The top of the second picture illustrates how his life had potential for normality as with each picture below it his life descends into criminal activities creating a crime family. Photos at the bottom of the page picture represent the one son that wanted a legitimate life, who joined the Army, and became a war hero. As the photos move upward to the right they demonstrate his life ascending into power as he is drawn into the same life style of his family as his father dies. The last two pictures in this page represent the moments that changed him from the son to the Godfather in two ways; one, to his nephew as he was baptized and the other, Godfather to the crime family.
The third picture shows a complete transition by use of the gun, the blood, the rose that the Godfather wore in his lapel and the ghostlike figure of his father fading in the background.
Most of the pictures and photos I took myself, or used from old family photos using the same time frame as when this story occurred. The Cross on the first page was hand-carved by my brother, the gun is actually mine, and the backgrounds were created using a beaded curtain. To create the desired effects and pictures, I used the following tools:
· Rectangular and Oval Marquee Tool
· Magnetic Lasso
· Selection – Feather Edges
· Enhancement Tool
o Adjust Color
o Adjust Hue / Saturation
o Adjust for Skin Tone
o Convert to Black and White and Colorized
· Filters ( Glass Effect / Frosted and Poster Edges)
