Digital Photography and Imaging - Exercises

28.08.18 - 09.10.18 (Week 1 - Week 8)
Tamara Audrey Saputra (0335846)
Digital Photography and Imaging
Exercises

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Instruction

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Week 1: Hearst Mansion

28.08.18

Our very first class started with Mr. Hafiz and Mr. Jeff briefing us about what to expect by the end of the semester. Without further ado, we directly start our first exercise which is to mask Christopher Robin into a picture of Hearst Mansion.

fig 1.1: Hearst Mansion

fig 1.2: Christopher Robin

fig 1.3: Final Outcome

We then have to create a composition of ourselves inside the Hearst Mansion, using all the techniques we have just learned in class. 

fig 1.4: Self Portrait taken by Vedha Vania

fig 1.5: Final Outcome

Week 2: -

4.9.2018No class this week due to a public holiday.

Week 3: Ghost House

11.09.18

Our next exercise with Mr. Jeff is to create a ghost house from the image resources that have been shared to us via Dropbox. The main goal of this exercise is to make the whole composition believable.

fig 3.1: Resource

fig 3.2: Resource

fig 3.3: Resource

In this exercise we learned about: Match color, Blending Tool and Transparency, Masking, and also Polygon Tool.

fig 3.4: Final Outcome

Week 4: Recolouring

18.09.18

This week, we were taught how to give color to a black and white photo and making it realistic. We were given a photo of an old man and we were told to color it as we want but the result has to be realistic.

To achieve this, we were introduced to the Hue/Saturation (Ctrl + U) and the importance of brush and its opacity as well as blending modes which is the main key to making it look realistic.

fig 4.1: Initail B&W Pict

fig 4.2: Final Outcome

Still in the realm of recoloring, our next exercise is to find an HD black and white picture and recolor it. 

Here is a picture I found that was taken during the war.

fig 4.3: Photo taken from flickr

To differentiate the base color accurately, I firstly block color it using contrasting bright colors and then adjust as well as adding shadings to it later on. 

fig 4.4: Blocking Color

fig 4.5: Final Outcome

Week 5: Clone Stamp/ Healing Brush

This week we are taught more about the clone stamp and the healing brush. To explain it to use were given a picture of a baby with chicken pox and were shown how we could get rid of it by using the clone stamps and healing brush. On the other hand, we could also duplicate features of it y using the clone stamp.

fig 5.1: Final Result

A while after, we were directly introduced to a different technique which is more complex; to create a flat image to follow a certain flow or texture. In our context, we were given the example of how we can make a flat image of a flag, follow the crumpled, twisted cloth texture that we found on another picture. 

To achieve this we first have to desaturate the texture image and add a gaussian blur to it in order to reduce the stretch distortion later on. After that, it is advised to make the picture more contrast to get that dimension.

fig 5.2: Texture

Then, we add the image of the flag and distort it by going to Filter > Distort > Displace  > Set horizontal and vertical as 10 > choose the texture file. Next, we add the Multiply blending mode to it.

fig 5.3: Flag

fig 5.4: Final Outcome

Week 6: Changing One's Stripes

25.09.18

In this exercise, we had to add a texture to the picture of the old man using the provide snakeskin texture. This time we may use our colored version of it.

fig 6.1: Old Man

fig 6.2: Snake Skin Texture

To attain the desired result, we also have to use the displace effect as to how it was implemented with the flag exercise.

fig 6.3: Final Result

Week 7: Castle of Pyrenees

02.10.18

In this exercise, we have to recreate a surrealistic painting called 'Castle of Pyrenees' by Rene Magritte. However, we are free to add other elements to it but the concept has to be the same. After all of these weeks, this time we are expected to combine all of our knowledge that we have previously learned as well as to gather the images on our own.

fig 7.1: Reference Picture

Here are the resource pictures that I found in Google Images.

fig 7.2: Resources from Google

fig 7.3: Screenshot of the layers

fig 7.4: Process GIF

fig 7.5: Final Result

Week 8: Dali Atomicus

09.10.18

This time our exercise's goal is to recreate the Dali Atomicus iconic photograph. In this exercise, we had to take pictures on our own, with the help of Mr. Martin who guided us to shoot with the green screen.

fig 8.1: Referenced Picture

fig 8.2: Pictures taken by our batch

There were several things that we cannot do such as throwing chairs and water, hence, we were allowed to take several images from google.

fig 8.3: Photos from Google and a senior

fig 8.4: Screenshot of the layers

fig 8.5: Final Result