Friday, July 30, 2010

Project 11: Gaussian Blur


After walking around Paris all day, looking at museums, sitting in humid batobuses, squeezing through crowds, etc... makeup is sure to melt and hair goes flat. Thankfully due to photoshop, you can look as dewy and collected as you did in the morning.
In this image, I had been seeing the sites of beautiful Paris, not worrying about makeup and hair, yet when I got home, and especially now that I am looking at them 2 years later, wow did I need to powder my nose! Using the Gaussian Blur tool, I was able to slightly blur the image to give the essence of a dewy lens fogged by the morning moisture, and a soft glow effect. With a little adjusting of the layers, my photo is once again appreciated... remind me to never go blonde again.