Reflection Self Portrait

For this project we were assigned to create a reflection portrait image. I chose take a image of my eye and put a reflection of a soccer ball in it because one of my passions is soccer. I used photoshop and my Canon Rebel T5 to create this image. Some of the photographic techniques I used are: leading lines is shown by the eye lashes and hair, low key lighting is used, rule of thirds is used because 2/3 of the image is used, and close distance is used. I used the following elements of art in my artwork: the eyelashes and hair represent line, there are multiple different geometric shapes, and there are different textures shown on the hair and face. To add interest to my composition, I used these principles of design: the balance used in this image is rule of thirds because 2/3 of the image is used, there is contrast in color and texture, and there is emphasis on the eye because the lines lead you to it. Overall, I wished that I could have seen the reflection in the eye better and gotten a larger range of values.