Research and Planning: Model make-over

This post contains the process in which I have modified the 2nd model's image to an image I believe appropriate for the contents page where it will be located.

Out of the two images I have taken, I intended to try and make the pose look like the model was singing live on a stage and I think the image above works a little better compared to the second one as the one above has enough space for inserting a mic for the model to hold whereas the other one doesn't.

To get to this stage, I used a quick selection tool remove most of the background and then a pen tool to refine the edges of the model for a clean edge with no blurriness. I also decreased the brightness a little as a live singer tends to sing inside a dark room, not outside in natural light therefore I had to make the model look like she was in artificial light which is always a less bright.

To get to the third stage, I have added a black background colour overlay as stages tend to have black backgrounds due to dark rooms and spot lights. I have Photo-shopped the mic I edited in a previous blog into her hand to make it look as if the model was singing live. Also I added many spot light effects, some drawn by hand and some were stored on Photoshop. The camera glare is to make the photo look real as the direct artificial light would cause a camera to create glare on it's lens. The brightness of the model was turned right down as a mix of bright colours with a black background doesn't combine very effectively therefore the black and white of the model will mix much better.