Special Effects for Your Photos

The simplest way of producing a special effect is one that I already gave all of you with the last video I sent, double exposure. Now, double exposure works best when you can find a way to "blend" two photos like you can do so easily in PhotoShop (we will look at that later this week), but simply cutting an d pasting one layer on top of another and altering the opacity of the top layer can do some interesting things to an image as well. 

As you all know, I've upgraded my "Hipstamatic" iPhone app to include the new multi-exposure button, and here are a few photos taken with that "Mobile Photography" camera app.

Here is another image I created using the free software application called "Gimp", and if you have a personal computer, you might want to try it with a download from the web. It's for iMac or PC.

...and finally, here's a video I made for you about using "Acorn" filters to manipulate your images. I would like to have you work with these for a couple of days, add to your portfolio of work, and post to your blog your favorite two. Describe, analyze (elements & principles - I'll email you a sheet to help with your writing) and interpret (meaning, feeling?, attitude!) your pieces and why you chose them to post. Don't forget to post your portrait. The video for acorn is below.