{"id":710,"date":"2026-02-11T16:36:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/?p=710"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:42:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:42:39","slug":"film-noir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/film-noir\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Noir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Noir.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white portrait photo of a cat and a cat toy on a rug. The image is very high contrast. In the foreground, there is a string toy with a tassel on the end. A black cat is crouching behind a paper bag as if about to pounce. The cats eyes are a lighter color and stand out. There is a dark vignette around the photograph\" class=\"wp-image-711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Noir.jpg 533w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Noir-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">35mm | 1\/500 | f5.6 | ISO 6400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-8271b755-38ea-4a73-a8d9-937b1298df4e\">The prompt for this photo was &#8220;Film Noir&#8221;. I really wanted to use this style to create a dramatic and suspenseful scene. I thought for a bit on some suspenseful things I could photograph, and decided that my cat about to pounce on a toy was a neat idea. I was a little worried it would be hard to get her to do what I wanted for the photograph, but it ended up not being too tricky. After taking the photo, I did a lot of editing in Photoshop to create the desired effect. The first thing I did was apply a black and white filter. Then, I used contrast and brightness filters to make the image feel more dramatic. After making these changes, I felt like something was missing. The photograph no longer felt suspenseful and it was getting a bit hard to make out my cat&#8217;s form. I looked at the unedited photo and realized that being able to see her eyes added a lot to the scene. In the process of making the image high contrast, her eyes had gotten lost in her very dark fur. I used masks to exclude her eyes from some of the effects, and masked some brightening effects to her face only. I think these changes help tremendously, and I really like how her eyes are now the focal point of the photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prompt for this photo was &#8220;Film Noir&#8221;. I really wanted to use this style to create a dramatic and suspenseful scene. I thought for a bit on some suspenseful things I could photograph, and decided that my cat about to pounce on a toy was a neat idea. I was a little worried it would be hard to get her to do what I wanted for the photograph, but it ended up not being too tricky. After taking the photo, I did a lot of editing in Photoshop to create the desired effect. The first thing I did was apply a black and white filter. Then, I used contrast and brightness filters to make the image feel more dramatic. After making these changes, I felt like something was missing. The photograph no longer felt suspenseful and it was getting a bit hard to make out my cat&#8217;s form. I looked at the unedited photo and realized that being able to see her eyes added a lot to the scene. In the process of making the image high contrast, her eyes had gotten lost in her very dark fur. I used masks to exclude her eyes from some of the effects, and masked some brightening effects to her face only. I think these changes help tremendously, and I really like how her eyes are now the focal point of the photograph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-story_telling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":717,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions\/717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~HannahB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}