For the next tutorial session, Mr. Vinod suggested to my fellow coursemate, Annabel, to do multiple exposure portraits to make her photographs more interesting. As I felt that my theme was too boring, I asked him whether I could do the same with mine. After saying that mine will be quite different from hers, he agreed to let me try it as well.
In retrospect, my theme was finalised as 'Double exposure portraits: Human and Nature.' I photographed people of various age, background and colour, and used different kinds of overlays for their portraits as well to add variety, and in spirit of celebrating the diversity of the people here. I chose to photograph in monochrome because I find it more aesthetically pleasing and relaxing.
A lot of Photoshop editing was done in class. I helped out some of my other coursemates with this as well, as I know how to use the program. I did learn a few new tricks from Mr. Vinod along the way.
For my photographs, the tools I used were:
- crop
- free transform
- levels
- curves
- contrast
- screen
- erase
- mask
My photographs were then assessed and critiqued. I did have to edit the photographs a bit before printing the final 8x10" photos.
I printed some of the photos from my previous tutorial and he liked it. He told me to print the nature photos I used to screen over the portraits. The plant photos are not perfect, however, but I found them suitable to screen over the portraits. It's not about perfection, it's about finding a good balance!
One problem I faced was Amanda's portrait, the background looked really imbalanced, even after editing it. Then I realised, the wave reflections were not 100% parallel, and the boats made the composition unsettling. I made sure the horizon was perpendicular to the side of the photograph, however. So in the end, I went with the photo anyway. I hope it is acceptable.
One problem I faced was Amanda's portrait, the background looked really imbalanced, even after editing it. Then I realised, the wave reflections were not 100% parallel, and the boats made the composition unsettling. I made sure the horizon was perpendicular to the side of the photograph, however. So in the end, I went with the photo anyway. I hope it is acceptable.
Here are the final photos:
What's left for me to do now is to compile and finalise everything, and write my rationale, which will be posted here.
— Hidayah
— Hidayah
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