What is the "Perfect" Body?

In computer class we transformed our faces on to a someone else's face. We did this to show how "fake" some pictures are in magazines and books. For me I used a picture of Jessica Simpson since we look somewhat alike me. I do not have perfect skin, makeup, or hair on a daily bases. This assignment has changed my view on magazine pictures because I used to think they were some what real but in reality they aren't at all. They change what they really look like completely. They make them tanner, skinner, bigger in certain spots, and they make there skin look perfect. In reality no one is perfect so you have to understand that all of that is done from a computer. For women and girls all around the world this sends and image of the "perfect" person. It tells us that in order to be accepted in society we need to look like that everyday. These images make women feel like they need to starve themselves to be skinny or receive plastic surgery to get rid of wrinkles. Most women are already insecure about there bodies and magazines and books make it worse. 

From my project I think I did my eyes and face really well. I worked really hard to get the correct color skin tone and it took me a while to do my eyes because they are so small. I think I could have spent more time on finding the correct color for mine and her face because we don't really have the same color skin tone. I could have spent a little more time on the placement of my face on to hers because I feel like mine looks a little awkward. Overall this project was a lot of fun and it taught me that not everything I see in magazines and books is real and I should look twice at things.

Photoshop is Not My Thing

  Recently I did a collage in Photoshop. I learned that Photoshop has many great tools. You can do anything to a picture that you want. I learned how to change color, fix red eye, fix blemishes, and crop pictures. It is good for not only fixing but creating pictures.  Photoshop is a very interesting and useful tool.

For my collage I used the crop tool, black and white tool, fix red eye tool, brightness and contrast tool, and the blemish remover tool. I cropped almost all of my photos which is when you take out parts of the picture you don't want. I fixed red eye in the picture of my sister doing a heel stretch, which is when you make the red eye on a person go away. I brightened and contrasted, which is either brightening the color of a picture or contrasting it which is making the picture darker, I brightened a couple because I didn't feel that they were bright enough. I used black and white on some because I felt that the collage needed to look more classic instead of all color. I used blemish remover because some had red spots on their faces and some don't like that. Overall it took me a while to understand Photoshop, and it took me a while to make the collage.