I cropped the image down to just the top of the building because it gives me a background feel. The top of this image makes me thing about a screensaver or start to a movie. The added grain and decreased color gives a depressing or somewhat dull feeling that only helps the feeling of the building. With the telephone wires and empty chimney as well, this photo just gives me a good vibe. It is hard to put into words, just relatable I guess.

I chose to put the image into Photoshop first and take away the color and try to remove any of the blurry parts of the image. This was meant to clean the image up and make it look nicer for the cropping. Then I went to Lightroom and added grain to the image to give it a rougher, duller feeling. The grain makes it appear to have a texture instead of the color that was previously there. Then, finally, I cropped the image down to just front entrance, with the focus being the blue dress that maintained most of its color. The dress was really interesting, and it is where my eye went every time I looked up to the image when editing it. I felt like it needed more color than the rest of the image. It is the one point in the image where my eye goes when I look at it, not only because of the color, but because the whole store leads me to the front doors and then to the dress as well. Its detail is also enhanced by the added grain in the image, something I find nice when comparing it to the rest of the image.

I chose to put the image into Photoshop first and take away the color and try to remove any of the blurry parts of the image. This was meant to clean the image up and make it look nicer for the cropping. Then I went to Lightroom and added grain to the image to give it a rougher, duller feeling. The grain makes it appear to have a texture instead of the color that was previously there. Then, finally, I cropped the image down to just the salt and the spoons because I felt that the most interesting part had to do with the salt landing on the spoons. It stopped the salt falling mid-air, something I find interesting, and by adding the grain, it allowed for the salt to be enhanced in a way, complemented by the grain surrounding it.

I chose to put the image into Photoshop first and take away the color and try to remove any of the blurry parts of the image. This was meant to clean the image up and make it look nicer for the cropping. Then I went to Lightroom and added grain to the image to give it a rougher, duller feeling. The grain makes it appear to have a texture instead of the color that was previously there. Then, finally, I cropped the image down to just sphere of bubbles created by the falling water because I liked the geometric shape it made. I upped the contrast a bit more on this image to enhance the shape that the bubbles created, being this semi-circle of big and small bubbles. The grain, probably my favorite part about the images, also adds a lot of detail to the bubbles that was previously lost by decreasing saturation and vibrancy.

I chose to put the image into Photoshop first and take away the color and try to remove any of the blurry parts of the image. This was meant to clean the image up and make it look nicer for the cropping. Then I went to Lightroom and added grain to the image to give it a rougher, duller feeling. The grain makes it appear to have a texture instead of the color that was previously there. Then, finally, I cropped the image down to just the two doors because of the geometric feeling it gives the image. The symmetry, with both doors being separated evenly by the middle column and windows on either side of the doors, makes the image more intriguing. Without the other distractions the image had in the first place, the photo is simple, yet complex because it makes you ask questions about the building, yet you know exactly what is going on outside the building through the reflection.

I chose to put the image into Photoshop first and take away the color and try to remove any of the blurry parts of the image. This was meant to clean the image up and make it look nicer for the cropping. Then I went to Lightroom and added grain to the image to give it a rougher, duller feeling. The grain makes it appear to have a texture instead of the color that was previously there. Then, finally, I cropped the image down to just the quote, somewhat hidden by the shadow. I find this interesting as it was under a bridge at a college campus and also because of the logo they included with it. "The World Unite" with a soviet/communist marking is somewhat of a weird correlation. This is the reason I focused in on this part of the image while cropping it.