Digital Photography & Imaging // Project 3

31.03.22 - 08.07.22 (Week 1- Week 15)

Emelyne How Sok Hing (0352938)

Bachelor of Design (Hons) Creative Media

Digital Photography and Imaging // Project 3

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SUBMISSIONS

EXERCISES

Hearst Mansion Exercise: 

Figure 1.0 Final end result, 21st April 2022

Figure 1.1 Final Submission for the Hearst Mansion exercise, 5th May 2022

Double exposure:

Figure 1.2 Double Exposure exercise, 28th April 2022

Figure 1.3  Final Submission called 'Head in the clouds' for the Double Exposure, 8th May 2022

Recoloring: 

Figure 1.4 Recoloring black and white portrait, 10th May 2022

Figure 1.5 Final Recoloring, 10th May 2022

Blending exercises: 

Figure 1.6 Blending mode exercise 1, 26th May 2022

Figure 1.7 Blending mode exercise 2, 26th May 2022

Figure 1.8 Blending mode exercise 3, 26th May 2022

After Effects Exercise

Link for video on google drive: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k3Ao2EF_w9e021pu_5HfiMZsmiJpbBrH/view?usp=sharing

GIF using Adobe Photoshop 

Figure 1.9 GIF, 16th June 2022

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Project 1

Physical Collage 

Figure 2.0 Final Composition for my Physical Collage, 17th April 2022

Digital collage

Figure 2.1 Final Digital Collage Composition, 21st April 2022

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Project 2

Conceptual Product Photoshoot 

Figure 2.2 Final photo manipulation, 2nd June 2022

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Final Project: Cinemagraphs - Self-titled

Still 

Figure 2.3 Final Project: Self-tiled, 23rd June 2022

Animated

Figure 2.4 Final Project: Self-titled (Animated), 8th July 2022

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Final Reflection

When I started this course, I was a bit sceptical and scared also. I found Photoshop a bit overwhelming at first, since it was my first time using it. Even during our first exercise, I did struggle a bit to understand the shortcut keys and how to use it. After some practice, I started to understand it and would say that I was starting to work a bit faster. My favorite thing to learn during this semester was to know how to apply a layer mask and blend images together. However, I was not a big fan of the first exercise which consisted of doing a physical collage as I remember struggling a lot for this. 

Throughout this module, I would say that practice was the most important thing to do. As you could know the steps and process on how to do something but it might not be enough. I learned more on how to create compositions and also what can be the process behind taking photographs. I also very much liked our photoshooting class as I think that doing it physically made it more interesting and fun to learn how to use a camera. 

I found out that photoshop is as complex as it looks. It was not the easiest course even though completing the works was a faster process as compared to my other courses. It also takes a lot of patience and also a lot of critical thinking when it comes to judging our own work and think of what is or is not working. Despite all these struggles, I did enjoy discovering new things and had a pretty good experience.