Elliptical tool

Selecting the Elliptical tool, i dragged a rugby ball shape over the middle of my image. Then i made my "layer 1", black and white.

Formal elements i used:
Tone
Shape
colour

Layers

I dragged my image (the icon in the bottom right), Then i placed it on the icon next to the trash can. After doing that, i got to images, one which says "layer 1" and "background."

Formal elements i used:
Tone
Line
colour

Invert

Leaving the black and white setting on my photo, I then went on  image and then selected adjustments and clicked on invert. Which gave me a photogram look.

Formal elements i used:
Tone

Black and white

Selecting image, adjustments and then the black and white setting, I decreased the red setting, to give it a more strong look.

Formal elements i used:
Tone
colour

Brightness and contrast

After changing the levels, i then selected adjustments and then clicked on Brightness and contrast.
Then i just changed both of the brightness and contrast settings.

Formal elements i used:
Tone
colour

Changing levels

After opening up my image in Photoshop. I clicked on image and selected adjustments. Im adjustments i then selected levels and increased the darker parts and decreased the lighter parts.

Formal elements i used:
Tone

Leading Lines Example

Leading Lines

Leading lines are lines within an image that leads the eye to another point in the image, or occasionally, out of the image. Anything with a definite line can be a leading line.

Leading lines are used to draw the viewer's eye through a photograph. They are intentional or unintentional, natural lines created in the space of the photograph and are used to create a visual narrative in the composition.

Often, the most obvious and effective leading lines can be found and used in the roads and paths in a landscape shot. They are ideally designed to create perfectly straight or curved lines that can be set up in the composition to create a narrative and an intense composition.

Rule of Thirds examples

By using the Rule of Thirds, the bee has been focused on. Which leaves the background blurry.

By using rule of third, the bridge has been focused on, which makes the background blurry.

Rule of thirds

The rule of thirds is one of the main “rules” in art. The rule of thirds is an essential photography technique. It can be applied to any subject to improve the composition and balance of your images.

In the rule of thirds, photos are divided into thirds with two imaginary lines vertically and two lines horizontally making three columns, three rows, and nine sections in the images. Important compositional elements and leading lines are placed on or near the imaginary lines and where the lines intersect.

Whatever line on the camera you choose the object to be on, that will look the sharpest. The rest of the background will become a blur.

Shallow and high Depth of field

Shallow DOF

High DOF

Depth of field

Depth of field (DOF) is a part of photography. It's the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects, which gives a focused image.

A camera can only focus it's lens at a single point, but there's an area that stretches in front of and behind, this focus point will still appear sharp.

DOF has an impact on both the aesthetic and technical quality of a picture. Sometimes you will want to use an extensive depth of field to keep everything sharp.

Aperture

The aperture adjusts the size of the opening through which light passes to the image sensor. The aperture can be opened up to let in more light or closed (stopped down) to let in less.

Word cloud

On the Illustrator app, i created a word cloud. I used the text tool create words to go with my personality.
I used a vertical text tool and the normal text tool. I used three colours for my words, blue, red and black.
I changed the position of my words by using the character tool.

I used the pencil tools to create these shapes and patterns. 

I've used the pencil tool to create my name.