Image manipulation - Irene

Image manipulation using Photoshop 

 

 

 

I have been experimenting with image manipulation using Photoshop and  trying out different tools and technique to produce manipulated images , that although they look surreal and not what the natural eye would see still blend together to make one image instead of several small one (e.g. collage) . 

 

The main tools that used to create my image was the pen tool I used this so that I could practice cutting images out because this I think is one of the most useful tool when doing this kind of work. when picking the images to use for this I was looking for them to have lighting that would blend well together because I didn't want them to all clash with other with light coming in from different angles. I used several blending modes and changed levels and opacity on images to get help blend the light from each image into each and how the light was hitting the images and creating shadows etc.

I think this working quiet well but when doing this again I would like to use more of my own images because then I can control the light rather than using stock images or poor quality images from search engines. I also think this would produce a better quality image.

I also used the warp tool on the tall building to stretch them out and look like the getting taller and taller stretching towards the sky which then made my subject look even bigger.

When planning and creating this image I didn't have a set plan or an idea I just wanted to base I surreal type image around the image I had of my nephew , this image was brightly lit from the front using a flash so this then blended in well with the bright lights flashing from the lighting back ground that then blends to look light its bighting the whole image.  

 

overall I think that the individual images in this blend well together get make one image and this was a good practice at basic photo manipulation .  next time I will practice more of the basic skills but also look into the more advanced side of photo manipulation. this is something I think I would like to use in my final piece because I think this would link well with the surreal abstract images that I want to produce using the human form.  I will research this future in later posts.