Inspired By a Master- Philippe Halsman

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For this photo, I set saturation to -100 and whites to -100, everything else is help as standard. I also cropped the photo so that the photo subject would be centered and that everything else doesn't disturb the picture

After

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For this photo I set whites to + 33 and saturation to -100. Like the previous photo, I cropped the photo so that the greenery in the previous photo would not be in the shot. It seemed like he was jumping in front of only a white background then.

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 For this photo there was minimal cropping, as the shot already focused on the figure. To make him distinguishable from the table and bench, I used an adjustment brush to set blacks +50 on his clothes only. Then I set the entire picture at saturation -100 to make it grey scale.

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I cropped this picture to make sure the photo subject was in the middle of the picture. Then, I put the entire picture to -100 saturation. Finally I set the adjustment brush to 50 black on the jacket.

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Before

For this photo, I set saturation at -100 and cropped the photo to center the photo subject. Then I set whites as -30 and blacks to +30.

About: Phillippe Halsman

Halsman was a prominent photographer in the mid-1900s. In 1930, Halsman shot for fashion magazines in France, which demanded sharp, closely cropped pictures. He soon became known as one of the best portrait photographers in France. In the 1940s, Halsman fled to the U.S., where he worked on his famous jump photos.

Phillippe Halsman focused his work on portraits intended to show the subjects' true emotions and identity.

Halsman's unique style sets him apart from different photographers. He had "wacky" ideas tinted with Impressionism intended to portray the world in a different way.

My group chose to imitate Phillippe Halsman because of his amusing photos and the way he looked at the world. He inspired me to look at the world a different way and to express my inner self.