Double Exposed Portraits

Portrait photography is photography of a person, and it relates to profile view and silhouetting in several ways. Profile view is the angle of which a picture is shot of a person, where they're looking, what's captured in the image, background details, etc. Silhouetting is the lighting and shadowing in an image, and both are examples of profile photography. Profile photography always has to have a profile view, and every photo has silhouetting (lighting and shadowing) in it.

Double exposure is the act of blending multiple images together to make a transparent image that shows all/both images inside of it.These images are simple to make, and very interesting to see. You can make an image like this in Photoshop by taking a picture of something, and something/several other things. Next, you take the first picture and use the dodge tool, paintbrush tool, or quick-selection tool, to make sure only the pieces that you want of the first image are there, and everything else is white. Next, you make the background white, and use the blend mode function to show everything. The final step is to alter the details of the blend mode and the images and make adjustment layers to perfect the image. You would want to use this kind of image for expression and professional photography.

Explain the symbolism in your 2 visual examples AND how your quality of work could’ve improved.

The symbolism in this picture is to shed light on what kind of a person I am. There's darkness and anger and sadness in the colors, but also a bright green flower, showing the kindness I exhibit.

The symbolism in this picture shows that I have a lot of natural calm in me, despite how I frequently act (I am very hyper sometimes). There is nothing like plants and a small wave crashing to describe serenity.

HDR Photography

What is HDR Photography, what is it used for & what do you like or dislike about it?

HDR photography is photography using (a) converged high-dynamic range photo(s). This means a photo with a lot of bright light and dark shadows, a large range of brightness and darkness. It is used to capture these images for a prettier picture with both included, and I like how good it can make certain scenes look. Using HDR at around sunset can create beautiful images and I like the function for its function.

How do you create an HDR image step-by-step? Is this different from automatic HDR functions & why?

You can create an HDR image step-by-step manually using the exposure function that most professional cameras have. Automatic HDR photos do this too, but the speed is much quicker, the effects sharper, and much less camera shake. This makes HDR pictures much easier to take, and preferable to manual.

Conclude by explaining in-depth the thought process behind at least 2 of your HDR examples.

Getting surrealism into photos was rather difficult. I  decided to take this picture because the sky looked beautiful, and its contrast with the water I believed would be very good. It allowed me to have both the bright sky and the dark, shadowed land in the same picture. I took this photo from a rock, and did my best to capture the full landscape of this area.

I took this photo because I wanted a better picture than what I previously had, and I wanted to capture Seth and the color and background behind him. I did my best to capture his shadowed face, the bright light and sky, and everything in between that. 

In this photo, I moved Seth into my landscape photo and altered him and the "Inspire" text layover behind him to provide a dreamy, philosophical mood for my assignment. I believe I did well with the photo editing and the contrast between Seth and the landscape, keeping his colors vibrant and surreal without messing up the landscape's contrast and vibrancy of its own colors.