Digital Photography and Imaging - Week 5: Hearst Mansion

2023.10.26 / Week 5

Teo Mei Hui / 0358315

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

Hearst Mansion

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Lecture

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Tutorial

How you can make a DIY photography studio at home

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Practical

Part 1: Hearst Mansion with Shazam

In this exercise, we are required to edit the character Shazam into the Hearst mansion background. 

1. Crop out Shazam by using quick selection tool and paste in Hearst mansion picture.
2. Adjust Shazam's size and color for him to match the background.
3. Add shadow using brush tool and add blur effect to the shadow.
4. Add reflection of Shazam in the water with color adjustment and ripple effect.

Figure 1.1 Hearst Mansion

Figure 1.2 Shazam poster

Figure 1.3 Layers in photoshop

A total of 4 layers was created, each for a different element.

Figure 1.4 Hearst mansion with Shazam

Part 2: Hearst Mansion with my picture

The second part of the exercise is essentially the same process, but instead of Shazam, we are using our own picture.

1. Take picture of self that is eye level, and uses the right lighting technique.
2. Crop out self using quick selection tool and paste to Hearst mansion picture.
3. Adjust size and color of self to match the background.
4. Add shadow using brush tool and blur effect.
5. Add reflection in water with proper color adjustment and ripple effect.

Figure 2.1 Picture of self

Figure 2.2 Hearst mansion

Figure 2.3 Layers in photoshop

A total of 4 layers was created, each for a different element.

Figure 2.4 Hearst mansion with self