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Digital Photography and Imaging: Week 3

 Week 3 10/10/2023 

ALTAIFI, LEEN MAAN A (0367698)

Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media, Taylor's University

Digital Photography and Imaging

Table of Content

1. Lectures

2. Instructions & Tasks

3. Reflections

1. Lectures

Week 3 (10/10/2023):

 Today's lecture further introduced us to Photoshop and familiarized us to the interface; it focused on how to use the lasso tool, pen tool, and layering. 

The pen tool is the way that you add these points and the way you drag the tool as you create the points determines how they will look. The fewer points, the smoother a path will be.


The advantage of using Layers is that you can save a Photoshop file with all the layers included. This means you can use layers for non-destructive editing. Your adjustments in Photoshop will never destroy the original image. The layers contain all the extra information and/ or images you want to add to the original file.


2. Instructions & Tasks

Digital Collage (Week 3): 


Create 3 different composition digital collages from the images that you’ve downloaded.


        For this task, I learned how to construct basic compositions using the rules of thirds and the golden ratio in order to properly place the images and to have a hierarchy of focus in the composition. Additionally, I got to familiarize myself more with the Adobe Photoshop software using tools such as the pen and magic wand tools to make selections and cut off parts of the image I liked.


1. COMPOSITION #1


Fig 2.4: Digital Collage #1

        In this composition, the focus is spread across the people in the image, making it evenly spread out. The main take away of the composition is the geometric cutouts of the image that are aligned which makes it seem balanced, or at least there was an attempt to make it seem as such. If I were to assign a meaning behind the composition, I would interpret it as the movement and business of people; each individual person has their goals and are headed somewhere... It is a simple fact, but we are so immersed in ourselves and disconnected from the whole that we are a part in that we tend to forget this fact. 



2. COMPOSITION #2


Fig. 2.5: Digital Collage #2

        This composition follows the golden ratio. The use of the golden ratio here is intended to be quite symbolic as the meaning behind this piece is the essence of life. The golden ratio is found everywhere in nature and in man-made objects. In this composition it combines all aspects of nature; from the planet-like circle, to the fish, to humans (in all age groups) and their inventions, and, finally, "LOVE"— the universal emotion.


3. COMPOSITION #3


Fig. 2.6: Digital Collage #3

    In this composition, I based it off the rule of thirds. The 2 main subjects are placed on the upper right and bottom left, leaving two thirds of the composition relatively empty. This one is rather simple; it is about the father and the son, the tree and its apple, and their connections between each other. 

3. Reflections

Experience

This task was a similar experience to the week 2's task, but digital. 

Observations

 I noticed there are so many different ways to utilize the tools in photoshop through the lecture notes.

Findings

I recently discovered through this assignment that I really enjoy making collages out of existing images, and seeing how I can create different outcomes from limited images.


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