altered images

            After opening the images in Photoshop, I cropped them, selected them, and copied and pasted them over to my 3-image grid. For each image that I included, I first went to “Edit,” then “Transform,” and “Scale,” so that each image could fit in their box accordingly.
            For the picture of my boyfriend Chris and I after he fell asleep on the couch, I added +3 red to the color balance, and -35 on the yellow-blue scale, to increase the yellow hue. I liked the sunny tinge it added to the photo. Then, I noticed you can also adjust the shadows this way. I added +51 blue. I feel it added some density to the picture. I was tempted to add heavy blue to the highlights, because I love the look of blue television light on peoples’ faces, for some reason. I didn’t end up doing this though.
            I increased the brightness on the kitty, (Dutch), because the photo was taken indoors in dim light, while the doggy, (Gypsy), was shot outdoors and did not require a brightness adjustment. I didn’t want Gypsy to steal the show, so I also added +54 vibrance, +25 saturation, and a bit less contrast so Dutch’s cute face didn’t look so dark. Also, because the background is so white in this photo, the added saturation created a greenish tint. Some people find this hue unpleasant, but I like it and Dutch needed more color.