editing photos

I'm using Andrea's photo here as an example, but this post is for all of you. Make sure you edit your photos before you post them on your blog. Make them as professional-looking as possible. This means nothing around the image--no carpet, no wall, nothing. Make sure they are in focus and the exposure and contrast are adjusted to the right levels.

All this takes just a few minutes in photoshop or other online photo editing services--even preview.

Here are before and after shots of one of Andrea's expression studies.

elena kalis

Kalyn posted some images from the photographer Elena Kalis.
Some beautiful work.

skull image

Originally uploaded by moominsean

found this on flickr––I enjoy a lot of the images in moominsean's photostream, but thought this one was appropriate for class right now.

keep this in your mind as we begin to incorporate the skull with the fleshed head.

what a nice self-portrait--expressive use of the skull and live face in combination.

skeleton photos

here are the photos i shot of the large skeleton drawings. i have not edited them yet. feel free to download the ones that are yours for your blog and/or portfolio.