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This is the first edit I done. I used polygonal lasso to outline the model and I went to the select window and clicked invert, this flips the selection and the background space is selected. I then went to Gaussian blur in the filter menu and this is what blurs the back ground. I then wen onto the "select" window and clicked modify and used feather on my pictures, this is to also give them the extra blended affect. On my pictures I ranged it from 10-15 in the radius marker, this is to make it look natural and not fake looking. I then added "noise" on top, this gives the picture texture and blended together. I then just increase the vibrancy of all pictures because I didn't want to lose the colour. I used this process on all pictures. I decided to present them normally with a background, I was going to have them glossy but it didn’t work and nor did I have the time. I feel like it went really well overall despite I’m not good at editing and I managed to  find a good style to produce them

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This is a photo I have taken using a DSLR of Ben. Ben didn't want his face in it so I only took half of it. I chose this one because in my proposal I said they can pick the picture and this is the one he picked.

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This is also a picture I took using a Nikon DSLR, I used the same aspects, for aperture I used f11 and 160 for the shutter speed. I like this photo because it shows her personality however it would be difficult because it is horizontal.

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This is a photo I took on a Nikon DSLR, for aperture f11 and 160 for shutter speed. This is going to be one of the pictures I may use for Farzana (my model friend) in my piece. I like this piece because it shows her personality as if she's just "done with the world" and that is literally her personality.

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This is my boyfriend who I am going to take a photo of and this is a test photo. I feel like I need to be able to get a nice shot instead of it looking so flat. I want to be able to edit it and practice it so I know how I want my outcomes to turn out.

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The theme I am interested in is individuality and I will explore this theme by creating a series of photos of people showing their differences, these differences can be anything for example showing their personality in a photograph, something they enjoy, or even a statement piece of clothing. The artists I will look at is Catherine Opie, Ray Stevenson. I am planning to take individual portraits, of my friends, boyfriend and me. The technique I want to use is shallow depth of field because I want focus on the individual in the image.  I want to be able to make the background black and white and keep the individual in colour to further focus on them instead of blurring the background which will make it fuzzy especially with the shallow depth of field added to it. The equipment I will use is my iPhone which i'll mostly use for outside of college, lighting because it is important otherwise the picture will look weird, or even to lighten the image up and Photoshop to edit the images. To begin my project I will take multiple photos until i find the photos that I like or look good. I also want to be able to let the individuals say how they want their picture taken or how it shows who they are or even where they want it if they like a certain location. I will present it as a moodboard and I will keep them the same size otherwise it would look weird. I may either randomize them or neatly apply them into a mood board because as its my piece, I want to show people I made it.

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I chose to pick Catherine Opie again as an artist for individuality. I chose her because she uses shallow depth of field within some of her photographs and I wanted to use the same technique to connect the series of photos together.

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I chose to pick Ray Stevenson as an artist for individuality because the woman he has photographed is showing her personality within the photos. You can clearly see the fun she has as an artist and what she wears it may be somewhat similar to the crowd however she is unique in her own way. The black and white photo almost sets the mood of it, it makes it look moody and shows sadness within it however you would never know how she is feeling