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Winds of Change: A Senior Surreal Photo by Courtney Coffman (2013)

For this project, we were tasked to tap into our inner minds, and take a step into a dream realm. Inspired by dreams where I feel as though I'm fading into the past, my piece is meant to feel conflicting. The background and color scheme are rather bright and pleasant, yet the girl is slowly smearing into dust, which isn't a happy topic. In terms of my steps for production, I began by walking down my street taking photos. Using the HDR process, where three photos of the same subject are taken with different exposures, along with the oil filter, I managed to make a crazy, dream-like effect. For the girl, I had my friend pose outside and simply photoshopped the background out, as well as using the smudge tool all over her arm. Finally, I took the eraser tool and deleted some of her ''arm dust'' to make it seem like sand.
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