A Day In The Life Of A Mercy Student

In Computer Graphics class we crated a collage depicting the life of a Mercy Student. When taking the pictures I tried to keep photography elements in mind. The picture of Alex in the hallway is an example of high angle, I was actually standing on the balcony above when I took that picture. The photo of the hallway is an example of lines, is take so that the lines on the floor are diagonal. The photo of Amber and Alex at the computer follows the rule of thirds, Amber and Alex are on the intersection of the left third.
After I had taken all my photos I edited them in photo shop, I have learned how to use many different tools in photo shop to improve my pictures. The first thing I did was apply auto color to all my photos. Then I started to edit them all individually, I cropped about four of my pictures. By cropping them I was getting rid of the parts of the photos that I thought were unnecessary. I rotated the picture of Candace at her locker, so that she was standing up right. On the picture of the class in the art room I used the dodge tool to make the pictures on the wall look brighter, this really makes them pop. I also used the dodge tool on the picture of Alex at the message board, to make the message board brighter. I used the clone tool to fix a blemish on Alex's face on the picture of her and Amber at the computer. On the picture of Lexi in the chemistry room I whitened her teeth using the lasso tool and then selecting hues/saturation on the layers window. The last tool I used was the adjustments and then vibrance tool, I used this to make the picture of the girls in prep more vibrant. Using all these tools really helped make my photo look much better.