Project 6: Multiple Image Techniques

Project 6: 

For Project 6, we had to edit pictures in order to create panorama, HDR, and multiple exposure photographs. 

Panoramas:

I took this photo when driving back from OHSU--I saw the city skyline, told my mom to slow down, and went through the moon roof to take pictures for this panorama. I liked the result, so I stitched it together in Photoshop and lowered the exposure, fiddled with the curves, and cropped it.

I actually took this photo during spring break of last year. We were at an overlook in Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah and even today I really love the colors and the wildness of the setting. When editing this panorama after I stitched it together in Photoshop, I played around with the curves, took down the whites, and increased the shadows to add contrast. 

HDR:

I tried to take many HDR photographs, but most of my attempts never came to fruition. This one was the only successful one. I liked the lines in the photographs and the line of the construction crane, so once I combined the photos in Photoshop, I cropped it to maintain those lines and increased the contrast and the vibrancy.

Multiple Exposure: 

This is a spontaneous multiple exposure I did when I saw a lot of identical benches on a walking field trip, some of which had people sitting on them. I thought up a concept and blended the pictures in Photoshop, then adjusted the exposure of each of the pictures and changed the way they blended from "screen" to "overlay" to maintain the colors. 

I particularly liked this multiple exposure because of the mood. This one is pretty simple: two pictures of two of my favorite beaches--Dungeness Spit and Rockaway. When I blended them, the rocks at Rockaway beach looked ghostly and faded with the other picture, and I really liked that effect. Other than combining them in Photoshop, I adjusted the curves and the exposure of each.

This final multiple exposure is one that I wish I could have taken more pictures of if I had more time. The final product is the result of two pictures of the same location at different times. When I combined them in Photoshop and brought up the vibrancy so that the colors stood out, as well as adjusting the exposure and the curves, and then I cropped it. I wish that I had a few more pictures I could have added, but I like the end result.

The rest of the photos in this post are all extras that I took while trying to capture images for this project. I had a lot of extras I really liked (I'll save some for later projects) but I posted some of my favorites based on the value, mood, and shape.