Pictoralism

Pictoralism is shown in many photographs now a day. It gives it an old fashioned looking quality to it. This artistic movement was lead by Alfred Stieglitz, this group of photographers thought it created personal expression in the early 20th century. The characteristics of pictoralism has a variety of techniques which include: black and white, soft focus, special filters, heavy manipulation, high contrast, lighting techniques, rough paper, brushes, paints and etching tools on surface of a photo, and alternative priting processes like sepia, carbon and platinum. To make a photo have the pictoralistic look i mostly changed my S curve and changed it for different colors like red green and blue. Also by altering the vibrance and contrast it gives it a different look. I like the way this looks in photographs and would use it again.