This document provides instructions for six different photo editing projects: Katie Sokoler's Shadow Project, Dear Photograph, Recreate Old Photographs, Food Landscapes, Abstract Swirls, and Small World. For each project, it outlines the number of required photos, specific editing techniques to use, and the due date.

1. You mix and match project prompts

2. A B C
MUST PICK ONE Choose one of these… …and choose one of these
Katie Sokoler’s
Shadow Project
“Dear
Photograph”
Recreate Old
Photographs
Food
Landscapes
Abstract Swirls Small World
Tutorial
5 Photos 5 Photos 3 Photos 3 Photos 2 Photos 1 Photo
DUE: 4/29 DUE: 4/29 DUE: 5/1 DUE: 5/1 DUE: 5/5 DUE: 5/5

3. Katie Sokoler’s Shadow Project
1. 5 Photos fully edited
2. Each photo shows a person
engaged in an action
3. A silhouette of that person is
projected somewhere on the
photo (ie. a wall)
4. The silhouette shows what the
person really wishes they could
be doing
• Use the paint brush tool
• Use the pen tool
• Use the masking tools
• And/or use the shape tool

4. Dear Photograph
1. 5 Photos fully edited
2. Each image is actually two
photos of the same scene
3. One image has no people or
events
4. One image does
5. Composite the two images and
overlap them
• Use the masking tools
• Use layer tools
• Use eraser tool

5. Recreate an Old Photograph
1. 3 Photos fully edited
2. Find three old photographs
3. Take new picture in those same
locations with the same people
4. Edit the photo to look aged
5. Match the original photo
• Use adjustments
• Use color editing
• Age the photo using textures
or pattern overlays

6. Food Landscapes
1. 3 Photos fully edited
2. Take macro pictures of food
3. Take images of people climbing,
walking, running, skipping etc.
4. Scale the people to look as if
they could climb the food
• Use adjustments to correct for
lighting
• Use masking
• Use layer and blending modes

7. Abstract Swirls
1. 2 Photos fully edited
2. Take pictures of food coloring
dripping in water or milk
3. Or you can take pictures of
smoke, but do so in a controlled
environment and with adult
permission!
4. Edit the images
• Use adjustments to correct for
lighting
• Use masking
• Use layer and blending modes

8. Small World
1. Take 12 photos of the same
panoramic scene (ie. 12 houses
on the same street)
2. YOU MUST use your own
photos!
3. Use Photoshop Filter 
Photomerge Automate (follow
the tutorial:
http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/
photoshop/1544/How-To-Create-
A-Circle-Polyorama.html
4. Use filters including polar
coordinates
5. Finish with the cloning stamp