Project 1
When I took this picture, the background was already blurred and I loved how the block of news stands I used as my subject stood still among the movement of the city. To edit it, I cropped the image closer and gave the color ore saturation so the stands would stand out more.
I selected this picture because of the symmetry--the framing was nice and that really appealed to me. When editing, I gave the colors saturation and played around for a bit with layers to make the colors almost surreal. The final result looks almost as if someone had made a painting of the scene.
The diversity of the papers in the stands was really interesting, and I selected this picture because it showcased that. (The front page of the Asian Reporter was about rare triplet pandas!) I played around a bit with shadowing and making the picture vaguely vintage when editing.
This staircase in the woods has always been ethereal, but I loved this picture because the lighting through the leaves made it more so. I blurred a bit of the edges and gave the picture more saturation when editing, and also filtered it so the lighting wouldn't be as harsh.
It had just rained when I took this picture, and this photo made the woods look especially vibrant. I did some blurring to the edge of the picture when I edited it and focused on the staircase, even though I think it's the colors that make this photo pop.
My camera has a black and white setting, as most of them do, so I turned it on to take this picture. With the lighting and the uneven tilt of the staircase on the hill, I think that this looks cool and intriguing. I sharpened the details when I went back to edit this picture, and filtered it so the light would be less glaring.
