Photoshoot 2: Development and experimentation

After editing:

For this photoshoot, I am going to edit the subject’s faces together to create a sense of unity through the females and their similar or unique facial features.

Photoshop edit processes:

Edit 1:

I used Adobe Photoshop to edit all of my photos.

The photos I will use for my first edit:

First of all, I selected the subject on both individual images and right clicked to choose ‘layer via copy’.

Then, I transferred the copied layers over onto a new, blank document in Photoshop and experimented with a few different layouts.

But I preferred this one the most:

Onto the final image I will use for this edit:

I repeated the steps from before for this image also. I selected the subject and right clicked ‘layer via copy’.

Then, I transferred this image onto the same document as the other two portrait photos and made it smaller to fit behind the subject’s heads.

I liked this layout so I decided to experiment with different opacity’s and filters for the background image.

I also noticed the harsh line from where the image stopped, so I used the eraser tool to smooth and lighten the blunt edge.

Final outcome:

Edit 2:

For this edit, I used the same subject but three different angles of her head where she is looking in opposite directions, so that I can merge the images together.

The photos I will be using:

I selected the subject for all 3 images and transferred them onto a blank new document.

I then experimented with the layout of the images and once I finalised the layout, I decreased the opacity of the background images.

Final outcome:

Edit 3:

For this edit, I wanted to incorporate hands to merge with faces. Therefore, in the studio I took a few photos of different hand shapes which I thought would be useful to edit onto the subject’s face.

The photos I will be using:

Firstly, I kept the image of the subject’s face (the background image) the same, as I did not need to transfer the photo onto a new document.

I then selected the hands using the quick selection tool. Finally, I transferred them onto the image of the subject’s face where I continued to experiment with the layout and opacity.