DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING: Week 5

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING: Week 5

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Irdhina binti Mazli Sham (0366894)

Digital Photography and Imaging - Bachelor of Design in Creative Media - Taylors University

Lecture | Tutorial | Practical [WEEK 5]

LECTURE

DOUBLE EXPOSURE // BLEND MODES

DOUBLE EXPOSURE

What? – merging multiple images

achieve surreal, emotional or humorous results
usually feature silhouettes

HOW? Using Photoshop:

Tilt-Shift Effect
Fake Reflection
Experiment with simple portraits and detailed textures
Convert results to Black and White
Work with silhouette
Picking two random photos (happy accidents)
Make simple objects look fascinating
Use shadows

BLEND MODES

experimental, unpredictable results

Fig. 1.1, 1.2. Blend mode groups and commonly used

EXERCISE [TUTORIAL/PRACTICAL]

SHAZAM'S REFLECTION

As a further introduction to Photoshop, which involves the knowledge obtained from this lecture as well as the previous, we were required edit an image by adding a character. The two photos we were told to use was the Hearst Mansion and Shazam as the character as shown below.

This edit was done through selecting Shazam using Object Selection Tool to prevent manually erasing the background. The cropped character was then resized and add into the Hearst Mansion following the appropriate proportions. Several adjustments were made including colour balance as well as the Hue/Saturation/Value scale so the character would suit its new environment. Shadow was also added to give depth.

Fig. 1.5. Progress screenshot

Fig. 1.6. Progress screenshot

MY REFLECTION

Based on application from the Shazam edit, we are required to do something similar but with our own photo instead. I chose to take the photo sitting down due to space limitation. In the end, I went with two different poses to be used later on.

The first composition is a similar to the Shazam edit whereas the second is more experimental as I used not only the ripple effect but also liquify to give effect of the staff touching the water.