The theme of my photoshop assignment is tranquility.

The main image of the original photo is an upside-down tiny vase, and there is a pomegranate seed on it. And the lighting is basically warm and dark, which makes the atmosphere of the picture very peaceful.  And the whole scene of the photo is relatively empty, which gives the audience a sense of loneliness.

And for the edited photo, I added a lake to the background. I also make a copy of the vase, and it seems like a red wine glass. So the whole picture now has some more dynamic factors, but the whole emotion of the photo is also tranquility.

So the two pictures share the same emotion of tranquility but differ in the degree of loneliness.

“It’s a day while I was traveling to Santorini, Greece. I happily pick up my baggage, and  plan to go to the seaside to enjoy the sea winds and the sunshine. After I arriving the seaside, I sit down on a stone and take off my shoes, and I put my feet in the water, starting to stir the sea water. The sunshine is on my face and I really enjoy the relaxing moments, but then, it starts to rain. The rain is getting heavier and heavier, so I can only go back to the hotel. I arrive the hotel, and close the door. I saw a guitar in the room, and I pick it up, and start to play. It’s still a nice day, cuz while traveling, everything is happy and relaxing.”

I used the sound of touching plastic, typing, and footsteps to imitate the sound of picking up baggage. And I add some reverb to let the sound mix together.

And for the main body of the sound which is the water sound and the sound of rain, I used the water in a bottle and the sound of water from water tap. I applied echo, delay and FFT to the sound, and also decrease the noise sound to make it like the real sound in the scene I create.

For the last part, I used a sound of closing a door to separate outdoors and indoors, and end up the sound with a sound of guitar. I basically just decrease the noise sound for the last part to make indoors environment sound very relaxing and quiet.