Digital Photography and Imaging : Project 1 - Collage
WEEK 1-5: (23/8/2021-20/9/2021)
NAME: Sasilvia Cheong Pei Hoong
I.D: 0345031
COURSE: Bachelors of Design in Creative Media
Digital Photography & Imaging
Project 1: Collage
LECTURES
Week 2 - Introduction to Basic Composition
1. Focal Point
Is a part of the image where it draws the viewer's attention, like a
subject, or point of interest, or point of focus.
2. Scale and Hierarchy
A content in a composition information and express meaning is known as
hierarchy. The visual hierarchy guides readers to the most important
information first and indicates supplementary content navigation.
3. Balance the Elements
In order to balance a composition, positive elements and negative space
must be arranged in such a way that no one section of the design dominates
the others.
4. White Space
White space is also known as negative space, the space between elements
in a composition. To balanced out the overall image so that the image does
not look messy.
Rule of Thirds
The rule of thirds is a basic compositional structure where an image is
split into 9 segments by using 3 vertical and 3 horizontal line. Subjects
of an image are suggested to be placed on the intersected lines. By
utilizing the rule of third images will be more eye catching to the
viewers.
Fig. 1.1 Rule of Thirds
Golden Ratio
The golden ration is a rule of thumb for composition that dates back to
antiquity. It refers to proportions that are particularly attractive to
the eye.
Fig. 1.2 Golden Ratio
Composition (Framing and Cropping)
1) Single
Features one character alone in a frame, the individual character is the primary focus.
a) Clean single - No part of any other character is visible in the
frame
b) Dirty single - Includes a limited presence from another character in
the frame
2) Two Shot
Two characters visible in the frame
Two characters visible in the frame
- Both faces of the characters must be visible
- Creating visual relationship between the two characters
a) Terminology changes when there is more character added
- Three Shot, Four shot, Five shot, Crowd shot
3) Over the Shoulder (OTS)
- To show two characters having a conversation
- Covers a wide range of perspectives ( a person, alien, camera, etc.
)
4) Point of View (POV)
Audience to experience the perspective of a character
5) Insert Shot
Close up of objects so that audience can received the information
placed on screen.
Week 3 - Introduction to Photoshop 2
Lasso Tool
The lasso tool helps in selecting specific part of an image and
cutting them to make them into an individual piece.
Fig. 2.1 Different lasso tool selection
Pen Tool
The pen tool helps in creating freeform curves, where you add
points and drag them to create a curve. The lesser the points, the
smoother the path will turn out.
a) Shortcuts:
1. Press P to select pen tool
2. To make a selection, click two points to create a line between
them, and drag a point to create a curved line.
3. Pressing shift key and drag the lines to change them
4. Pressing alt key to straighten the lines and change
direction
Fig. 2.2 Pen tool
Layering
- Layers are like different sections that you can edit or draw on.
Selecting a specific layer while editing and drawing will not affect
the other unselected layers.
- There are also various of tools that can provide ease in editing
the layers
Fig. 2.3 Layers in Photoshop
Tutorial Task
We were tasked to try out different selection tools and layers to
isolate the subject away from the background so that it can be
placed into a new background in Adobe Photoshop. Mr. Martin
provided us with 3 images of tables and a background. These
techniques will help us in our exercise for our digital
collage.
Photoshop shortcuts:
1. Ctrl +T = able to rotate and scale selected item
2. Spacebar = swap to hand tool ( click and drag )
Fig. 3.1 Masking tables
Fig. 3.3 Final Outcome
Week 4 - Introduction to Photoshop 3
Adjustment Layer and Filters
Adjustment Layers
Adjustment layers are a set of extremely useful, non-destructive image
editing tools in Photoshop that allow you to make colour and tonal
adjustments to your image without permanently destroying the original
image. With this, you can easily edit and discard abt adjustments made
or restore the original image any time.
Fig. 4.1 Adjustment layers
1. Brightness / Contrast
- Brightness adjust the highlights in the image
- Contrast adjust the shadows
Fig. 4.2 Brightness / Contrast
2. Level
- Adjust the levels of the shadows, mid tones, and highlights
Fig. 4.3 Level
3. Curves
- Adjust as many points as you want throughout the entire tonal range
of the image
Fig. 4.4 Curves
4. Exposure
Three Sliders:
a) Exposure - Adjust only the highlights
b) Offset - Adjusts the mid tones
c) Gamma - Adjust the dark tones only
Fig. 4.5 Exposure
5. Selective Colour
- Selectively modifies the amount of a primary colour without modifying
other primary colours
Fig. 4.6 Selective colour
Filters
Filters can change colour, add blur or create completely new image
effects.
Fig. 4.7 Filters
Tutorial Task
We were task to play around and get used to with the adjustment layers
and filters. Mr. Martin provided us with an image and he proceed to
teach us how does the adjustment layers and filters while we also go
hands on and experience it ourselves.
