Somewhere Secret

I looked at what other people thought Secret ment. I looked on deviantART (http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=secret). This is what came up:

The secret of hiding behind a mask.

Keeping a secret.

Secret garden.

Secret door.

This gave me a great idea.

I was thinking about taking a picture of a key hole and key about to unlock it. Like an old style key.

Another idea I had was to find a draw or chest and photograph it in a way that gave it mystery.

I took this at the sweet shop, it was a beautiful chest of draws and I knew that it would look amazing as a black and white photo for somewhere secret.

This is it with colour. I like it because it has a silvery glow to it, but I really like it better in black and white. I think it brings out all the detail in the draw and handle.

Here is what I did in photoshop:

The first thing I did was turn the 'Lightness' down by a bit just to give it a little more shading.

Then I moved the 'Density' up to create this orange glow. It kind of looks like the 'Sepia' effect.

Next I moved the 'Contrast' up to bring the black of the handle out more and then the 'Brightness' just to lighten the markings on the draw.

Then I flatten the layers so that I could draw on the picture.

I really like this picture and this might even be the final image but I just wanted to see what I could do with the paint brush.

I then used the 'Star 55 pixels' brush on 288 size to draw these lines coming out of the draw. I went over it three times just to layer the different colours and to make the lines stand out more.

I then tried adding tiny stars to see how that looked. I used white and yellow.

I decided that it looked better without the stars so I then used the 'Smudge' tool to make the edges of the lines not as rough.

I had to zoom into the picture to really make sure I smudged the lines and nothing else.

And this is what I was left with.

Here are my keyhole pictures:

I think this is my favourite. I like the way the key is in focus and there is just this keyhole in the background.

Then I tried pictures of the key going into the keyhole.

Now here is what I did to this picture in photoshop:

I think I am going to choose the chest of draws picture with the magic lines coming out of it because I just love the way it turned out and I think that it really says 'Somewhere Secret'.