Digital Photography and Imaging - Project 1

2023.10.26 / Week 5

Teo Mei Hui / 0358315

Digital Imaging and Photography / Bachelor of Design (Honors) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

PROJECT 1: Collage and Digital Imaging

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INSTRUCTIONS

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PART 1A

Physical Collage (5 marks)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Step 1: 

1. Cut out design elements
2. Explore and search for any interesting graphics from old magazines or any printed materials.
3. Cut the shapes of pictures that you are choosing.
4. Repeat the steps to collect your cut out design elements.

Step 2: Pre-compositing 

1.  Find an interesting background canvas
2.  Start compositing the cut out design elements
3.  Play around with the composition and layer arrangement.

Step 3: Final composition 

1. Once you’re satisfied with your pre-compositing, start glueing the cut out based on the layer by layer arrangements.
2. Document your work in progress on each step and upload it to your E-Portfolio blogs for the weekly contents update. 
3. Take photo of your collage and insert on the submission section below:

SUBMISSION:

Digital Collage (5 marks)

Refer to this video tutorial:

https://youtu.be/A6ua6Fd3OWA

https://youtu.be/BlW7F-fTsbE

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Based on the video tutorial, create one digital collage using the materials provided.
2. Follow and complete the weekly progress.
3. Attach your final digital collage below.

SUBMISSION:

PART 1B

Digital Imaging Exercises (10 marks)

DIGITAL IMAGING EXERCISE 1:

1. Hearst Mansion with Shazam

2. Hearst Mansion with own photo

DIGITAL IMAGING EXERCISE 2:

1. Recoloring Black and White Photo

2. Recoloring Black and White Photo (Advanced)

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REFLECTIONS

Through this project, I was able to learn the basic principles of composition by doing physical and digital collages. It was a fun experience doing the physical collages by cutting out interesting elements from magazines and putting them together. The digital collage was a similar process but  there were less limitations as we were able to edit and resize the elements using tools in photoshop. It was a great opportunity for us to showcase our creativity and style. 

We were taught several basic skills of photoshop. For instance, I learned how to crop and insert objects from one photo into another photo, as I did with editing Shazam and myself into the Hearst Mansion photo. I also learned how to recolor black and white photos into any color I want. It was quite an enjoyable process and the outcome is satisfying as well.