Photoshop Projects

Playground:
First on this one, I intensified the hue then used color selector to brighten specific colors in this case I used it to intensify the greens and neutrals. Next I overlayed a black and white photo with a color photo then erased the background of the color to give it an extreme contrast. Then I used the text tool with an drop shadow to label it.


Cherry Tree:
On this one I did a black and white layer over a color layer and erased to the pink flowers underneath. Then I used the sharpen tool to sharpen the flowers. Then I Used the Text tool to label the cherry tree. Once I got that there I used the FX tool to place a drop shadow on it.

Here are images that I edited for an assignment for my online writing class.

Face up to Facebook

In January of 2007, Washington newspaper editor, Debora Bruno, wrote an article titled, A Mother and her Daughter Face up about Facebook, about the relationship issues which interactions through Facebook promote. As a mother, Debora was interested in making a Facebook account to keep in contact with her children however, she was hesitant about how it might affect their relationship. This is a problem which we are all facing as younger generations are becoming more reliant on social networking. While networks like Facebook and Myspace help people keep in contact with people they would otherwise lose touch with, the communications can easily become impersonal. The Internet already provides huge potential for a public relations disaster without factoring in Facebook and Myspace. These days anyone is capable of posting their opinions via blogs and discussion forums as well as through Facebook. Regardless of how a single person wishes to represent themselves on their Facebook page, their friends are consistently posting comments, images, and video on their profile page which they might not want however, they are still available to be seen by any one of their friends.

You Use the Bandwidth, You Pay the Price

The article posted by the Washington Post in January of 2006 entitled The Coming Tug of War Over the Internet reported that AT&T was contemplating charging a fee for newer, faster internet. Doing this could have a massive impact on the internet as we know it. The article states, “The telecommunications companies' proposals have the potential, within just a few years, to alter the flow of commerce and information -- and your personal experience -- on the Internet.” Companies that opt to pay for the high-speed internet would probably transfer the cost to the consumer while companies that can’t afford the upgrade are likely to get overlooked in the searching process thus narrowing and possibly eliminating the competition for the big companies.

Careful What You Search For

In 2006 CNET news published an online article entitled FAQ: When Google is not your friend which highlighted the oversight of online privacy in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. They state that because the act was written previous to the invention of the internet at a time when no one could’ve imagined its impact the act doesn’t cover several key issues of online privacy. For this reason, the government is able to subpoena people’s individual search histories to use as evidence against them in federal cases. This is a difficult issue to argue because sets at odds two fundamental principles on which our country is based. First, citizens of this country are obliged by the laws of the land which protect ourselves and our property. However, citizens are also entitled to those freedoms which were the cause for our revolution. As the Declaration of Independence says, “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from consent of the governed”. In other words, this document set the standard and the expectation that the people will deliberate and decide what is right for them while officials act accordingly. I personally believe that the justice served by using Google search information would outweigh the benefits of not doing so; however, the decision should be left to the masses.

E-mail Etiquette

In 2006 Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling were prosecuted and sentenced to 24 years in prison for investor fraud. Inter-office e-mails documenting their participation in illegal acts were key evidence in their prosecution. This case spurred Corporate America to be more conscious of what they communicate and how. However, if companies know how to follow e-mail ettiquite, e-mail will prove a very useful tool for communicating.