Digital Photography and Imaging Task 2 - Project 2A
WONG JUN ZHE / 0353613
Digital Photography and Imaging / B' Creative Media / Taylor's University
Task 2 - Project 2A
LECTURES
Week 5 - Lecture 5: Double Exposure
0. What Is Double Exposure Photography?
Double exposure photography refers to merging multiple images. The goal is to make them surreal, emotional, or humorous. They usually feature silhouettes.
Double exposure effect may look complicated at first. But it’s easy to make in-camera and in Adobe Photoshop. You don’t need a double exposure camera, as there are a few other ways you can create them.
1. Using the Tilt-Shift Effect
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| Fig. 1.1 Tilt-shift effect |
Photoshop has a great tilt-shift tool that will transform your photos into soft works of art.
If you want to be extra creative, blur one of your photos instead of the entire image. Or blur everything except for one important detail.
*To add this feature, go to Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift.
2. Create fake reflection
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| Fig. 1.2 Fake reflection |
There are many ways you can create reflections. One of them is creating a double-exposure with the help of a separate window photo.
Fig. 1.2 is an example of main subject surface with raindrops and bokeh. This help to add interesting textures to a multiple exposure photography.
3. Experiment with simple portraits and details textured
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| Fig. 1.3 Textured images |
Combining something plain with something complicated will give you a balanced result. It will also save a lot of simple photos that you might discard
4. Convert your results to Black & White
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| Fig. 1.4 Black and white image |
A lack of colour will strengthen the emotions in your double-exposure images. If you want to express your work in a vulnerable way, experiment with this.
It gives them a unique depth and allows you to experiment with something interesting just like film photography.
5. Work with silhouette
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| Fig. 1.5 Working with silhouette |
This method is fun and doable challenge. And an opportunity to show very creative sides of yourself.
Try silhouettes of yourself, other people, or random objects. Anything else that catches your eye can create unique composite images.
6. Pick two random photo
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| Fig. 1.6 Combination of two random photos |
A random process doesn’t mean it’s not meaningful. Your results might create a story of their own, one that others will find encouraging.
A lot of double exposures photography were happy accidents. But they led to great feedback and even greater creative growth. Try and forget about any other double-exposure ideas. Shoot interesting textures, shapes and forms instead.
7. Make simple objects look fascinating
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| Fig. 1.7 Fascinating simple objects |
Take photos of everyday objects you usually take for granted. Try to make them look like something else.
A silhouette of a dull-looking building could become the outline of a starry sky like the photo below.
This technique will enhance your imagination.
8. Use Shadow
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| Fig. 1.8 Use of shadows |
Outlines of any kind are fantastic to work with for double-exposure photography. Shadows are as effective as silhouettes in this genre. They’re fascinating to work with.
Take a photo of someone’s shadow and transform it into a story.
You can do anything your heart desires with outlines of this sort. All you have to do is go out, take photos of a few shadows, and turn them into something beautiful.
9. PHOTOSHOP : Blend Modes
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| Fig. 1.9 Photoshop blend modes |
Working with blend modes is almost always an experimental process. Because it’s nearly impossible to predict the results, you always seem to end up experimenting with different modes and Fill Opacities until you get the results you’re looking for.
Week 5 - Lecture 5 - Double Exposure
Exercise
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| Fig. 1.10 Selection of portrait, Week 5 (28/04/2022) |
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Fig. 1.11 Double exposure exercise with tutorial, Week 5 (28/04/2022) |
Week 7 - Studio Shooting
For this week, we had a chance to experience studio shooting in the photo studio. This was my first time ever using a DSLR camera and it was absolutely fascinating. Mr Martin enlightened us with some knowledge regarding the camera settings such as zoom, aperture, ISO, shutter speed, etc.
After we have the foundation of how to use a DSLR camera, we started shooting portraits using different settings. For the last activity, we had two models for us to take photos of. Mr Martin set up lightings from different directions and explained the functions of each light.
Overall, it was an amazing experience and helped me understand more about DSLR cameras and studio shootings.
