Digital Photography & Imaging - Week 5

Week 5 - 21/10/2024 - 27/10/2024

Ye YingYing / 0364398

Digital Photography & Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

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Important Reminders To Self

All works submitted via Google Classroom
The working process is documented in the Blog Weekly
Set up personal blogspot and Pinterest board
Any questions just post on the GC comment section

- Finish Project 1B and upload to E-Blog - due on 29th Oct
- P1: Shazam & P2: Self image
- Refer to the tut video ( slides for steps)

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LECTURE

- Double Exposure & Image Blending Mode -
Double-exposure photography merges images to create surreal or emotional effects, often featuring silhouettes. It’s easier than it looks and can be done on camera or with Photoshop, allowing endless creative possibilities.

Tilt-Shift Effect -Transform the photo into a soft work of art

Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift

Fake Reflection - creating a double exposure with the help of a separate window photo.

Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift

Experiment with simple portraits and details textured

Combining something plain with something complicated

Convert to Black & White
A lack of colour will strengthen the emotions in your double-exposure images.

Work with Silhouette
create a unique composite image

Pick two random photos
A lot of double exposures photography were happy accidents.

Make simple objects look fascinating
enhance imagination

Use shadow

Shadows are as effective as silhouettes in this genre.

# Blend Modes

Working with blend modes is usually experimental. Since results are hard to predict, you often try different modes and adjust fill opacity to achieve the desired effect.

Figure 5.01 - Basic Blend Mode

Figure 5.02 - Blend mode quick guide

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PRACTICAL & TUTORIAL

Working Process

- P1. Shazam -

Figure 5.03 - Shazam

Figure 5.04 - Editing step of Shazam

1. Use the 'Quick selection tool' to crop out the Shazam
2. Place the shazam in the background, and adjust it to a suitable size
3. Apply the 'Match color' and adjust the brightness and contrast of the image
4. Use the 'Brush tool' to add shadow behind Shazam (new layer)
5. Apply 'Gaussian Blur' filter to the shadow, lower down the opacity
6. 'Duplicate' the shazam to make reflection
7. Use the 'Polygonal lasso tool' to select the wanted part
8. Adjust the 'hue and saturation' of the reflection

- P2. My Reflection -

Figure 5.05 - My reflection

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Project Briefing

Project 1 - 20% - Individual

Timeframe: Week 01 - Week 06
Deadline: Week 06

1. Physical Collage Design (10%)
- Create a themed collage with layers of images, applying design principles and composition fundamentals.
2. Digital Imaging (10%)
- Compost different images into one final output by using Adobe Photoshop. (2x exercise)

Requirements
- Submit progress updates weekly
- Capture screenshots to show step-by-step progression (at least 10 steps) in creating the artwork in Photoshop
- Compile the images, screenshots, and descriptions of each step in a PDF

Submission
- Digitally through Google Classroom

Examples
Project 1A/ Physical collage: https://vimeo.com/414625801
Project 1B/ Digital Imaging Exercise 1: https://youtu.be/b6XqlUP-MUA
Digital Imaging Exercise 2: https://youtu.be/DeGpKh6pMfk

eBlog examples:
https://ibrahimfazal615.blogspot.com/2020/04/digital-photography-imaging-tasks.html
https://averyongxuanting.blogspot.com/search/label/Digital%20Photography%20and%20Imaging