Digital Photography & Imaging: Week 7
15/5/2023 (Week 7)
Seh Zi Qi/ 0355872/ Bachelor of Design(Honours) in Creative Media
Module Name: Digital Photography & Imaging
Week 7
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LECTURE
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Double Exposure
In double-exposure photography, many photos are combined by making them fantastical, moving, or amusing. Typically, they have silhouettes and may appear challenging at first, but you can use a few alternative methods to make double exposures like using Adobe Photoshop, so you don't need a double-exposure camera. You can do anything you want in the world of editing and ordinary photos can be turned into potent works of art.
Different types of double exposure:
Tilt-shift effect:
- Turn images into soft works of art.
- Blurring one of the photos instead of the entire image.
- To add this effect: Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift.
Fake Reflection:
- Use a different window photo to create a double exposure.
- Adds interesting textures to multiple exposure photography.
- Example: The main subject surface with raindrops and bokeh.
Simple Portrait with Detailed Textures:
- Combining something plain with something complicated = a balanced result.
- Saves a lot of simple photos that may get discarded.
Black & White Results:
- Strengthen the emotions in double-exposure images, a good way to express works in vulnerable ways.
- Gives unique depth and allows experimentation with something interesting like film photography.
Work with Silhouette:
- Gives a fun and doable challenge that shows the creative side of a person.
- Creates unique composite images.
Pick 2 Random Photos:
- May create a story with purpose even if it didn't initially have one.
- Great feedback creates greater creative growth.
- Shoot interesting textures, shapes and forms.
Make Simple Objects Look Fascinating:
- This technique will enhance your image.
- Example: A silhouette of a dull-looking building can become an outline of a starry sky.
Use Shadows:
- Outlines can be used to make fantastic double-exposure photography, shadows are as effective as silhouettes.
- All you have to do is go out and take photos of a few shadows, then turn them into something beautiful.
Photoshop: Blend Modes:
It is always an experimental process, and it's nearly impossible to predict the outcome. It's always recommended to experiment with different modes and Fill Opacities until your desired outcome.
Fig 1.1, Blend Mode Groups
TUTORIAL
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Tutorial Briefing
Download images for Double Exposure practice and follow the video tutorial or slides to finish the exercise.
Fig 2.1, Process of practised outcome
Practised Outcome
Fig 2.2, Final of practised outcome
PRACTICAL
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Practical Briefing
- Take your own portrait photo (portrait mode).
- Collect background images online (high resolution).
- Import all images to Photoshop and convert to black & white/ monochrome (Can be a mixture of colour with B & W).
- Make your own double-exposure photo!
- Image can be landscape (1920x1080) or portrait (1080x1920)
- Submit on week 6: 23:59 pm, 8th May.
Once I was finished with the practice, I went home and found a photo of myself since I needed my own portrait photo, and I already had something in mind. I wanted it to be galaxy themed or at least have stars in it to insinuate a starry sky.
Fig 3.1, Process of the first attempt
This was my first attempt at my own double exposure, and I liked it from an aesthetic standpoint but it didn't feel like double exposure. So I went back to the drawing board and took pictures of my current self and leaned into the dark starry night theme more heavily.
Fig 3.2, Reference of the final attempt
Once I found my reference, I made a double exposure that I was proud of, though I had a bit of trouble with choosing what my final should be because I couldn't choose between the black and white or the purple tonal one.
Fig 3.3, Process of the final attempt
After changing the tonal value, I thought the background had too much noise from the stars, so I had the idea of having the stars spewing out of the hole in my head as if my ideas were the stars spilling out into the world.
Fig 3.4, Process of the final attempt 2
FINAL Double Exposure
Fig 3.5, Final double exposure
After some thought, I liked the black and white portrait better and where the stars were spilling out of my head, it felt more connected towards me as a person who wants to get their ideas out to the world, even though that dream may be far away one, it's still something I want to achieve. Basically, reaching for the stars.
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MyTiger Values SDG (Starting to develop poster design)
Things we had to do:
Draft the digital poster based on your sketch
Develop the composition techniques using Digital Photography/ Photo Imaging.
Apply textures & effects if necessary.
Finalize your design with colour correction (Adjustment Layer)
These things must be done throughout Weeks 7 to 8 as Week 8 was an independent learning week and we could get feedback from the google classroom private messages if we had any problems.
I started my progress around the end of Week 7 but had only finalised it around Week 8.
Fig 4.1, Progress of MyTiger Values poster
REFLECTION
I didn't know double exposure was the term for this kind of photo editing until this week. Personally, it was really fun to challenge myself with different uses of various tools in a completely new program that I was still getting used to. Being able to show improvement through my own double-exposure picture was very insightful in how once you've practised enough, you're able to get the hang of it even if it's new.
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