Week 9 - Digital Surrealism
1. Realism vs Surrealism
Realism: Takes subject matters of the ordinary and common world which we call "reality." It almost always takes a non-exotic and non-extraordinary subject matter and theme. There is no need to think outside of the box, as that is not "real."
Surrealism: A twist on Realism. It explores the subconscious mind, with subject matters concentrating on dream-images and often aims to distort the ordinary and what we call reality.
Dadaism: An anti war art movement with art works that is satirical and nonsensical in nature.
2. What is Digital Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement focused on type of arts to express about the artist’s idea themselves. In this digital era surrealism is one of the top digital art styles.
3. How to start creating Surrealism artworks?
- Dream-like scenes and symbolic images
- Unexpected, illogical juxtapositions
- Bizarre assemblages of ordinary objects
- Primitive or child-like designs
4. Capturing your Dream
Sketch it out > Find reference images
5. Mindset during creation
"Does this look real?" > Make it happen
*Photoshop makes it easier than ever to create surrealist images, requiring just a modicum of photomontage skill to produce impressive results.
INSTRUCTIONS
MIB:
Task 2 - Project 2A - Double Exposure
Week 6 - Photo taking
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| Fig. 2.1.1 All portraits, Week 6 (03/05/2022) |
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| Fig. 2.1.2 Chosen portrait, Week 6 (03/05/2022) |
Week 6 - Implementation in Photoshop
First Attempt
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| Fig. 2.2.1 First attempt, Week 6 (05/05/2022) |
Here is my first attempt on creating a double exposure design in Photoshop. I think it was not the best design that I can come up with, but it was a good experience for me to familiarize myself with Photoshop.
Second attempt
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| Fig. 2.2.2 Process 1, Week 6 (06/05/2022) |
Firstly, I turned my portrait into a black and white image by using the black and white adjustment layer. I also adjusted the contrast of blacks and whites to my liking using the curve adjustment layer. Then, I inserted the image of a city. After adjusting its position to where it seems good, I masked it into the portrait.
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| Fig. 2.2.3 Process 2, Week 6 (06/05/2022) |
I realized the bottom part was a bit empty, so I decided to duplicate and reflect the photo of the city vertically to make it look connected. I also cleaned up some parts using the brush tool.
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| Fig. 2.2.4 Process 3, Week 6 (06/05/2022) |
Next, I used the brush tool to cover up the gap at the right bottom corner.
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| Fig. 2.2.5 Process 4, Week 6 (06/05/2022) |
Then, I changed the background colour and added in photos of cloud. For the background, I picked the colour of the sky using the eye dropper tool. As for the clouds, I adjusted the shade of the left cloud using the exposure adjustment layer.
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| Fig. 2.2.6 Process 5, Week 6 (06/05/2022) |
Last but not least, I added birds into the photo.
Post feedback changes
After getting feedback from Mr Martin, I smoothened the connection on the top right corner so that it fades out seamlessly with the background.
Final Outcome - Double Exposure
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| Fig. 2.2.7 Final Outcome, Week 6 (07/05/2022) |
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REFLECTION
Project 2A
Throughout these two exercises, I get to have hands-on experience on creating double exposure images. This is a new skill to me and the outcomes look very cool. I would say this is surprisingly quite a challenge in order to make the image look good and flawless.
In the stage of taking my own photo, I was exploring several different poses and shots so I could select the best one among them. I ended up going for this three quarter shot as it looks the best to me. As for the editing stage in Photoshop, I decided to go for a more colourful approach unlike the one thought in the video tutorial.
Overall, I am quite satisfied with the final outcome. It came out the way I wanted it to, and I think the way the city buildings are sticking up looks very interesting. If I were to grade myself, I would give it a 7-8/10.
FEEDBACK
Task 1 - Project 2A - Double Exposure
Week 6
General feedback: Mr Martin said he like the second one better (second attempt). However, the top right part looks incomplete as there is a sudden line separating the background with the foreground.
Specific feedback: Suggestion is to glue the skyscrapers to the background just like the bottom right part.
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