Planning
I wanted to show things that I value and have helped me grow to understand more of my culture. To enhance my expression of appreciation for those things I thought to make the image bright or use light to emphasize those things. In the end I decided to use a picture I took of the sky as the background. In the midst of brainstorming I thought about having myself hold the people that have been there me the most and I also decided to add flowers that are usually used in my culture other than marigolds and that I have seen the most.
Process
I began by adding the picture I took of the sky but because my intention was to have it brighten what would essentially be held in the hand I rose the exposure and brightened the shadows of the image. And because I wanted to use the sun to be pointed directly onto the people I turned the image upside down to do so.