Color Emphasis

For this assignment, we used picture that we have previously taken, but using the selection tool, we learned how to make parts of a picture black and white while keeping the color on the other parts of the pictures. For example, in the first picture, you can see that his skin, clothing and everything else on him are black and white, except his eyes. Since his eyes match the color of the sky, I decided to keep his eyes the way they were. Making his whole body black and white and keeping the eyes in color really adds emphasis to the color of his eyes and the matching sky. For the second picture, I made everything but him black and white. The color of his skin and blue jacket against the black and white really makes him stand out. Using this method to enhance colors can convey many different messages. For example, you could say for this picture that he stands out and is unique compared to everyone else in the world. Doing the kind of coloring is only one of the many things you can do using the selection tool, andbeing able to know how to use is very helpful when editing photos.