1. What I was trying to communicate with the photo before the photoshopping was that nobody goes outside that often to visit or see others, and it leads to loneliness and isolation. The empty staircase was something to represent the isolation and the restrictions set on us to restrain the number of people outside. After the photoshop, I was trying to convey how people now only see the outside world through a screen, either through the news, or a video that was posted online, they only see the outside world through the eyes of a camera.
2. I used the blemish removal brush, transform, brightness and contrast control, and clipping masks.
3. I would like to learn how to download and uses different brushes to make things look more realistic.