Fig. 5.1 Image provided
Fig. 5.2 First edit
Fig. 5.3 Second edit
Fig. 5.4 Third edit
Fig. 5.5 Fourth edit
I decided to do a few edits so that I can get used to the adjustments
and filters. After finishing my third edit I found that it looked
trippy and somewhat like a Indie band album cover so I ended up adding
typefaces to make it complete which turned out to be the fourth and
final edit I made. It was fun adjusting and adding filters and ending
up with a unique outcome.
TASKS
INSTRUCTIONS
Exercise 2: Physical Collage
After our lecture about the introduction to basic composition, we
proceeded with practical class where we were given 2 hours to produced
3 physical collage with materials ( magazine, newspaper, printed
materials, etc. ). Since I did not have much magazines at
home I decided to reuse materials I have from my Foundation
course.
Fig. 1.1 Materials that I have cut and compiled
Fig. 1.2 First collage pre-composition
My first collage pre-composition was inspired when I saw the famous
artwork "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso. The human figures in
"Guernica" are portraying the suffering brought by
violence and chaos from the tragedy bombing in Spain. Since the
human colours were in monochrome colours I decided to add some pop of
colours in the background. The word "LIFE" in it shows how much the
people grieving in pain while many lives were lost during the bombing.
White space was also used wisely to avoid the composition being too
crowded.
Fig. 1.3 Second collage pre-composition
For my second pre-composition the main subjects are the dog head and
ostrich. The blue colour contrast the monochrome colour of the dog head.
The ostrich is placed in an intersection line which applies to the rule
of thirds.
Fig. 1.4 Third collage pre-composition
For my third pre-composition I decided to use tracing paper to
portray it as shadows and creating dimension for the composition. I
tried mimicking a rustic 1900 vibe to the composition.
Digital Collage
Fig. 2.1 Digital Collage 1
I was playing around with the quick selection tool on the fish
wondering what I could crop out and to my surprise when I cropped the
tail of the fish it looked like a flower petal. From there on, I had
my mind set on creating this Zen garden with flowers and plants. The
flowers were created by layering and rotating the cropped
"petals".
Fig. 2.1 Digital Collage 2
For my second digital collage I wanted to create this theme where
both of the sides are different from each other like the light and
dark side. With the selection tool and blending mode I was able to
create the effect I wanted on the collage.
Fig. 2.1 Digital Collage 3
For my third digital collage I decided to place buildings around the frame but not cover the whole thing as I felt that it was a bit too cramped if I did so I left a small white space on the top right corner. After that I wanted to add another element in the collage and decided to go with the idea of a train rushing its way down the buildings. The text "Any complaints ?" was added multiple times with different opacity to create this fading effect to the word. The newspaper background was chosen because I wanted to create a paper-like texture to the whole collage.
FINAL OUTCOME
Physical Collage
Mr. Martin gave me some feedbacks for my physical collage and
said that I could work with the second pre-composition and explore
more. After that, I decided to add some elements from the third
pre-composition as Mr. Martin said that they were interesting. In
the end I arranged the elements and was happy with the
outcome.
Fig. 3.1 Physical Collage Final Outcome JPEG
Fig. 3.2 Physical Collage Final Outcome PDF
Digital Collage
After receiving feedback from Mr. Martin I decided to go with the third digital collage since I felt it has dynamic and more impact than the others.
Fig. 3.3 Digital Collage Final Outcome JPEG
Fig. 3.4 Digital Collage Final Outcome PDF
Fig. 3.5 Final Digital Collage Process
FEEDBACK
Week 3 (6/9/2021)
Physical Collages
1) Mr. Martin recommended me to choose the second pre-composition and
explore further.
2)For the third pre-composition he said that there was interesting
elements in it.
Week 4 (13/9/2021)
Digital Collages
1) Mr. Martin said it was creative of me to use the fishes tail to
form flowers in my first digital collage.
2) The third one was chosen by Mr. Martin as he liked the way I used the
building and created a spiral frame out of them.
3) Other than that, he also mentioned that he liked how I played with the
opacity and colours in my third digital collage.
REFLECTION
Overall I found this project really fun to do the process sure was tiring
but the outcome makes it worth it. Mr. Martin's feedbacks on my collages
was definitely helpful for me. I found the physical collage a bit more challenging
for me as it was hard for me to get it right. Photoshop made making
digital collages so much easier and fun. From being able to crop the
specific element you want to changing colour or even applying filters. But
my favorite tool is definitely the blending mode as when I change different modes in a layer the
collage becomes a whole new piece or art.
REFERENCES
Fig. 1.1 Rule of Thirds-
https://lightsourcejourneys.com/blog/rule-thirds/
Fig. 1.2 Golden Ratio-
https://www.prestigeonline.com/th/pursuits/art-culture/golden-mean-proportions/
Fig. 2.1 Different lasso tool selection -
https://enviragallery.com/guide-to-the-lasso-tool-in-photoshop/
Fig. 2.2 Pen tool -
https://enviragallery.com/a-beginners-guide-to-photoshops-pen-tool/
Fig. 2.3 Layers in Photoshop -
https://photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/layers/intro.htm
Fig. 4.1 - 4.7 - Adjustments and Filters
From Week 4 Lecture slides: Intro to Photoshop 3
Fig. 5.1 Image provided -
Provided by Mr. Martin
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