#creative imaging

A typography project from college, on the subject of words.  If you do not speak up and use your words, now, to defend yourself and those around you, there will come a time when you need to speak, and you cannot, because your words will be taken away.

My double exposure that I created using Affinity Photo as part of my creative imaging techniques class. I watched a YouTube tutorial to help me achieve this image. I really enjoyed producing this image and would like to experiment further with the double exposure technique and learn to add multiple images in one. Model: @jackrossphotographync1a

To create a blue toned image without using darkroom toning chemicals I opened up a previous landscape I had shot in my spare time and changed my adjustments layer to black and white to remove any colour from the previous image. I then applied a colour balance adjustment layer to change my image to a fully blue toned print.

I created this textured image using Affinity photo. I overlayed a textured google image by dragging and dropping the image on top of my current photo to cover the entire canvas. I then selected the overlayed image and changed the blend mode from normal to multiply as this was the best-suited blend for my image. Afterwards, I added a new mask layer to finish my layer and allowed me to change personal adjustments.

To do this I previously developed and produced a black and white print in the college darkroom. I then placed the print into a tray with running water for roughly 5-10 minutes to prep the image for toning. Once the image was rinsed I placed it into the chemical bleach mix for 10 minute’s as I wanted my image to have a darker contrast. I then replaced the paper into the wash for a further 20-30 minutes to remove the excess blue toner and left my print to dry. I very pleased with the results.

Distortion Technique To create this image I previously edited a multiple exposure technique to the image to give the image a more interesting perspective. I then opened the image up in Photoshop to be distorted as part of my block 3 creative imaging task. I went to the filter menu where the liquefier tool was placed and clicked it to begin moulding the background together with the provided settings. I wanted to keep the inner parts of the body normal with a thin distorted layer around the edges of my model to keep the image interesting rather than blending it together.

For my creative imaging class, we were given a brief which involved shooting various camera and editing techniques. One of these techniques was a double exposure. I was excited to be trying something completely different from my previous classes as this particular technique has helped improve my editing skills much faster. I find editing my images rather amusing as I can alter them however I please.  For my first ever double exposure, I had no issues producing this Photoshopped image as the editing process was simple and straightforward to follow as I had used a step by step YouTube tutorial to guide me along the way. I found that the tutorial and searching images for double exposures on Google have inspired me greatly as I enjoy creating this specific technique and I would like to experiment further in future. I am pleased with the final results of my image as the birds passing through my model gives a sense of freedom and portrays a blue calming atmosphere. Although if I were to change anything about my image it would be to possibly add more birds of various sizes flying throughout the model in different areas rather than all in the same line as each other. I would also perhaps like to add a more interesting background rather than a grey one as it gives the image a rather dull look.