Yesterday I discovered a timer app on my phone, enabling me to take photos without having to press the shutter button. Using this app, I took several photos of myself preparing food in my kitchen. In photoshop, I applied the oil paint filter. I loved how the oil paint filter smoothed the transitions from the warmer tones of the kitchen background to the cooler blues of my shirt and the red bowl. I feel that the picture was further unified by the repetition of color; the white of my shirt and of the refrigerator, and the red of the bowl and the toaster in the background.
To get this particular angle, I stood up on a chair and sort of leaned in toward the subject. In photoshop, I chose not to use the oil filter for this particular photo because I liked the texture of the wood grain and of the gray beanie. However, I did increase the overall contrast and vibrance. It's almost as if the curving lines of her arms serve as reference points for the viewer's eye to travel through the photo.
Again, I applied the oil paint filter to this photograph in photoshop. I thought the photo looked rather bland, and needed the additional texture. Although the composition seems chaotic, the contrast of the pale blue computer screen against the tan wall serves as a reference point. Likewise, the bright green Sprite container, and the girl's red wristband contrasted against the background help to draw the viewer's eye in a circular motion from the center outward.
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