This photo is a representation of when Orpheus went to the underworld to retrieve his love, Eurydice. Hades told him he could take Eurydice only if he did not look at her until they were out of the underworld. He turned and looked at her, though, and she disappeared.
For this photo I blackened out the other end of the tunnel and then erased the people. I had cut Sami out and added her back in, decreasing the opacity of her layer so she is 'fading away'.

HAHA favorite comedic love song :)

I watched you watching me
From laboratory 5
The breathing mask and safety goggles
Accentuate your eyes

Chemistry cannot explain
This burning I feel inside
You've catalyzed a titration
That's nebulized my mind

Suddenly I feel
That which the method would never allow
I try to abide by the methodology
When all I want is to follow my heart
But when you're a part of the scientific scene,
The greatest monster of all is love
(The Method-We Are Scientists)

Apple of Discord

The story of the apple of discord tells about when the goddess of discord throws a golden apple into a wedding reception claiming that it belongs to the fairest of women. Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena all believed themselves to be the fairest and fought over the apple, ruining the party.
For this photo I first tried to make the apple look gold by painting over it with a gold color with the opacity down. I then emphasized the shines on the apple with a star-like shaped white paintbrush. I added a gaussian blur and then blurred the girls in the background a bit as well, erasing their outstretched hands.

Tips from Gavin

Using one of Gavin Hoey's tutorials I added the sunbeams coming from the clouds in this picture using the cloud filter and radial blurs. The tutorial also showed how to add the reflections in the water using the paintbrush and blurs.

Green World

For a green photo in honor of St. Patrick's Day, I took a picture of moss because the texture is very cool. I darkened the edges of the photo and changed the curves to increase contrast. I lastly added adjusted the colors enhancing the green.

My Little Planet

This is my mini-planet. I took a picture of the horizon at the edge of a field at sunset. Blending the edge was difficult and I needed to smudge the sky around the rest of the picture besides the edge to make it look more natural.

Lomography!!

Portraits 2

For Janelle's photo I blurred the background and slightly enhanced her eyes. I then added a warm layer.


For Abby's photo I blurred it slightly and erased around her eyes and lips. I added a warm filter and enhanced her eyes.

Portraits

For Emma's portrait on the left, I enhanced her eyes and increased the saturation slightly because the photo was a little washed out. For Lynzie's on the right, I created a duplicate layer and blurred it, then erased her and her puppy. I did a gaussian blur as well, decreasing the opacity because it was too intense. I enhanced her eyes as well.


















For Abby's portrait on the left, I only tried to enhance what's visible of her eyes. For my dad's on the right, I did added a blur layer and erased him to blur the background. I increased the saturation as well, erasing his shirt because it became too bright.