Self-portrait
14/10/2009
For my self-portrait I did a black, white and gray themed ‘see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil’. For the ‘see no evil’ I decided to use the artistic filter neon glow. I changed the color to gray so the glow would stay with the color scheme. I then changed the background color to black and used the shadows/highlights setting to darken highlights and lighten shadows to get the desired effect. For ‘hear no evil I did a remove color and then changed the colors to gray again so that when I used the filters they results would stay in the grayscale scheme. I then decided on the cutout filter and played with the levels, simplicity and fidelity until I was happy with the detail of the picture. For the last picture, speak no evil, I first converted the picture to black and white. I then used the shadows/highlights setting to darken highlights. I put a gray background and then used the artistic filter film grain and adjusted it for detail and contrast again.
Your self-portraits were one of my favorites. I really like how you chose to use both black, white, and shades of gray as your only colors present in all three. I like how you played with the position of your hands, yet you never lost the attention away from you. Your face always remained the prominent aspect in all three photos which is exactly what the assignment entails. I wish my portraits looked as great as yours!