Composite

Composition: For my composition, I wanted to focus on my hand and place a small scene in my palm. I cropped my image so that the house would be the focus and shot the background image in morning light. I wish I had been wearing a plain shirt because there could be a lot more contrast between my clothing and the miniature scene.
 

Concept/Aboutness/Idea: The idea behind this image was simple in that I just wanted to play with scale changes and what is expected v. what can be constructed in Photoshop. I was more focused on experimenting as opposed to creating a concept for this photo.

 Method: Initially, I shot a photo with my hands out in front of me. I used the polygonal lasso tool in Photoshop to cut out an image of an abandoned house and placed it on a new layer. I then cut out my hand and placed it on a new layer so that my house would appear to fall behind my hand as opposed to sitting over it. I cut out some birds and threw them in there for fun as well. Viola! Instant composite.

Motivations: My motivation for this image was really just to play with the idea of scale while getting used to some of the tools we're learning in Photoshop.

 

Evaluation: I think the concept of playing with scale and lighting of this image are working. I could improve on the contrast between the house and my plaid shirt. In order to make the image more convincing I might consider changing the sharpness of the house so that is fits with the rest of the image.

Extension: I would like to continue to work with the idea of scale to create a surreal aesthetic. Learning to construct images in Photoshop and playing with different layers has helped me to have a much better understanding of CS5.