EVALUATION

For my final peice, I created a fantasy landscape by pasting the same person into a photograph several times. Inspired by the work of Paul Smith, I used photoshop to copy and paste my model, aided by the use of 'Quick Mask Mode', into a photograph already containing her, a further two times. The challenges I encountered were mostly based around the fact the photographs were taken in different places and at slightly different times during the day, so matching up the levels and contrasts of the model I pasted in to the original photograph proved fairly difficult. The most awkward part to match up was the garden bench I pasted in, as this photograph was taken on a completely different day, and it a completely different lighting. Given the chance to do the project again, I would have set up my tripod and taken all the shots in the same frame and at the same time so as to match them up more easily. All in all, I am fairly pleased with my final peice and have spent a lot of time attempting to match the levels and exposures up.

FINAL PIECE

My final images is made up of three shots from an Alice In Wonderland themes shoot I did not so long ago, and one of a garden bench. Here are the three shots I used, followed by my final piece.

RESEARCH - Paul Smith

Paul Smith is a British photographer, whom in 2001, produced a series of promotional photography for Robbie Williams' 'Sing When You're Winning' album. This series contained 13 photos of various football related scenes, but the only person present in these photography repeatedly was Robbie Williams. Please see below...

These have inspired me for my final piece, to create a landscape containing the same person multiple times. I shall achieve this using the cut and paste method. I will also use the quick mask mode to ensure my editing is spot on.

RESEARCH - Seung woo Back

Seung Woo Back is a Korean photographer, born in 1973, and now currently living in London. His series of photographs entitled 'Real World' are meant to be a set of straight documentary photos, depicting famous landmarks and buildings that he visited whilst travelling. However, the whole set is extremely decepetive as he has taken these famous land marks, and repositioned them completely. Move them to a different street, a different county, sometimes even a different continent. Please see below...

Edit, Copy & Paste

After selecting an image or part of an image you can then copy and paste it across to another picture or to another part of the picture you are currently working with.

You can do this by selecting the copy and then paste options from the edit menu.

You can then move the image that you have pasted to a different part of the picture by using the move tool.

Quick Mask Mode

When you have lassoed a picture and want to make sure you only have the subject you wish to move in the  lasso so as to not copy any background over to the picture, you can use the quick mask mode which allows you to add or take away from the subject lassoed. The quick mask mode is located at the bottom of the tool bar on the left hand side. Once selected it will turn anything you have not lassoed on the picture red.

By selecting the paint brush at this point you can paint any background you don't want copied across with red to deselect it. To select anything extra you do want copied, simply click on the swap arrows above the black and white colour chosers just above the quick mask mode tool.

Lassoing And Moving An Image

To lasso a part of the image you are working with, firstly select the lasso tool from the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen like so:

If you slide the mouse across to the right to see a further menu from the tool selected, it will give you the option for either free form lasso, lassoing with straight lines, or magnetic lasso. All of these are demonstrated in order below:

Once you have selected an image using the lasso tool you can then move it to where you would like it to be by using the move tool on the left-hand tool bar. By creating a duplicate background copy before doing so you can double the area you are selecting.

Liquifying Tool

I also experimented using the 'Liquify' tool situated in the 'Filter' menu. This is a fashion editing tool used for magazines, weddings, and general touch ups of photographs.

I then used the 'Bloat', 'Pucker', 'Forward Wasp', 'Reconstruct' and 'Twirl Clockwise' tools to edit the face in the portrait. I adjusted the nose width, the cheek bones, highered the eyebrow, and swelled the eyes to produce another image, as show below.

Clone Tool

I also experimented using the 'Clone' tool. I opened the photograph I wished to use, and selected the clone tool from the menu of tools on the left-hand side of the screen. I then held down the 'Alt' key to select the area I wished to copy form, in this case the woman on the left.

I then chose the brush, the size, and he opacity of the brush to edit with. I chose a soft edged brush so the lines weren't too harsh and made it quite opaque.

I then drew where I wanted the woman to appear and it copied the information from one part of the photo to another, as shown below.

Layering One Image Over Another

I then experimented overlaying an image of a building through the portrait above. I firstly opened the two images I would be working with.

I then dragged the background image over onto the portrait using the move tool.

I then selected the first layer in the layer menu bar, and changed the opacity on the sliding scale at the top of the box, to a lower percentage as to show the portrait through the building.

I experimented with this way of showing the two photos, by changing the opacity to a higher percentage.

I then changed the effect on the layer to see how it changed the opacity. From the box at the top of the layers box, where it usually says 'Normal' in a drop down box, I selected 'Overlay'.

This made the image much more vivid and the colours of the two photos stood out a lot more in comparison to each other. I experimented with changing the opacity of the layer now this effect was in place.

Transforming An Image

Transforming a photo can help to straighten or tilt photos. Firstly, I opened the photo I wanted to use and then created a duplicate layer.

Then I went to 'Edit', 'Transform', and then selected 'Warp' tool.

Which then brings a grid up on your photo like this...

You can then grab the picture, and shift parts of it in an other direction to straighten or twist the photo as you prefer. This bends the graph to skew the image into the position you wish for it to be.

This gave me a final image as pictured below....

Adding Text

Firstly, I opened the picture I wanted to work with and selected the 'Text' tool on the tool bar on the left hand side of the screen (highlighted below)

I then clicked onto the part of the photo where I wanted my text to start and typed. I edited the size and the font of the text using the tool bar located above the photo.

When I had finished my writing, I clicked off onto the 'Move' tool again on the left hand side tool bar, and used this to position my writing exactly where it would fit.

And I ended up with my final image as shown below!

Adding Colour

To insert some colour into a photo, firstly I open the photo I am going to use and create a new layer.

I then used the colour selection tool at the bottom of the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen.

I then selected the brush tool, and again edited the thickness and size of the brush I wanted to use.

I then zoomed in on the photo so as to be accurate, and drew over the area I wanted to add the colour in to.

I then changed the effect on the layer in the layer box on the right hand side of the screen to 'Overlay'

I then changed the opacity of the effect to experiment with how I wanted my final image.

I experimented until I was happy with my final image, as shown below!