Nature City Girl
My self portrait collage represents myself in many ways. In my image, I tried to illustrate my love for big cities and nature. In New York, I walked the High Line which is a greenway trail in the city. Usually in big cities nature and flowers are very rare. This image describes many of my favorite things in life that you don't see very often together. My first layer of my image was a picture I captured while I was walking the High Line in New York. I took the photo at the best possible angle, and tried to include the beautiful flowers with tall buildings. This layer represents combinations of things that make me happy. The second layer I chose was the bush daisy. The flower represents nature and its purpose. The third layer I chose was a picture I took of a forest. This layer adds extra detail in the background, even though it is very hard to see. I added this layer to show nature is still found in cities. Since the day I was born, I have always loved big cities. This self portrait collage reflects on two things that are important to me.
All Together
My double exposure is a combination of two photos. The first photo is a selfie I recently took. While I took the selfie, I made sure the photo received enough light. Also, I had to make sure I took the photo of myself at a good angle. The second photo I added was I photo I took up north while I was on vacation. I really loved the scenery in the picture. The water was a bright blue color and the rocks in it added a lot of extra detail. Behind the water was a beautiful, growing forest. I took the photo from this angle so I was able to capture two beautiful sights in one image.
My three layer selfie collage and my double exposure are different and similar in many ways. First off, in my double exposure the background behind my selfie image is blank. I like how there aren't any photos behind the main image because it makes the image less distracting. It gets people to focus on the one image I am trying to show the most. Also, in my double exposure I only had one landscape image that covered my face and body. In my first layer selfie I added too many landscape images which made the image noisy. In my three layer selfie, the adjustments on my face made it very dark and hard to see. I made sure my face was more visible in my double exposure. Anyway, both of these self portrait collages show what scenery I enjoy most. I really love capturing photographs of water and busy cities.