Digital Photography and Imaging / Project 2
Derin / 0354969 / Design in Creative Media
GCD 61204 / DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING
Project 2A: Digital Imaging
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INSTRUCTIONS
Project 2 (20%)
Digital Imaging (40%)
Photo Digital Imaging involves transforming or altering a photograph using various methods and techniques to achieve desired results. -.wikipedia
Project 2 part 1: 2 exercises, students use Adobe Photoshop as tool for doing digital imaging, compost different images into one final output.
Project 2 part 2: Double exposure. Students use specific skillsets from photoshop to blend their portrait with layers of background images.
Project 2 part 3: Production Shooting & Editing. Students use DSLR of mobile phone for production shooting that is been properly set up and lit. The selected photos will be edited in photoshop to meet the decided theme.
Learning Goals:
2. Use creative thinking skills and methodologies to explore, generate and test a wide range of conceptual ideas.
3. Use information and communication technology to source navigate, select, retrieve and manage information.
PROJECT 2A: DIGITAL IMAGING
1. Exercise 1
Our first task for this exercise was to take a full-body picture of ourselves from an eye level and edit the image into the Hearst Mansion. For this task, I took a picture of myself before a white wall for easier masking in Photoshop. I also wore colored clothes, so they didn't blend into the white background.
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| Fig 1.5 |
2. Exercise 2
Next assignment is to select one black and white photo from a folder Mr. Martin shared. I chose this portrait to color and used a portrait of Shawn Mendes as my color reference.
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| Fig 2.3 Layer Masks |
Final Outcome
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| Fig 2.4 Final Outcome |
PROJECT 2B: DOUBLE EXPOSURE
1. Double Exposure
We begin this task by taking a portrait of ourselves. After examining the photo results, I chose the following picture to create the double exposure effect. Afterward, I started looking for material to use for my double exposure. I think merging my portrait with a puzzle piece would create an interesting analogy that indicates the incompleteness of a person.
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| Fig 3.1 Self-Portrait |
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| Fig 3.2 An Image of a Jigsaw Puzzle https://www.rarepuzzles.com/2017/06/26/missing-piece-replacement/ |
After selecting the photos, I began separating myself from the background by using a mask layer and setting the image to black and white. Then, I mask out the back of the hair in the form of puzzles while adding a cloud of smoke and birds coming out of the head. Lastly, I tweaked the curve adjustments and added a gradient map to the double exposure for finishing touches.
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| Fig 3.3 Double Exposure progress, 1st attempt |
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| Fig 3.4 Double Exposure - Final Outcome |
PROJECT 2C: PRODUCTION, SHOOTING & EDITING
1. Photo Manipulation
Before beginning this project, Mr. Martin advised us to sketch several ideas for our photo manipulation. I used items that were around my house and started drawing.
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| Fig 4.1 Sketch Idea #1 |
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| Fig 4.2 Sketch Idea #2 |
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| Fig 4.3 Sketch Idea #3 |
After Mr. Martin reviewed my sketches, he said it was best for me to proceed with Sketch Idea #1. We began our photo shooting session that day. The following are the results from the photo session.
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| Fig 4.1 Microphone |
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| Fig 4.2 Ice cream |
I start by adjusting the color and brightness of the ice cream image as it was a little dark.
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| Fig 4.3 Color adjusted ice cream |
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| Fig 4.4 Masking and Content-aware fill |
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| Fig 4.5 Photo Manipulation - Final Outcome |