I chose to alter a picture that was taken early on this semester. The angle at which the picture was taken is by mistake. From a glance it seems like it was a self portrait gone wrong. No one would ever guess it was actually supposed to be a picture of me and my friend Alex. The original picture was taken after a fundraiser my sorority was sponsoring. In the original picture I have make up on which can lead the viewer to believe that I was dressed up for the occasion.The quality of the original picture also looks very dull. The original picture would not receive as much attention as the second one. I remember looking at the original picture after it was taken and saved it because I thought the angle was pretty cool. When editing the picture with Picnik I already had an idea that I wanted the picture to look vintage. I wanted to make myself stand out in the picture and draw attention to my body instead of the background. To do this I whitened my teeth to make my smile glow. I put a shine around me and made everything else dark so that the focus could be one me. I put a border to make the picture look artistic and deep. I chose the kiss design because I wanted to make this picture about how the guy that I am seeing makes me feel. I altered the picture so that when it was viewed people could notice that I glow at the thought of my current relationship status. I wanted my emotions and feelings to pop out of the picture and I think I did a great job with that.
