1. In order to adjust the levels of light and contrast within my image, I first use the 'levels' tool and drag the arrows across the bottom of the grid further towards the middle. This made the dark portions of my image darker, whilst still bringing more vibrance and light into the lighter toned areas (for example, her face).
2. To further the contrast, I used the brightness/contrast tool as this would specifically help me with this task. To create a higher contrast whilst still maintaining a good amount of exposure, I decided to take down the brightness and then take up the contrast. When I took the brightness up with the contrast, it created a high amount of exposure which I did not like.
3. I decided that I wanted my images to be quite saturated as I enjoyed the look this created against the black background, as the colours in my images were quite dull and muted. In order to desaturate my photos, I used the 'vibrance' tool. By using this instead of the desaturate it allowed me to simply take the vibrance of my image away rather than take away the colour itself, which I really enjoyed the look of and so decided to go with this instead of desaturating the image.
4. In today's society, it is the belief that beauty means being flawless. In order to represent this belief within my work, I decided to use the spot healing brush tool in order to remove any blemishes or marks on her face, and give her an overall 'airbrushed' look which society teaches women is the only way to achieve perfection.
5. I decided that, with this image, I wanted more contrast than I already had but I did not want to make the dark tones darker - I only wanted to brighten the light tones. In order to do this, I used the dodge tool and ran this over the model's face as this was the lightest portion of the image. This added contrast help draw more attention towards her face, which I intended to be the focal point of the image.
6. To complete my image, I added a vignette as, again, this helped to bring more attention to the centre of the image where the model's face was framed. To create this vignette, I first added a curves layer to the image and deepened this. Then, I used the gradient tool and (ensuring that the colour was set to back) dragged this from the centre of the image to the outside. The deepened the outsides of the image, bringing more light to the centre.
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