Need some photoshop help!!! :)

I have these two pictures that I need to sort of fix up. I have to make them black and white and make a shadow coming down from either the top left or top right of the photo. also one of them is sort of blurry and  I was wondering if you can somehow fix that? Im really bad at this stuff and would really appreciate some help or guidance on how I can do any of this its for my art class :)

It's homework!  Too bad, I would have done that for you.  ;)

I'll give you some little tips instead.

Black and white is easy.  Don't know what version of PS you have but Image, Mode, Grayscale will make it B&W.

For the blurry one try Filter, Sharpen.

For shadow, you need to make the "Canvas" larger, otherwise you won't be able to see the shadow effect

First of all, most likely, when you open the photo you will see it as "Background" in the "Layer" window.

So here is what you need to do:

1. Turn the photo into B&W - using the "Mode" method above, or do Image>Adjustment>Desaturate.

2. Do: Select>All; Then: Edit>Copy>Paste --> It will automatically paste the whole picture into a new layer, called "Layer 1" in the "Layer" window. At this point you can "Delete" the "Background" layer by dragging that layer to the "Trash Can" Icon at the bottom right of the "Layer" window.

3. Do: Image>Canvas Size>[here you need to enlarge the current dimension of your working area/canvas. You can enlarge the canvas all around equally or chose to enlarge only certain edges. For example, if you want to have room for shadow at bottom-right, click on the square on the top-left of the canvas diagram - You will see the arrow changes indicating the direction of the enlargement. Try 50 pixels first.
If that is not enough you can always repeat this step and add more area.

4. To add shadow: Make sure "Layer 1" is selected in the "Layer" window. Then click on the "f" icon at the bottom of the layer window > choose "Drop Shadow" from the drop down menu.  You can be content with the default setting for the drop shadow, or you can change the distance/opacity/size and other characteristics of the drop shadow by clicking on the effect layer, and change the desired elements of the drop shadow.

5. Once you are done, "Save As" JPG or GIF if you want to have a flat-transferable file, or "Save As" Photoshop if you want to keep the working editable file with layers.

* In the working file, your background most likely display a grey-white checkered grids. Don't worry about it, when you save your file as JPG or GIF, the background will automatically be white. (Unless when you save it as GIF you chose to "Preserve Transparancy".

 

Hope that is not too confusing. :)