My own photos:
sunset from trip to Stonehenge
NYC long exposure of skyline from Brooklyn
PATH train from NYC to Hoboken
My best friend and her little brother in Memorial Park in my hometown, Oradell, NJ
Drawing of fruit and watercolor of hand
I wanted to use photos of familiar places that resemble home to me and the contrast and connection between the two. I am from the small town of Oradell, New Jersey. It is extremely different than NYC in that it is a pretty traditional suburb. But, I’ve always felt at home in the city even before coming to school here. In my photoshop montage, I wanted to represent the two contrasting landscapes- open field/city skyline, while having the Path train connect the two in the center as my personal route connecting the two places. The bananas are placed to resemble a literal path, and there is one on each side showing that there are two paths home. I wanted to focus on the color pallet of reds, yellows, and greens. 
I used the layer mask tool to cut the images onto one page. Then, to blend, I used the brush tool on the layer mask and changed the occupancy to fade the edges of the image. I repeated the banana and changed the direction by using the free transform tool. Over the entire image, I manipulated the contrast and saturation.
