The goal was to explore features in Photoshop to stretch out the pixels behind the person.

Photo by Morgan Petroski on Unsplash
Tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-e3utulK0E

Step 1: I created two boxes on different patches of the image and extended them, after that I made them into a circle and then erased the parts I didn't need.

Step 2: I added a drop shadow above this layer to further separate the layers.

-Image size

-Canvas size

-Drop Shadow

-Eraser

-Importing images into Photoshop

-Layer Mask

-Scaling images in PROPORTION

-Sizing an image based on specifications

Photo by Morgan Petroski on Unsplash
Tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-e3utulK0E