Double Exposure Final
Overview:This image is my personal rendition of the previously posted double exposure lesson. Using a portrait image of myself taken by Lucas Russell I created the above image. Instead of a nature scene I used the New York City skyline. This image was more for a practice without pre-made stock images rather than meaning and theme.
Process: The process for making this image was slightly more complex than the Double Exposure Exploration. The first step was taking my own portrait which was done with the assistance of my brother. The most challenge piece of that step was achieving a studio lighting effect so I was evenly illuminated, the sub par success of this is displayed in the shadow around the left eye. Once in Photoshop I created a layer w/ layer mask of the original image. Next I placed the desaturated New York City skyline image over the layer w/ layer mask and created a clipping mask so it fit within the shape of the head. Once this was done I copied the portrait layer and put it above the skyline layer, desaturated it as well, and changed the blending mode to screen to achieve the double exposure effect. Finally I used a grey brush and painted over the top and bottom of the the image so that the skyline extended into empty space. In addition to this I painted the face using a dark colored brush in order to clean up the detail and make the city layer less apparent.
For the future: The greatest flaw in the image is that there is a distinct lack of flow between the skyline and the face. This was a result of the static line where the city meets the water. This made it hard for the face, one of the darkest parts of the image, to blend with the water which was the lightest part of the image. In the future I would use something with less of a defined edge, such as a forest or alpine scene. This would allow it to be more apparent in the neck and forehead area so there would be less of an abrupt change from scene to face.
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