Digital Photography and Imaging - Week 7

18/05/2023 - Week 7 Joey Lok Wai San / 0350857 Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Week 7 Blog

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Lecture

2. Tutorial

3. Practical

4. Reflection

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LECTURE

In Week 7, Mr. Fauzi taught us about “Double Exposure”. Double-exposure photography refers to merging multiple images. They usually feature silhouettes.

Fig 1.1 Week 7 Lecture Slides

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TUTORIAL Fig. 1.2 Tutorial and Practical Slides

Fig. 1.3 Tutorial Video

We followed this YouTube tutorial on the basics of double exposure using the following pictures.

Fig. 1.4 Provided Photos for Double Exposure Tutorial

Fig. 1.5 Black, White, Gray Outcome

Fig. 1.6 Final Double Exposure

Fig. 1.4 Final Double Exposure (colored)

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PRACTICAL

Fig. 1.5 Practical Task

For this practical, we have to use the knowledge and skills learnt from the tutorial video and make our own double exposure photo. We have to use our own portrait photo and use high-resolution background images online.

Fig. 1.6 My Portrait Photo

 

Fig. 1.7 Background Images

I first converted the images to become black and white, repositioned the portrait and used the portrait orientation layout (1080x1920).

Fig. 1.8 Black and White Portrait

Fig. 1.9 Double Exposure Progress

I did a few versions with black and white, a filter, and colour.

Fig. 1.10 Double Exposure Portrait - Black and White

Fig. 1.11 Double Exposure Portrait - Filter

Fig. 1.12 Double Exposure Portrait - Color Variations

Fig. 1.12 Final Double Exposure Portrait

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REFLECTION

I have always been interested in designs with double exposure. Before I did not know what effect that was, and thought it was a complicated effect to do. However, after learning about it, I realized it is quite easy to achieve in Photoshop. I had a lot of fun doing this exercise and it was very interesting to learn about double exposure.