Digital Contact Print
Images That Are Not Mine (Cited)
https://pixabay.com/en/wooden-windows-window-shutter-old-949805/
https://www.maxpixel.net/Jellyfish-Fluorescent-Glow-Aquatic-Fish-Aquarium-1645450
https://www.maxpixel.net/Starry-Night-Cosmos-Stars-Night-Sky-Night-Sky-Stars-2953440
https://pixabay.com/en/snowboard-girl-winter-sports-2982391/
https://www.maxpixel.net/Jellyfish-Fluorescent-Glow-Aquatic-Fish-Aquarium-1645450
https://www.maxpixel.net/Starry-Night-Cosmos-Stars-Night-Sky-Night-Sky-Stars-2953440
https://pixabay.com/en/snowboard-girl-winter-sports-2982391/
Final 4 Composite Final Images
1. Filters Gallery
The first composite technique we learned in class was "Filters Gallery". This technique was a lot of fun to work with as there were so many different filters to pick and choose and blend from. When you're using Adobe Photoshop, there's an option at the top menu bar under "Filters" titled "Filters Gallery". After clicking this option, the photographer/editor will be able to play around with a series of filters, ranging from these categories: Artistic, Brush Strokes, Distort, Sketch, Stylise, and Texture. In the image below, I started with an image of stars in the night sky that I found on Creative Commons (I really liked this photograph because of the ombre of colours). Next, I applied a filter over it titled "Ocean Ripple". After that, I found an image of my sister, Jackie, pointing upwards towards a tree. I thought it would be a cool idea if I could blend Jackie with my background image of the night sky to make her look as if she's pointing up towards the stars (because she loves to stargaze). I used my "Quick Selection Tool" to select only Jackie's body (not the background of trees) and copied and pasted her onto the background star image. I also applied a filter gallery effect on her also titled "Ocean Ripple" to make the image appear as "one". The reason I chose the "Ocean Ripple" effect was because I wanted both these images combined together to look like a painting in a museum. Overall, I was really happy with this photo because it captures the essence of stargazing.
2. Blend Modes
Another Composite Project technique is called "blend modes". There are three types of blending options: opacity, blending modes and blend if scale. The type of blending I used in the image below is opacity. It's one of the quickest methods, and you can make adjustments to each specific layer by decreasing the amount of visibility. In the image below, I started with an image of a flower that I took near my house. I then used the filter gallery option in Photoshop, and added a filter called "glowing edges". After that stage, I noticed that the flower with the "glowing edges" filter added looked very multicoloured and vibrant (like an electric neon sign or a jellyfish). Therefore, I decided to blend an image of a jellyfish (that I found on Creative Commons) with the image of the neon flower. I used the opacity technique to blend both of the images together (at an opacity of around 33%), and then I also downloaded a brush effect called "water" and added a waterfall on the left corner of the image (overlapping with the jellyfish on the left) because it matched the theme of the jellyfish. Overall, this image is one of my favourites because of the vibrant assortment of colors used.
Another Composite Project technique is called "blend modes". There are three types of blending options: opacity, blending modes and blend if scale. The type of blending I used in the image below is opacity. It's one of the quickest methods, and you can make adjustments to each specific layer by decreasing the amount of visibility. In the image below, I started with an image of a flower that I took near my house. I then used the filter gallery option in Photoshop, and added a filter called "glowing edges". After that stage, I noticed that the flower with the "glowing edges" filter added looked very multicoloured and vibrant (like an electric neon sign or a jellyfish). Therefore, I decided to blend an image of a jellyfish (that I found on Creative Commons) with the image of the neon flower. I used the opacity technique to blend both of the images together (at an opacity of around 33%), and then I also downloaded a brush effect called "water" and added a waterfall on the left corner of the image (overlapping with the jellyfish on the left) because it matched the theme of the jellyfish. Overall, this image is one of my favourites because of the vibrant assortment of colors used.
