Domestic Violence Experimentation
In preparation for my final piece I decided to experiment with different editing techniques that I could use to create really harsh images. I wanted to have a very loud image that would speak out to my viewers and to do this I felt the more obviously gruesome I can make the image look the better. I began with computerised bruising effects. This allowed me to find out methods of creating bruises; however I disliked them as I felt they were very visibly not real. Next I experimented with overall image editing techniques and although one final edit didn’t give the look that I wanted to go for, as I was expecting a darker image from the HDR process I was very pleased with the Dodge and Burn method.