Formal Critique
In the middle of a lake there is a man kneeling down on a small bridge over the water. It looks as if he is heading out towards the open water and building the bridge as he goes along. He holds bricks on his back and a hammer in his hands showing that he is working hard to build that bridge.
The bridge is the leading line bringing us into the picture and to the emphasis. There is nothing in the background but open water so the simplicity makes the emphasis strong. The lighting is not strong but it is good because it makes the picture look more serious. The message I got from it was he was building a bridge to his future.
I really liked this picture but I think it would have been better if it showed something that he was trying to get to.
My favorite picture to work on was the alien. the effects are more drastic. i like the fact that photoshop makes it look more realistic as well as fun because you know its not real. We used tools like dodging and burning which makes parts of the picture pop out or creates effects like scars. i also likes the stamp tool to make one part match another part. i thought the easiest thing to learn was putting a picture on top of the other and dropping the opacity to make the picture have a completely different texture. i really enjoyed learning these new tricks because we can use them later to have fun with our pictures and be more creative.
