Vignetting - Colour and Black and White

Colour

- Firstly, we add our chosen photograph into photoshop. (Before image)

 We then add another layer by pressing the tool left of the trash bin.

 we click ^

 When we've added a layer, we add a border around the photograph. We do this by pressing the paintbrush icon and choose the brush tool.

We then hold down the SHIFT key and draw a line. By holding down the SHIFT key it keeps the line straight and avoids making squiggly lines.

 This is how the border will look. Using black adds a more dramatic look to the photograph.

 After we've added the blur, we then go Filter --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur.

This pallettes comes up after clicking the Gaussian Blur tool and the Radius setting helps us identify how strong we would like the blur.

This is how the final image comes out. (After)

Black and White

I then did this with a black and white photograph by doing the same process. This is how the black and white picture came out.

 Firstly, we made the photograph black and white by Image --> Adjustments --> Black and White

We then added the border the same way as previous.

This is how the black and white photograph came out.

I prefer the black and white photograph as the contrast in colours makes the photograph look more dramatic. I quite like this way of producing a strong bold border as it creates a nice sharp contrast to the photograph.