Kushagra T's Digital Photo Blog

* I'm sorry about the theme being so dark - it's just that the photos I had on hand were like this. I do think it sums up my mood in quarantine very well though. 

1. What do you like/dislike about Sagmeister's work? - I like his immense creativity. His design for 'Everything Happens' was a stroke of genius. I also thought his use of cryptic pictograms with the decoder on the CD was amazing. 2. What is Sagmeister's profession? - Sagmeister is a graphic designer who specializes in designing music album covers. 3. Who created the art for Hozier's album cover in the video? -  Hozier's mother, Raine Hosier-Byrne, created the album cover.

(All photos are taken and edited by me. Can produce RAW files if necessary)

1. What do you like about your image? - I like how cleanly I managed to select the shoe from the background. I also like the use of black and white, although the product doesn't actually look like that. 2. What would you have done differently to change the outcome of the image? - I would have loved to use a tripod. I was shooting in pitch-darkness, save for a desk lamp, so there was a limit to how far I could bend while hand-holding the shot. A tripod would have allowed for a lower ISO, too. I would have also liked to experiment with more extreme light angles for even more of a contrasty, low-key image. 3. What photoshop techniques did you use? - I used Select and Mask to feather my selection, camera raw filter to get the contrast right (and also to convert from the RAW file), the B/W adjustment layer, and Bevel & Emboss for the Nike logo. Here's the same picture without the B/W adjustment layer, just in case I get called out for false advertising :)