TITLE: A Whale of a Night

PROJECT STATEMENT: My project conveys a very realistic montage of photos. There were three categories of photos in my project, sky, water, and whales. The content of my images were simple, nothing had any abstract meanings (whales=whales, sky=sky).

RESEARCH PROCESS: I used Google images to find my images best suited for my project. However when I forget started looking for images my project had a completely different focus from what the final product was. My biggest obstacle was the initial work on Photoshop because I had to teach myself as I went, eventually I found what worked best for my vision.

PRODUCTION PROCESS: At first I only had the whales, and I did not quite know where my project was going. When I realized that I could make them all face the same way I got the inspiration for the sunset, and all the whales swimming that direction. The main three tools I used were the lasso, eraser, and warp. My biggest obstacle was aligning the four images of water, and the two images of sky. I wanted it to be as fluid as possible. If I was to do my project differently I would take advantage of more tools. The aspect of my project that excites me the most is my final product. When I first started, I had very low confidence in my Photoshop ability and I thought it was going to be a disaster, but now that its over I am very proud of my work. My inspiration for the project was love for my favorite animal, and an Alaskan cruise that I went on over the summer. While on the cruise I saw so many beautiful mountains and sunsets, but I never saw what I wanted to see more then anything; killer whales. Thus, I created my vision.