DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING - DOUBLE EXPOSURE - WEEK 7

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04/11/24-08/11/24 (WEEK 7)
Carren Yeliandi / 0376990
Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media - Digital Photography and Imaging - Taylor's University
Project 2A

Table of Content






Lectures

WEEK 7 : COLOR THEORY

The primary colors in printing is RGB (Red, Green, Blue) and CYMK (Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, Black)

RGB vs CYMK


Fig. 1 Hue, Tint, Tone, Shade (07/11/24)

  • Hue = Pure Color
  • Shade = Add Black
  • Tint = Add Grey
  • Tone = Add White

Fig. 2 Color Harmony (07/11/24)



Tutorial

This week, we were tasked to follow the tutorial video given to use and make one as similar as possible before making another one using our own photo that was took from eye-level and using the tools that was used on the tutorial to make a double exposure using our own photo.




Practical

I first downloaded the needed documents that were given by Mr.Fauzi in Google Classroom.

Fig. 2 Photo that was used for exercise 1 (08/11/24)

I followed all the instructions from the given tutorial demo and tried my best to make it as similar as possible.

I first inputted the picture into photoshop before selecting the woman and cleaned it up using 'refine edge brush tool'. I then proceed to use adjustment layer -> curves and formed an s-shape on the settings.

I then insert the picture and clipped it into the woman before eye-dropping the background color to blend in.

I then proceed to use an adjusted brush (mostly just a low flow brush) in black to get the face back.
Fig. 4 Exercise 1 Progress board 1 (08/11/24)

I then duplicate it and flip it onto the body and erased the black part using a low flow brush in white. I then proceed to add the birds which I used a darken/multiply blending mode to erase the white background. 

I moved it around and sized it as similar as the example as possible. I did the same with the clouds. Then I adjusted the levels a little bit.

Fig. 5 Exercise 1 Progress board 2 (08/11/24)

As a finishing touch, I added a gradient layer and applied a photographic filter (Black-Blue-Yellow).

Fig. 6 Final Double Exposure Exercise 1 (08/11/24)

I then tried to make a new one but this time using my own face. Below is the photo of myself that is taken from eye-level that was used for this project.

Fig. 7 Photo of myself that was used for this project (08/11/24)

My first idea was to use my glasses and make it have a reflection of a colorful city. I had also wanted a rainbow coming out of my head but that didn't really worked out so I changed it into a night sky.


Fig. 8 Exercise 2 Progress board 1 (08/11/24)

I wanted to have a night and starry sky coloring my black hair so I clipped that and used an eraser with a low flow (3-6%) to erase the rough edges.

I then used a picture of a field with a sunset and used that on my body before erasing the rough edges.

While the clouds make it looks like my background is in the sky as my background is a blue and yellow gradient.

Fig. 9 Exercise 2 Progress board 2 (08/11/24)

For the details, I used the birds and clouds that I used for the previous exercise. I made the birds looks like it's flying out of my head and my body. (multiply/darken to erase the white background)

I then used an adjustment layer of gradient and gave it a tint of color before lowering the opacity to not overwhelm the other elements too much, just enough to make it look united.

I had also made some slight adjustment such as erasing more of the head and blurring the glasses with lens blur as it was on my glasses.
Fig. 10 Exercise 2 Progress board 3 (08/11/24)


Fig. 11 Final Double Exposure Exercise 2 (08/11/24)

Reflection

This task was really fun to do especially the second one where I'm able to use whatever I want to make whatever I thought of. The first exercise was a bit challenging as I was still figuring things out but I wanted to make it as similar to the example as possible, even going as far as to look into the details like where the tree ended and other things, though it's not 100 percent similar it's enought to satisfy me so I take that as a win. I would like to make another one in the future after I sharpen my skills as I think that I could make something better but I don't have enough knowledge on the how to yet. I hope one day I could make something that would impress everyone.

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