Digital Photography & Imaging - Project 2 - Conceptual Product Photoshoot

Week 6 - Week 9

05/05/2022-26/05/2022
Bachelor of Design in Creative Media 

Tan Pei Yun / 0345386

Digital Photography & Imaging 

Project 2 - Conceptual Product Photoshoot

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INSTRUCTIONS

PROJECT 2A - DIGITAL IMAGING EXERCISES 

PART 1 - HEART MANSION

We were given task about a digital collage to combine 2 images the heart mansion and Shazam character , there's also a tutorial demo video provide by Mr Martin , which are shown below : 

Fig 1.1 Heart Mansion & Shazam Poster

( For details and progress may click to here , practical weekly exercises - DPI - Weekly Exercises ) 

Fig 1.2 Final Heart Mansion , Shazam Digital Collage in JPG

PART 2 - HEART MANSION "MY REFLECTION"

After the part 1 practice , we were also given task about doing our own reflection and apply to heart mansion ,  I take myself a full-body portrait and below are my progress : 

Fig 2.0 Full body in self-portrait  

Fig 2.1 Full Body & Masking

Fig 2.2 Resizing after masking

Fig 2.3 Match colour 

Fig 2.4 Curves 

Fig 2.5 Adjusting in hue and saturation

Fig 2.6 Ripple effect 

Fig 2.7 Final Heart Mansion My Reflection , Digital Collage in JPG

PROJECT 2B PART 1 

ADVANCED RECOLOURING BLACK AND WHITE

Fig 3.0 Recolour B&W Photo Demo Video 

Fig 3.1 Progress in Recolouring

( For details /progress may click to practical weekly exercises - DPI - Weekly Exercises ) 

Fig 3.2 Reference images (Portrait , Face and Hair Colour) 

Fig 3.3 Masking and Layer Mask (Face/ Background)

Fig 3.4 First Attempt in Recolouring 

The first attempt was fun and challenging too , there's was quite a lot of steps have to take note , but soon it was a lot more easier to change the colour of the face , hair and background after the masking , I decided to improve by recolour the hair that might suit the model face and changing the background.

FINAL OUTCOME

Fig 3.5 Final Outcome - Recolouring in JPEG

Fig 3.6 Before And After / Progress in Recolouring

After done the first part of the black and white portrait , we were doing for the next part which is choosing one of the photo from the folder given by Mr Martin , and search from online for the skin and hair as the reference. And below shown that I choose Rihanna as my reference for the hair and skin colour.

Fig 3.7 B&W Portrait and Reference

Fig 3.8 Masking & Layer Masks


Fig 3.9 Adding Contours

Fig 4.0 Contour and Highlights Guides

Not only in doing masking , I decided to experiment to give some contour to enhance the facial bone structure to the portrait.  I use the brush tool and choosing the colour that slightly darker than the skin.

Fig 4.1 Adjusting in Hue/ Saturation

After the contour , I decided the correcting the colour again to achieve a balance between the skin colour and also with the contour. Not only that I also apply some "make-up" in eye shadow and brows to give as the final touch-up.

Fig 4.2 Adding Make-up

FINAL OUTCOME

Fig 4.3 Final Outcome in Recolouring

Fig 4.4 Before And After 

PROJECT 2B  PART 2

DOUBLE EXPOSURE

Fig 5.0 Reference Images

Fig 5.1 "Me,Myself And I" poster in JPG

PROJECT 2C 

CONCEPTUAL PRODUCT PHOTOSHOOT

1. MOODBOARD

Fig 6.0 Moodboard / Inspiration

The idea from the moodboard some "magic" that won't exist in real life, it is so beautiful and aesthetically pleasin. I also love the idea of surreal ice-cream that has a hint of message to it, and not forgot about to "be creative" with the little things in life . Think of an idea where I can changing the shapes , colours or packaging to make it more creative.

2. SKETCHES / IDEA 

Fig 6.1 Sketches and Ideas 

Here's some rough sketches with ideas. I decided to try on Idea 3 by changing the pizza to medicine.

3.SHOOTING & LIGHTNING TECHNIQUES

Fig 7.0 Lightning techniques #1

Fig 7.1 Lightning techniques in product photography

One light should be 45 degrees behind the product, and the other 45 degrees in front of it on the opposite corner. Ensure that the lights are up high and pointing downward, but at the subject. This will reduce the length of your shadows. Make the backlight slightly brighter than the front.

4.EDITING & POST PRODUCTION

Fig 8.0 Progress in Photoshop

Fig 8.1 Create a mask for the pills

Fig 8.2 Adding PS and AI logo to the pills

Fig 8.3 Correcting the brightness with curves tool

Fig 8.4 Adding shadow and texts

Fig 8.5 Shadows and changing background colour

5.FINAL OUTCOME

Fig 8.6 "Daily Drugs for Designer" poster in JPG

Adobe Capsule - The designer's everyday medicine. Can designers be creative every day? A question to myself. I guess it's possible, but being creative every day can be exhausting and potentially exhausting in the end. Hopefully there’s a pill can be developed to strike the right balance between creativity and execution. Too much creativity is exhausting. Too much execution is numbing yet creativity is the drug I can't live without.

REFLECTIONS

Defiantly I can feel the improvement the skills and used to it with the shortcut keys in photoshop too.

I love and enjoy every progress within the exercises and project 2ABC with its final outcome. Love the part especially exploring around with different tools and implied them into the task.