Assignment Reflection/ Tools (Final Copy)

Today I am fixing up my blog and uploading all the things that I forgot to when I did them. So first I am going to upload the tools/ photos I used for my assignment.
First I just took a photo of me.
Then I did the backgrounds. I had half a beach/ summer background and half a snowy/ winter background.
For my skin I used brown sand with shells on it for the summer/ beach side. And then for the Cold Winter side I used blue snowflakes.
For the backgrounds I made them meet in the middle and then split down my face. Then I lined up the two different skin patterns to be in line with the backgrounds and where they cut. Then for the skin I turned down the opacity and rubbed it out on my shirt, eyes and eyebrows.
These are the photos I thought of when I was planning for my assignment
These are the original photos I used and then how they were used in the final copy: