Week 3

Assignment: To select one of the 25 Lincoln era photos and mash that particular photo with one of the 25 contemporary photos I had taken to create an overall message.

Craft: By using the program Photoshop, I was able to mash 2 photos from 2 different eras together. I was able to mash these photos together to make a "realistic" looking image. To do so, I had to utilize various techniques (cut, paste, scaling, altering colors, etc.) that are provided by the Photoshop program.

Composition: I had original chose to mash 2 other photos, but they proved to be to difficult to mash. Therefore, I had chosen two other photos, one of Lincoln sitting at my bar in my basement. I cut and pasted Lincoln into contemporary photo and altered the colors to black and white. I received positive feedback on my mash up photo. However, the critique provided me with many ideas and many directions that i could go in. For example, I could copy and paste and arm to Lincoln's body with a drink in hand or add shadow/reflection to his body on the bar.

Concept: I was kind of struggling with the concept of my photo at first. Then I realized after the critique that I should have maybe developed a short story or correlation between the two photos. I'm trying develop the idea of Lincoln as a bartender. I am pleased with the fact that can alter his facial features now. I think that will help add the the concept of the photo. I still have things to add the the photo to help create more of an overall message. One thing I think will help raise some interesting ideas is if I change the name on the neon sign in the background.