Digital Imaging and Photography - Week 5

Week 5: Practical: Hearst Mansion

NAME: SOFIA CHEW

I.D: 0377902

COURSE: Digital Photography and Image / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

GROUP: 4

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Lecture 

Double Exposure & Image Blending Mode

Double Exposure Photography: This refers to merging multiple images in order to make them surreal, emotion or humorous.

Fig 1.1 Double Exposure Photography

Ways to achieve double exposure through editing:

1. Tilt-Shift Effect: It can be achieve by using Photoshop Tilt-Shift tool ( Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift ).

2. Fake Reflection: This can be achieve through creating a double-exposure with the help of a separate window photo.

3. Experiment with simple portraits and details textured: Combining something plain with something complicated will give you a balanced result and also save a lot of simple photos that you might discard.

4. Black and White: It can be used to express the work in a vulnerable way as the lack of color strengthen the emotion.

5. Work with silhouette: Using silhouette only can give a fun and doable challenge as it give opportunity to show our creative side.

6. Picking two random photo

7. Make Simple Object Fascinating: This technique can enhance our imaginary.

8. Shadow: Shadows are as effective as silhouettes in this genre. 

Image Blending Mode: Working with blend modes is largely experimental, as predicting the results is challenging. This often leads to trying various modes and Fill Opacities to achieve the desired outcome.

Fig 1.2 Blend Mode Option in Photoshop

How to blend two image together perfectly?

Fig 1.3 Example of two picture to be blended

1. Select the Layer 1 (Fire) to be on top of the Background (Musicians)
2. Go to the Blending Modes option 
3. Select “Screen”
4. As a result, all of the pixels on the fire will be selected as Screen blending mode.

Fig 1.4 Outcome of the blending

Studio Shooting

Fig 1.5 How You Can Make A DIY Photography Studio At Home

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Instruction

PROJECT 1B - PART 1: Hearst Mansion

Part 1: Shazam

1. Use Quick Selection tool to subtract background
2. Drag & Drop SHAZAM to HEARST MANSION, resize SHAZAM and 
3. reposition.Adjust colour correction: MATCH COLOUR (Image → Adjustments)
4. Match image quality: ADD NOISE filter to SHAZAM. 
5. Create SHADOW for SHAZAM
6. Apply  GAUSSIAN BLUR effect on the shadow layer
7. Reduce the shadow’s layer to 66% opacity
8. Create NEW LAYER to make SHAZAM’s reflection. 
9. Adjust the color correct for reflection layer: 
10. Apply RIPPLE filter to SHAZAM’s reflection layer.

Part 2: My Reflection

Based on SHAZAM exercise, create the same steps and insert your own photo to replace the SHAZAM’s layer by following these steps:

1. Take a photo of yourself using the right lighting techniques
2. Apply the Shazam’s exercise techniques
3. Replace the Shazam’s layer with YOUR OWN PHOTO
4. Apply suitable Color Correction to finalize your work

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PROJECT 1B - PART 1: Hearst Mansion

Part 1: Shazam

Fig 1.6 Process Of Part 1

Fig 1.7 Final Outcome

Part 2: My Reflection

Fig1.8 Picture of Myself

Fig 1.9 Process of Making

Fig 1.10 Final Outcome

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