Digital Photography and Imaging Week 7

May 2023 / Week 7
Leem Sejin / 0362419
Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Honour) in Creative Media
Project 2A / Double Exposure

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LECTURE

Double Exposure & Blending Mode

Double Exposure : merging multiple images. The goal is to make them surreal, emotional, or humorous. They usually feature silhouettes.

To create double exposure effect

1. Using the Tilt-Shift Effect : blur one of your photos instead of the entire image
   (* To add this feature, go to Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift)
   
   
2. Create Fake Reflection (eg.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, to give balanced result
   
   
4. Convert your results to Black & White : A lack of colour will strengthen the emotions.
   
   
5. Work with silhouette
   
   
6.  Pick two random photos
   
   
7. Make simple objects look fascinating
   
   
8. Use Shadow

Blend Modes in photoshop

Fig 1.1

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INSTRUCTION

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TASK

Exercise

Mr Fauzi tasked us to practice double exposure with tutorial video. 

I imported the woman portrait, and use selection mask to remove the background

Fig 1.1

Then, I add solid layer as background colour, and imported the tree images and mask them to merge with woman portrait.

Fig 1.2

Next, add rest of the elements as the background. For the cloud, I adjust the intensity by adjusting the brightness using 'level'.

Fig 1.3

I use the gradient map to apply the filter on the photo.

Final Exercise :

Fig 1.4

Project 2A Double Exposure

This time, we need to take our own portrait. I took myself in my room and imported it into photoshop.

As similar process to the exercise, I mask the portrait to remove the background, followed by erasing my head and body.

Fig 2.1

I search some images that can be used for double exposure. I chose bridge, group of birds and sky as background image. 

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Then, imported the bridge image, stick on my back. Then, placing the birds and cloud images as a background. I use curve to adjust the brightness of the bridge.

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I used gradient map to make my poster look vintage.

Final Double Exposure

Fig 2.4

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REFLECTION

In Week 7, we learnt about double exposure.Initially, I was intrigued by the concept of merging two images to create a unique composition. As I delved into the process, I found the importance of careful planning and thoughtful selection of images. I went through many trials during the progress, and wasting time to repeating the same work. It required me to consider elements such as colour and and shape to create visually appealing results.