DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING - PROJECT 2

June 10, 2024

10 June 2024 - 7 July 2024

Bertrand Alden Gani (0370471)

Digital Photography and Imaging

Project 2 / Double Exposure & Poster Design

List:

• LECTURES
• TUTORIAL
• PRACTICAL
• REFLECTION

Module Information Booklet:

Lectures

Week 7: Double Exposure & Image Blending Mode

Double Exposure

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

1. Using the Tilt-Shift Effect

Photoshop has a great tilt-shift tool that will transform your photos into soft works of art.

If you want to be extra creative, blur one of your photos instead of the entire image. Or blur everything except for one important detail.

To add this feature, go to Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift.

2. Create fake reflection

There are many ways you can create reflections. One of them is creating a double-exposure with the help of a separate window photo.

This is an example of main subject surface with raindrops and bokeh. This help to add interesting textures to a multiple exposure photography.

3. Experiment with simple portraits and
details textured

Combining something plain with something complicated will give you a balanced result. It will also save a lot of simple photos that you might discard.

4. Convert your results to Black & White

A lack of colour will strengthen the emotions in your double-exposure images. If you want to express your work in a vulnerable way, experiment with this.

It gives them a unique depth and allows you to experiment with something interesting just like  film photography.

5. Work with silhouette

Many double exposure photographers choose to work with silhouettes. But what if you worked with silhouettes only?

It would give you a fun and doable challenge. And an opportunity to show very creative sides of yourself.

Try silhouettes of yourself, other people, or random objects. Anything else that catches your eye can create unique composite images.

6. Pick two random photo

A random process doesn’t mean it’s not meaningful. Your results might create a story of their own, one that others will find encouraging.

A lot of  double exposures photography were happy accidents. But they led to great feedback and even greater creative growth. Try and forget about any other double-exposure ideas. Shoot interesting textures, shapes and forms instead.

7. Make simple objects look fascinating

Take photos of everyday objects you usually take for granted. Try to make them look like something else.

A silhouette of a dull-looking building could become the outline of a starry sky like the photo below.

This technique will enhance your imagination.

8. Use Shadow

Outlines of any kind are fantastic to work with for double-exposure photography. Shadows are as effective as silhouettes in this genre. They’re fascinating to work with.

Take a photo of someone’s shadow and transform it into a story.

You can do anything your heart desires with outlines of this sort. All you have to do is go out, take photos of a few shadows, and turn them into something beautiful.

Blending Mode

Here’s a quick guide:

1. Select the Layer 1 to be on top of the Background

2. Go to the Blending Modes option 

3. Select “Screen”

4. As a result, all of the pixels will be selected as Screen blending mode.

Week 8: (Independent Learning Week)

Week 9: Digital Surrealism

Realism: 

• Takes subject matters of the ordinary and common world which we call "reality." It almost always takes a non-exotic and non-extraordinary subject matter and theme. 

Surrealism: 

• Cultural movement focused on type of arts to express about the artist’s idea themselves.
• It explores the subconscious mind, with subject matters concentrating on dream-images and often aims to distort the ordinary and what we call reality
• Surrealism defies logic. Dreams and the workings of the subconscious mind inspire surrealistic art filled with strange images and bizarre juxtapositions.

Surrealism art criterias are dream-like scenes and symbolic images, unexpected, illogical juxtapositions, bizarre assemblages of ordinary objects, primitive or child-like designs.

To create surrealism art:

1. Sketch It Out 
Take a piece of paper and pen/pencil or a tablet and start to sketch. Draw your vision out roughly. Don't finesse any details yet, but just lay out key points of your vision.

2. Find Reference Images

Gathering reference images will help you greatly in realizing your new idea. Gather images that directly relate to what you have in mind.

Week 10: 

Mr Fauzi gave briefing regarding the TISDC 2024 Poster Competition.

Tutorial

Week 7:

Open portrait image in Photoshop:

1. Click W for Object Selection/Quick Selection/Magic Wand tools ser

2. Click “Select Subject” at Option bar

3. Click “Select and Mask” at Option bar

After that, under Select & Mask> View Mode> Select Overlay, adjust Opacity. Select Refine Edge Tools, adjust the size and hardness of the brush, brush the hair to adjust the mask.

Practical

Project 2A: Double Exposure

In this exercise, we were given some pictures:

Then, I watched the tutorial video and follow each steps. First, I masked out the character then I put in the forest.

After that, I erase some of the forest clipping mask and add more elements. Finally, I adjusted the level and a filter. Here is my final result:

For the second part, we need to make our own version of the double exposure exercise. I chose these pictures as elements that I will use:

I tried to implement what I learned in the first part of the exercise. Here is the final result:

Project 2B: Poster Design

TISDC 2024 POSTER COMPETITION
CATEGORY: VISUAL DESIGN
THEME: EQUALITY
SIZE FORMAT: A1 (300dpi)

We are required to create a poster design composition using elements of photography, typography and vector graphics. 

Theme: Equality
Category: Visual Design 
Note: Please make sure to consult your ideas before go through the poster development.

Update your Project 2B work in progress into E-Portfolio

 

Idea

My idea for this project was to display a male and female representation working together to make a better future

References

I did some research to find inspiration. Here's what I found:

Sketches

After researching for ideas, I began to do the sketching. I want to use the chess theme for my poster. The king chestpiece to represent men and the queen chestpiece to represent women.

Progress
I began digitizing it in Adobe Photoshop and came up with 2 results.

I sent the progress to Mr. Fythullah, and he said that the title for Progress 1 doesnt pop up from the background and also Progress 1 doesnt any have photo elements in the composition. Then I sent the Progress 2 and he said that the subject matter for Progress 2 are nice. So I decided to go with Progress 2.

Here is my final poster result:

TITLE: KINGS & QUEENS

DESCRIPTION: 

We are kings and queens, together we can build the world with peace and equality, no matter the race, the religion and the gender. Everyone can voice their voices without fear. Everyone has the same rights. We all shared the same goal towards a better life for humanity.

Reflection

Learning about double exposure in digital photography has been quite a revelation for me. This technique, which involves combining two images into a single frame, opens up a whole new realm of creative possibilities. It has broadened my understanding of what’s possible in photography. I’ve realized that it’s not just about capturing reality but also about blending different elements to convey deeper meanings or tell more complex stories.