Digital Photography and Imaging : Project 1

Week 1 - Week 5 : 23 Oct 2021 - 26 Sept 2021

Tan Yi Yun
0345559
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Group A (Mr. Fauzi)
Project 1


INSTRUCTION




Project 1A : Physical Collage

Click on this link to view my entire process :

Figure 1.1, Final submission - Physical collage, Week 5 (20/9/2021)

Project 1B : Digital Collage

Figure 1.2, Final submission - Digital collage, Week 5 (20/9/2021)


FEEDBACK

Week 2 :

For Project 1A, Mr. Fauzi suggested to choose pre-composition 2 (from Concept B) as the final composition. I agreed that because it is rich in content and balance, also obeying the Rule of Thirds.

Week 3 :

For Project 1B pre-compositions, Mr. Fauzi said my second composition is the best out of these 3 compositions.

Week 4 :

Initially, sir suggested me to use Week 3 exercise as submission.

I think it is because I slightly over-editing the images. All of my tryouts is either too orange or too magenta. So in my 4th attempt, I decreased the value of adjustments and asked sir to review during the live class. He agreed that my 4th attempt is much better than the previous one, and approved it as my final submission.


REFLECTION

For the physical collage, it was interesting to play around with the spontaneous elements I found. It feels got to pick up scissor and glue, and enjoyed the process of cutting and pasting. It might be the reason why I had extra series for this project. I just felt relaxed when I was dealing with physical items. 

In project 1B, I get to use different tools in Photoshop to edit images. Similar to Project 1A, I applied the knowledge in compositions. It was a bit challenging at first as the images given are random and do not have much relation. But at the end I managed to produce some interesting layouts and applied colour adjustments. I also learnt that I should be more careful in colour editing. I made some mistakes by tuning the images to much, either too orange or too magenta. I immediately fixed the problem and the end product is better than my previous tryouts. 

Overall, I have learnt about some composition techniques, which are the rule of thirds and golden ratio. Also, I am more familiar with the tools in Photoshop after completing this project.