Although we did not learn about the process in class, I chose to imitate the style of the famous Daguerreotype for my project. This is a process that has always caught my attention and I have a huge appreciation for the process.
I love Photoshop and being able to use the software as a tool to manipulate images. I enjoy challenging myself as a photographer and photo editor to emulate the feeling through my own pictures. I knew going into the shoot that I wanted a portrait that I could make dramatic through local dodge and burn techniques, so my initial goal was to get that through my model. To imitate the feeling of the silver plate process I took a daguerreotype layer and multiplied it through onto my portrait, as well as multiplying through different scratches and speckled vectors.
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