Digital Photography and Imaging ~ Week 7

Justin Cleon (0375523)                           5 Nov 2024 - 12 Nov 2024 (Week 7)

|| Project 2A: Exercise 1 and 2

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Table of Contects

1. Lectures

2. Project 2A: Exercise 1

3. Project 2A: Exercise 2

4. Reflection

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1. Lectures

Lecture (Week 7) : Double Exposure & Image Blending Mode

Figure 1.1 Double Exposure

What is Double Exposure?

Double exposure photography refers to merging multiple images to create surreal, emotional, or humorous compositions. These images usually feature silhouettes.

Key Techniques for Double Exposure Photography

1. Using Photoshop's Tilt-Shift Tool

Apply the tilt-shift effect to make parts of the picture soft and blurry. This technique creates dreamy, atmospheric photos with selective focus.

2. Creating Fake Reflections

Employ multiple methods to create convincing reflections. Create double exposures using separate window photos to achieve realistic mirror effects.

3. Experimenting with Simple Portraits and Textured Details

Combine plain elements with complex textures to produce balanced compositions. This approach salvages simple photos by adding visual interest and depth.

4. Converting Results to Black & White

Remove color to strengthen emotional impact in double-exposure images. Black and white conversion creates artistic, meaningful results. This treatment adds unique depth and enables film-like photographic effects.

5. Working with Silhouettes

Create compelling compositions using silhouettes for visual impact. Transform people, objects, or eye-catching subjects into striking shapes for unique composite images.

6. Selecting Random Photo Pairs

Choose random images to discover unexpected meanings and connections. Random combinations generate independent stories and fresh perspectives. Move beyond conventional double-exposure concepts by focusing on interesting textures, shapes, and forms.

7. Transforming Simple Objects

Simple object transformation creates fascinating results through creative composition. Ordinary subjects, such as building silhouettes, can become extraordinary when reimagined as starry skies or abstract forms. The process encourages artistic interpretation and imagination.

8. Using Shadow

Shadows work effectively in double-exposure photography, providing versatile creative elements. The interplay of light and shadow offers endless artistic possibilities. The creative process begins with shadow photography and evolves into complex, layered compositions.

Figure 1.2 Blend Mode

Figure 1.3 Blend Mode

Blend Modes

Trial and error works best when exploring blend modes in digital design, since the visual effects can be surprising and hard to predict. Testing different blend modes and adjusting opacity levels leads to discovering the perfect visual combination for a project..

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2. Exercise 1

For the task for exercise 1 (double exposure) is quite simple but it's more challenging because we need to utilize all material such as "Quick Selection Tool", refine edge judge tool to ease selection in "Select & Mask", adjustments, brush tool, and so on. 

Figure 2.1 Exercise #1 (Before)

Figure 2.2 Exercise #1 (After)

Figure 2.3 Exercise #1 (Process)

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3. Exercise 2

The task for exercise 2 is to do the same thing as part 1. However, we were to use our own photo to make a double exposure image. 

Figure 3.1 Exercise #1 (Before)

Figure 3.2 Exercise #1 (After)

Figure 3.3 Exercise #1 (Process)

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4. Reflection

For this exercise, it is a bit hard to follow the tutorial because it’s too fast and there isn’t any voice guidance or description to provide in the video. However, since Mr. Fauzi made a tutorial process on google slide, we could know what was going on.

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