LO4 - Stereotypical Goth edited photos

First edit

This is the original image I started with from the peace gardens.

I started by zooming in on Bradley's face and getting rid of spots using the spot healing tool.

Next I duplicated the layer and then played with the hue/saturation on the copy in order to give it a surreal sci-fi effect. 

Because I didn't like the sky being so dark I used the lasso tool to get rid of it on the top layer so it was replaced by the original sky.

Next, as Bradley's face was difficult to focus on because of the effect I had added to the image, I used the eraser tool to get rid of it on his body.

In keeping with this I also used the eraser on the stone of the water fountain he was sat on.

I then duplicated the top layer again and got rid of everything but the sky so I could put the 'cloud' filter over it then desaturate it so the clouds were black.

Lastly I played around with the opacity of the cloud filter so it looked more realistic but still surreal.

Second edit

This is the image I originally started with.

I immediately used auto tone to brighten up the photograph I had taken and also sharpened the outlines of the image as a whole.

I then added the filter 'film grain' over the top of the image to give it an old, crackly effect.

Third edit

This is the original image I started with.

I used the spot removal tool to get rid of spots on blemishes on my model's face.

Then I duplicated the image and used the lasso tool on the top layer to separate Brad from the rest of the image so I could play with effects on his face more freely.

On the background layer I looked at the colour balance and altered it so it was black and white, like graveyards often so stereotypically are in these sorts of images.

Once again I duplicated the layer and got rid of Brad as well as the rest of the background so that I could sharpen the headstone behind him. 

Returning to Brad's layer I tried out different filters before I settled on 'plaster' as it made him stand out from the rest of the image- ironically the 'goth' is the most colourful thing in the graveyard.