Photomedia - Part 6

Progress Challenge 6: Image Compositing

Using at least five (5) different images you personally photographed, create a totally new image with a specific theme or subject in mind using your image editing software. Use this activity as a way for you to not only experiment and explore your image editing software, but also to explore different photographic techniques and design principles

Lay out your final image together with five (5) photographs that served as elements for this exercise on your portfolio. Provide a brief description of your creative objectives for this exercise, as well as the tools you used (100 words).

Complete the above challenge and then click LINK 23 to upload.

Click LINK 24 to discuss your work with other students on the forum.

Answer

The composition consists of 5 images – the blood red sky, one of my eyes, the Sydney Opera House, and two sea creatures (a ray and a cuttlefish). The initial snap shots were taken on an Olympus digital camera while the eye was taken on an iPod touch.

With Photoshop, I cropped the sky so just the clouds were there. I used the marquee tool to cut out the eye and the pen tool for the other images. The stylise filter was used for the Opera House and the cuttlefish inverted. I warped the sea creatures – making the ray jump out like a dolphin and the cuttlefish look like it's 'photobombing' the picture. I then experimented with some filters to achieve a surreal effect (Fresco for the oil painted look and half-tone so it looks like it's in the papers).

I named the final composition 'Reclaiming the Harbour' with the sea creatures reclaiming Sydney Harbour as their own. Meanwhile, my 'eye in the sky' is watching it all unfold, like God would.