Exercises
a) Students are required to take 5 photos based upon set compositional technique
b) Using the techniques developed students are required to develop an image titled:
a) Students are required to take 5 photos based upon set compositional technique
b) Using the techniques developed students are required to develop an image titled:
Double Exposure
Photos courtesy of Dan Mountford https://www.behance.net/danmountford
The Idea
Shooting portraits is a really important skill to have as a photographer. Capturing a subjects personality in one shot is a real challenge and comes down to smart choices, choosing a willing subject and having a clear idea as to what it is you want to say about this subject. Using your own Photographs and the Double Exposure actions in Photoshop, you are required to 'reveal' something of your subjects personality through the image you build.
The Ingredients
- Digital Camera
- Portrait Photos
- Other photos (Landscape/Architecture Photos)
- Double Exposure Action
Shooting portraits is a really important skill to have as a photographer. Capturing a subjects personality in one shot is a real challenge and comes down to smart choices, choosing a willing subject and having a clear idea as to what it is you want to say about this subject. Using your own Photographs and the Double Exposure actions in Photoshop, you are required to 'reveal' something of your subjects personality through the image you build.
The Ingredients
- Digital Camera
- Portrait Photos
- Other photos (Landscape/Architecture Photos)
- Double Exposure Action
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Suggested settings:
Lens: Portrait
Lighting:
Dependent of mood required, ambient, soft or hard might be appropriate.
A natural light source will often be subtle whereas a strong light source will add drama.
Lens: Portrait
Lighting:
Dependent of mood required, ambient, soft or hard might be appropriate.
A natural light source will often be subtle whereas a strong light source will add drama.
Subtle: Ambient/Soft. Three quarter lighting/Frontal lighting
Dramatic: Hard. Edge Lighting/ Light from below/ Spotlighting
Dramatic: Hard. Edge Lighting/ Light from below/ Spotlighting
The Process
a) Take your Portraits
The key thing when you're photographing a person is to help them be relaxed so they appear at their most natural. You can achieve this a number of ways:
Action Pose:
Portraits don't have to be formal, with people looking into the lens, so try to shoot people doing something if you can. If people are performing an action, they will be taking less notice of what you are doing.
Looking at the Lens:
Compose the shot you want and then get the subject to look at you. In the instant they make eye contact with the lens, take the shot, that way they won't have time to look uncomfortable.
Talk to them:
Engage your subject in conversation. If you have a person mid-sentence they will not be as conscious of the way they are looking.
b) Choose a Relevant Second Shot
This image must be yours and should someway reflect your subjects personality.
c) Double Exposure Action
ARRANGING IMAGES:
Place the object (the main image for which you want to apply double exposure action) on top of the pattern image (background image)
Example: Object - Man's face
Pattern - Trees/Nature
APPLYING THE EFFECT:
In your Actions panel (Window > Actions)
a) Take your Portraits
The key thing when you're photographing a person is to help them be relaxed so they appear at their most natural. You can achieve this a number of ways:
Action Pose:
Portraits don't have to be formal, with people looking into the lens, so try to shoot people doing something if you can. If people are performing an action, they will be taking less notice of what you are doing.
Looking at the Lens:
Compose the shot you want and then get the subject to look at you. In the instant they make eye contact with the lens, take the shot, that way they won't have time to look uncomfortable.
Talk to them:
Engage your subject in conversation. If you have a person mid-sentence they will not be as conscious of the way they are looking.
b) Choose a Relevant Second Shot
This image must be yours and should someway reflect your subjects personality.
c) Double Exposure Action
ARRANGING IMAGES:
Place the object (the main image for which you want to apply double exposure action) on top of the pattern image (background image)
Example: Object - Man's face
Pattern - Trees/Nature
APPLYING THE EFFECT:
In your Actions panel (Window > Actions)
- Select any one of the 52 double exposure effects which you want to apply.
- Click the play button to apply the action.
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