Secret 7

Idea 1

I then cropped it down to be square

Then I edited the brightness and 

contrast values and colourised the

photo to try and make it look like

dry cracked ground, similar to an

earthquake. I was happy with the

outcome, the dark colour links in

with the dark nature of the song. 

The previous image printed very

poorly, and so I re-edited it again

using levels and curves. This variation

is much more clear whilst still

retaining its dark nature. This one

is slightly redder than the last one as

well, which represents passion.

Idea 2

The initial photo I took. I chose to

try and create a grainy affect round

the edges as the photo looked too

empty without it, as shown below.

I then cropped down the image to
make it square and centralize the
heart a bit more.

I experimented with changing the
colour to red, to symbolise both
love and blood, but I felt this did't
work very well as it was too bright.

To counter this I lowered the opacity
of the red and placed it on top of the
original images to give the photo a
warm feeling. I think this works quite
well because the warm feelings and
connotations of coffee contrast with
the cold ones of divorce.

Idea 3

The original photo I took cropped
down to a square for the record
sleeve size.

I changed the levels, curves,
brightness and contrast to make
the glass more reflective and clean.

I then did a quick photoshop job
and put a crack down the side of
the glass. It's not the most convincing
job but it gets the idea across enough
to display in the interim crit. I don't
want to spend ages making it look
realistic only to get feedback saying
one of my other ideas is better.

Idea 4

My initial photo. It was meant to show an adult walking
past a troubled youth. The idea is that the age difference
represents a difference in time, to match the lyrics
"someday we'll be drinking with the seldom seen kid".

I changed it to black and white greyscale using the
desaturation option, and played with the brightness,
contrast, levels and curves to make the photo look a
bit more dramatic.

I then cropped down the image to square to fit the
record sleeve. I gave it a slight blue tint to try and make
it feel a bit colder, but I made the metal frames on the
slide and swing a lot brighter to try and highlight the
supposed innocence of youth. This also tones down
the blue tint slightly due to contrast, without it loosing
its effect.