3. Transformations Tools
The third composite project technique is called "Transformations Tools". The transform tools allow the photographer/editor to manipulate the image on the layer selected in a variety of ways, such as "Scale/Rotate", "Skew", "Distort", "Perspective", and "Warp". The transformation tool technique I decided to use was one Mr. Laurence showed us in class. This technique involved starting with a base layer/background image. In this case, I chose a Creative Commons image of a window on a shed. I thought it would be really cool to put an eye behind the window of the shed, so I took an image of Samantha's eye and copied and pasted it onto the background image of the window and tool shed. Before that, I also used the quick selection tool to cut a hole out of the window where Samantha's eye would now be. I then enlarged her eye to fit completely over the window, and I also used the filters gallery to put the window back over her eye in order to make it look more realistic. Overall, this image is one of my favourite photos because of how realistic and simple it looks.
4. Brushes Tool Set
The last composite project technique is the brushes tool set. Online, there are millions of brushes to pick and choose from. For this image, I chose three main brushes to play around with: Clouds, Flying Birds and Stars. With these three brushes, I was able to enhance my image of a girl snowboarding on top of a mountain (that I took from Creative Commons). I first started by playing around with the Flying Birds brush. I knew I wanted to include some birds flying around in the background because the snowboarding girl was on top of a mountain, and I thought the birds would complement the scenery. Next, I took the stars brush and put some stars around the image to enhance it (because the moon was slightly visible in the left corner yet it was day time). This helped to create a "fantasy" look in the image. Lastly, in order to make it look more realistic, I used my clouds brush tool set to add some clouds around the whole image. Lastly, I used the filter gallery to apply a filter titled "film grain" on top of everything to blend the image a bit more and make it look more realistic. Overall, I'm really proud of this image because I think the flying birds, stars and clouds enhance the image.
The last composite project technique is the brushes tool set. Online, there are millions of brushes to pick and choose from. For this image, I chose three main brushes to play around with: Clouds, Flying Birds and Stars. With these three brushes, I was able to enhance my image of a girl snowboarding on top of a mountain (that I took from Creative Commons). I first started by playing around with the Flying Birds brush. I knew I wanted to include some birds flying around in the background because the snowboarding girl was on top of a mountain, and I thought the birds would complement the scenery. Next, I took the stars brush and put some stars around the image to enhance it (because the moon was slightly visible in the left corner yet it was day time). This helped to create a "fantasy" look in the image. Lastly, in order to make it look more realistic, I used my clouds brush tool set to add some clouds around the whole image. Lastly, I used the filter gallery to apply a filter titled "film grain" on top of everything to blend the image a bit more and make it look more realistic. Overall, I'm really proud of this image because I think the flying birds, stars and clouds enhance the image.
Composite Images Before/After with Layers Panel with Description of Editing Process
1. Filters Gallery Editing Process
For my filters gallery editing process, I started with an image of my sister, Jackie, pointing upwards towards green leaves. I thought it would be really cool to make her point at the nigh sky instead of the green leaves (because I knew how much she loved to stargaze). Therefore, I took an image of the night sky that I found on Creative Commons (that I really liked because of the ombre of colours). Next, I used my quick selection tool to copy and paste Jackie from the original image to the new background of the stars. Then, I used the filter gallery effect options to apply a filter on both images (which was "Ocean Ripple" because I wanted it to look like a reflection seen in water but also have the impression of a painting one would be able to see in a museum). Overall, I love the filter gallery editing process because it's a really simple technique that can enhance your image to the extent that it's unrecognisable anymore (in a good way).
