Photoshop Experimentation - part 2

I have now begun to apply various effects to certain album covers of recent releases and have carried on experimenting with them.

For this image what I have done is used two effects. Firstly I changed the colour saturation and balance of the image to emphasise the white tones of her face but also to make the black shadowing around her facial features stand out more however I feel that it is slightly over empowering and I feel that it does ruin the image as it is quite a peaceful and beautiful image. What I like about this effect is that it draws all focus onto the artist with the vivid black outline that has been created.

This is my favourite effect as it has produced an image that I want exactly the same for my album cover. I love the displacement of the photograph as it gives the image a much more youthful and urban appeal but also makes the photgraph creatively more interesting as it draws the viewers attention. Another effect that i used was yet again 'Neon Glow' which added a purple tint to the image, this emphasises the femininity of the photograph but also the album. The blurring of the image is occassionally annoying as it sometimes if I look at it too long makes me feel sick.

 

This effect is called 'Exposure' and it simply allows you to create a certain