Digital Photography and Imaging - Week 7

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Digital Photography and Imaging
15.5.2023
Johnny Lam Wee Zhe (0363436)
Bachelor of Design in Creative Media

LECTURE

For our week seven lecture, we learn more ways where double exposure can be achieved in Photoshop. Double exposure refers to the merging of multiple images to create a surreal, humorous or emotional work. Here are the ways that double exposure can be achieved.
 
1) Using Tilt-Shift Effect 
Blur one of the photos instead of the entire image or blur everything except for important details. This can be achieve by going to Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift.
 
Fig 1.1 Tilt-Effect Double Exposure
 
2) Create Fake Reflection
One of the ways to create a fake reflection double exposure is to use a separate window photo. The image example below show the merging of raindrops and bokeh to add interesting texture to the double exposure photography.

 
Fig 1.2 Fake Reflection Double Exposure
 
3) Experiment with Simple Portraits and Detailed Texture
Combine a simple image with a more complex image helps to balance out the results.
 
 
Fig 1.3 Simple Portrait and Complex Texture Double Exposure

 

4) Convert Results to Black and White
It is said that the lack of color can strengthen the emotions of your double exposure image and gives a unique depth.
 
 
Fig 1.4 Black and White Double Exposure
 
 5) Work with Silhoutte
Double exposure that only works with silhouette. 

Fig 1.5 Silhouette Double Exposure
 
\6) Pick Two Random Pictures
Rather than focusing on double exposure ideas, take pictures of interesting textures, shapes and forms and combine them together. This can create a story organically.
 
7) Make simple objects more interesting
Take photos of everyday object and make them interesting. The examples below uses city buildings to turn to a starry outline of the night sky.
 
Fig 1.6 Mundane Object turned Starry Sky
 
8) Use shadows
Instead of silhoutte, shadows can also be used in double exposure and can be just as great.
 
Fig 1.7 Shadow Double Exposure

TUTORIAL 

 

PRACTICE

For our practice, we are tasked with creating double exposure of a Filipino model and follow the tutorial video. Here are the before and after pictures of the edit:

Fig 2.1 Before Edit

Fig 2.2 After Edit

In addition to this practice, we are also tasked with taking pictures of ourselves and create our own double exposure. Here are the before and after pictures:

Fig 3.1 Before Edit
 
Fig 3.2 After Edit
 

I personally find that double exposure is an interesting photography effect. I have seen a few examples of double exposure, considering how popular this effect is. It is a beautiful effect and I am glad to say that I have pull off a double exposure. There of course still have improvements that can be made into double exposure. In addition, using a different photo to create a texture of a silhouette that simply make sense is definitely one of my favorite kind of double exposure and that requires better creative thinking, for example: the texture of the wave can be use to texture the silhouette of a dress etc.

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