2. Blend Modes Editing Process
For my blend modes editing process, I started with an image of a yellow flower that I took near my house. I then used the filter gallery option in Adobe Photoshop and added a filter called "glowing edges" because I liked the inverted vibrant colors this filter made the flower look like. After that, I noticed that the flower with the "glowing edges" filter looked very multicoloured and vibrant (like an electric neon sign or a jellyfish). Therefore, I decided to blend an image of a jellyfish (that I found on Creative Commons) with the image of the neon flower. I used the opacity technique to blend both of the images together (at an opacity of around 33%), and then I also downloaded a brush effect called "water" and added a waterfall on the left corner of the image (overlapping with the jellyfish on the left) because it matched the theme of the jellyfish. Additionally, I noticed that the image was really dark, so I added a new layer where I used the Curves Adjustment function to brighten up the image (in order to make the colors pop and stand out). Overall, I think my blend modes editing process was a great example of how far one person can take photoshop to the extreme to create a truly new and inspiring work of art.
3. Transformation Tools Editing Process
For my transformation tools editing process, I chose a Creative Commons image of a window on a shed. This image really stood out to me because it was very simple, yet there were so many things I could play around with on the image on Adobe Photoshop. One idea I had was I thought it would be really cool to put an eye behind the window of the shed. In order to do that, I first used my quick selection tool to cut out the window and delete that portion of the image. Then, I took an image of Samantha's eye and copied and pasted it onto the background image of the window and tool shed. I then enlarged Samantha's eye (using the shift key and my mouse) to fit completely over the entirety of the window. After this stage, I was pretty happy with how the image was looking; however, I wanted to make it even more realistic, so I used the filters gallery to put the window back over her eye in order to make it look more realistic (as if Samantha's eye was really inside the shed). Overall, I think my transformation tools editing process is a great example of how photographers/editors can merge and mix two images together (that normally don't fit well) to appear realistic.
4. Brushes Tool Set Editing Technique
For my brushes tool set editing process, I chose three main brushes to play around with: Clouds, Flying Birds and Stars. With these three brushes, I was able to enhance an image of a girl snowboarding on top of a mountain (that I used from Creative Commons). To begin, I knew I wanted to include some birds flying around in the background because the snowboarding girl was on top of a mountain, and I thought the birds would complement the scenery. Therefore, I used the "flying birds" brush to create the image of birds flying around in the background. Next, I took the stars brush and put some stars around the image to enhance it (because the moon was slightly visible in the left corner yet it was day time), so I thought this would really help the image stand out, helping to create a fantasy look in the image. Additionally, in order to make it look more realistic, I used my clouds brush tool set to add some clouds around the whole image. Lastly, I used the filter gallery to apply a filter, "film grain", on top of everything to blend the image a bit more and make it look more realistic. Overall, I think the brushes tool set editing technique is a great example of how to use brushes to enhance one's images and make it look more realistic & unique & interesting.
Successes & Challenges
Overall, I really enjoyed the Composite Project because it allowed me to step outside of my comfort zone in Photography as well as to get to know my camera and its functions better. I think one of the biggest challenges I faced was editing my photographs on Adobe Bridge and Photoshop. The reason for this was because the Composite Project relied heavily upon the use of Adobe Bridge and Photoshop. The Composite Project requires the photographer to blend and mix and overlap a series of photographs to challenge and expand the meaning of photography. Overall, the editing process was extremely time consuming, and you had to be very very careful because one false move could ruin your whole composite photograph.
Although editing was a huge problem during this Composite Project unit, I was very happy with the final results of my photographs, especially as I was able to play around with the different composite techniques on Adobe Photoshop to make my images stand out, and help the subject look more vivid. It was a lot of fun getting to mix and combine different photographs that normally don't fit well together in the real world in order to make them look more creative. More importantly, I was extremely proud of my final four composite photographs because I spent a lot of time editing them on Adobe Photoshop (a software that I'm not normally comfortable with). At the end of the day I was able to truly feel accomplished and satisfied with my final four photographs because I thought I expanded my boundaries as a photographer. In conclusion, I thought the Composite project was a huge success, and I'm really looking forward to the upcoming HDR/Pano project!
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