Shadow

The prompt for this photo was “shadow”. I had the idea to use shadows to create some sort of image. I chose to do this by making half of a symmetrical shape and casting a shadow of the other half to complete it. I went with a heart, since it was a pretty simple shape. I cut half of a heart out of paper and taped it to my desk so it was standing up. Then, I turned on my lamp and angled it such that the shadow completed the heart. Then, I photographed it at different angles to test out what made it look the best. I decided on this photo, but because I had to take it in the dark, there was a lot of grain. I fixed this in Photoshop by copying and blurring the layer, then masking it to the shape I wanted to remove grain from. I did this with the table and the shadow. Overall, I’m quite happy with the result, and am interested to see how more complicated shapes would turn out.