Christine+Liebeg

For my essence photo, I decided to take a picture of my teddy bear reading one of my childhood storybooks. This bear was hand-made by a friend of mine and the story he's reading is called "The Magic Pencil", one of my absolute favorites. I value the imagination of a child and hope I never lose it, or my love of writing and reading. He's sitting on my bed with his back to my beanbag, where I do most of my reading. Due to the photo's poor lighting I adjusted the brightness and contrast in Photoshop, and then added the "Dry Brush" filter to it. I cropped the photo so the bear and his book were centered, then adjusted the brightness again until I was satisfied with it.