GRAPHIC ARTS . . . Shadow selfies!

Shadow by Dakota V., 5th grade

Shadow by Logan M., 5th grade

Shadow by John C., 5th grade

Shadow by Nico F., 5th grade

Shadow by Ava G., 4th grade

Reflection by Gabriel G., 4th grade

Shadow by Rianna K., 4th grade

For our Graphic Arts self portraits, we took advantage of a warm, sunny day and captured our shadows or reflections with our cameras. We then chose our favorite silhouette and manipulated it using the tools of Adobe Photoshop.

Graphic artists used the filters in the software to enhance or alter their image. As we learned in class, photography is an art form, from the initial vision that we capture in the camera lens to creating an original work of art through digital magic. Students changed their shadow or reflection by applying colors, textures, cloning areas of the image, or simply cropping it in an unusual way.