Photo Blog #12: Trash

In this photoblog, we were assigned to take a photo with trash as an inspiration. At first, I honestly was confused as to how I was going to make something unpleasant like trash interesting. What was easy about this is that trash was very fast to find but I couldn’t find something that can help me build a story. Yet, I was able to find trash interesting enough at the movie theaters. My family and I went to the movie theaters since we have not gone in a while and we missed the taste of the classic buttery popcorn. At the end of the movie, there were three trashcans lined up right next to the exit. Thanks to my mom, I was able to remember that I needed to take a photo. What I found interesting about this was that in the trashcan there were items that acted as ‘clues’. Like the tray, a few popcorns, but especially the bowl of popcorn. The color of the bowl or container was helpful to bring focus to it which therefore made this photo more interesting. Using Photoshop, I added the blend mode of the screen and used the brush tool to make the bowl lighter while the surroundings were darker. What I enjoyed about taking this photo was making something we don’t find amusing…actually interesting.

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