This photo is composed of two mirrors and some water. The mirror that I took the photo from is facing the mirror that has the reflection of the subject – Maggie – in it. Using selective colour, I made the saturation of Maggie’s red highlights 100 to help it shine through the water droplets and make the blurred image of Maggie more noticeable. I dimmed the lighting of the image, which also helped define the image of Maggie and made the whole photo go from a super bright overly pale photo to a much darker easier on the eyes photo. I also sharpened the photo, all three options at max, which completely changed the way that the water droplets look on the mirror.  

This picture’s main change is the change in lighting. The lighting in this photo, similar to the last, was very bright and pale before I edited it. The edited version is much cooler toned and helps bring out the colour in Maggie’s hair. The original version is almost completely faded to white, with all these colours in the background almost nonexistent. This photo doesn’t involve water, focusing on the reflection of Maggie instead of the droplets reflecting Maggie. The mirror somewhat distorts Maggie’s face, making it appear squashed instead of just reflecting her as she looks without the mirror.  

This is my favourite photo of the lot. Starting with the darker blue mirror, it has a water stain on it from when I sprayed water on the mirror to take a picture of Maggie. That stain is fully sharpened to make it easier to define, and when you zoom in on the stain you can see that it contains a mix of different colours including yellows and browns. The image being reflected in the darker mirror is blurry, not so blurry that you can’t tell what is being reflected but blurry enough that there’s no details. Also reflected in the darker mirror is a small reflection of a blurry dark shape that looks like a person, though it’s too blurry to be able to identify who that person is. The lighter blue mirror’s frame has been illuminated thanks to the use of selective colour. Both frames have been lit up, and the whole image has been more defined. Without changing the lighting setting in the photo, the definition helps tone down the brightness.  

For this photo I wasn’t sure how to edit it, so I clicked auto for the colour and lighting and here we are. Lighting was increased and made the photo brighter but also the reflection of Maggie overpowered the reflection of me in the mirror. This left us with a Maggie head reflection and a Scarlett body reflection. The colour also increased slightly, the original was super dull and monochromatic barely holding any colour at all. This increase gave the photo more colour but it’s still rather dull in comparison to other photos. The window is covered with droplets of water from the spray bottle, but a square has been wiped away, to help the camera focus on Maggie’s face through the window. The photo isn’t the most balanced, the square is off centered, the right side of the window has a significantly larger number of droplets, Maggie isn’t centered, and the left side has more playground, but combined all together the elements almost balance the photo.

 

This photo is the only Black and White picture of the collection, and the image looks superimposed, with my and Maggie’s bodies overlapping becoming one. The photo is similar to the previous one, with there being uneven patches of droplets and Maggie being off centered. The droplet groups are placed above an invisible line, none of the patches are below that line. This is so the excess water can naturally drop down and the whole image isn’t covered with water overload.