DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING PROJECT 1
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING GCD 61204 NAME: Rhyanne Cyrene Lowe I.D: 0347077 COURSE: Bachelor of Design in Creative Media GROUP: B
Project 1: Digital & Physical collages
LECTURE NOTES:
WEEK 1: For the first week, we were introduced to the module and briefs of the projects expected this semester. The lecturer then went through with us what design principles were and how it is important to practice them in our work. He then briefed us on our first exercise.
WEEK 2: We were properly briefed in detail about our first exercise in the second week. For the first exercise. we had to choose and identify our collage's design elements to be cut out and composed into our own concept & story.
WEEK 3: Mr. Fauzi lectured us on the common basic tools in Photoshop to prepare us for our next exercise.
- Lasso Tool, Pen Tool, and Layering
- - How to alter the image to change the narrative
- Lasso
- Allows you to draw and pinpoint an area
- Cut and paste an object from a photo
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3 options:
- Lasso
- Polygonal
- Magnetic
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Better to use with a graphic tablet because it's similar to a pencil
- Pen Tool
- To create paths
- The way you drag the tool as you create the points determines how they will look
- Fewer points = Smoother lines
- Lasso vs Pen tool
- Pen tool can be used to create extremely precise shapes and paths, using manually placed anchor points.
- Although it is commonly used to make selections, the pen tool was not originally created as a “selection tool”
- Layering
- different images stacked on top of each other.
- use each layer without affecting another one to make an adjustment
- The advantage of using Layers is that you can save a Photoshop file with all the layers included.
- non-destructive editing.
- non-destructive image editing tool
- add color and tonal adjustments without changing image pixels
- can edit and discard your adjustments or restore your original image at any time
- Brightness / Contrast
- makes adjustments to the tonal range of your image.
- adjusting shadows and highlights
- Levels
- modify the tonal values in an image by adjusting the levels of the shadows, mid tones, and highlights.
- Curves
- adjust as many points as you want throughout the entire tonal range of your image
- Exposure
- adjust only the highlights of the image,
- offset adjusts the mid-tones and Gamma will adjust the dark tones only
- Selective Colour
- selectively modifies the amount of a primary color without modifying the other primary colors
- change colour, add blur, or create completely new image effects
WEEK 1
Description: In this work, the artist put together carefully cut-out
photos of a child sitting with a bird on a rope held by hands. This photo
montage caught my eye because of how it’s perfectly cut out and put
together to form an almost conceivable image despite the unrealistic scale
between the subjects. This photo montage also reminded me a lot about the
control of a parent in a child’s childhood. Design #2:
Description: This artwork has a humorous yet provocative narrative because of the choice of the image but i think both photos fit perfectly well together and it blends seamlessly with the reactions from the crowd which makes the image tell a story. The use of ‘gigantic’ scales of humans is commonly seen in collages and they are one of my favorites because it tends to hold an amusing visual.
Design #3:
Artist: Lynn Skordal Description: I really liked this piece because the images relate to one another from background to subject. The use of color in the images to show the ‘insides’ while the rest are desaturated shows a good contrast. This piece is titled ‘Mysteries of the Mind’ which is a suitable title because it shows a narrative of wanting to find/discover something.
WEEK 2
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| fig 1.0 Composition 1 |
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| fig 1.2 Composition 2 |
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| fig 1. 3 Composition 3 |
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| fig 1.4 Composition 4 |
Final Chosen Composition :#2
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| fig 1.5 Final Composition |
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| fig 2.0 |
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| fig 2.1 |
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| fig 2.2 |
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| fig 2.3 |
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| fig 2.4 Final Composition |
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| fig 2.5 First attempt |
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| fig 2.6 second attempt |
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| fig 2.7 third attempt |
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fig 2.8 Final Chosen Image |
WEEK 1: There was no feedback given this week.
WEEK 2: There was no feedback given this week
WEEK 3: Mr. Fauzi liked composition #2. He mentioned it was symmetrical,
has focal point, hierarchy, and eye flow is just falls into the right
place.
WEEK 4: Mr. Fauzi chose composition 2 to be refined for this week.
WEEK 5: Mr. Fauzi said that my third attempt has too much contrast and that he prefers the initial edit without any adjustments as the composition and colors fit well together already.
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