Contact Sheet

The first row was fairly self-explanatory considering we all used the same picture and went through the process together. Of course it was not super easy because it was my first time working so in-depth with Photoshop. Mostly, I just had to make sure I was changing the number in the resolution box instead of another one and that I kept the height at one inch.

The second row was all about color. I had some difficulty with Duotone. First of all, it took me some time to figure out that I had to change the image to Duotone after changing it to black and white. I was also thrown off by the fact that it was supposed to look like sepia and suddenly thought my coloring was wrong, but then I realized that with a program as advanced as Photoshop I could make Duotone a variety of colors.

The third row was also not that difficult. Once I found a picture that was wider than taller, also known as landscape, that was a decent resolution simply changing the dimensions to a square and a portrait was not that difficult. However, I was thrown off for a little bit because my portrait was kind of an optical illusion and I was not sure if I got the dimensions right or not. With the two crops, I also wanted to make sure I cropped out the less vital parts of the photo so I had to play around artistically for a while to achieve that.

The fourth row was a bit more difficult. I kept messing up the close-up because I would cut off parts of the sign I wanted to be there, but I simply had to play around with crop again. Then I had to go back to this one later and make the resolution higher so that it would be less blurry, which was kind of difficult.

The fifth row was challenging as well. It took a while to get my final abstract shot truly abstract. Finding the image in the first place was also difficult. Even though I did eventually find a higher resolution picture I upped it anyways so that it was as clear as possible.

With the sixth row I also ended up changing the resolution. I took an image of myself off of Facebook, which provides 72 resolution pictures. Needless to say my photo was very blurry. Other than that though, this row was actually fun. I enjoyed playing around with all the effects there are in Photoshop.