Abstractions

 Original

 Edit 1: Cropped, decreased sharpness, saturated with red and magenta.

 Edit 2: Cropped, Rotated, Over exposed, decreased grain and sharpness.

Edit 3: Cropped, Increase shadows and contract, add a Cyan temperature, soften red and highlights.

This photograph is part of a mini Noir series I worked on last spring for a studio lighting class. It's one of my stronger images as a photographer because it involved a lot of planning and setting up studio space to get the right dramatic lighting. I enjoy shooting fashion style images and coming up with different and interesting concepts that have a lot of detail and a good storyline. There is tension in the way she holds the phone and plays with the cord that makes you wonder what news she just received. I use minimal editing because I believe that the image should stand on it's own with only a few post adjustments. Here I sharpened the image to show the fine detail in the leggings and couch and to break the hat away from the backdrop.