Digital Photography and Imaging : Week 7

03/11/2025 - 09/11/2025 (Week 7)

Chan Xin Yean, 0377851

Digital Photography and Imaging

Task 2B : Conceptual Photo Manipulation



LECTURE

This week is consultation week, so lectures and tutorials were held for giving feedback and answering questions if any. In the lecture however, teacher did show us previous student work to give us an idea of how we could continue on with our task. 

Figure 1.0 Screenshot of online lecture, Week 7 (04/11/2025)

INSTRUCTIONS

We need to create 1 photo manipulation by combining 2 (or more) photos. All photos used needs to be our own photography. 

Research: 10 marks
Shooting Techniques: 5 marks
Lighting Techniques: 5 marks
Editing & Post production: 10 marks
Total marks : 30%

Submission: Week 9 (Due : 23/11/2025)

PROCESS WORK

I proceeded with the photo shooting of the lint roll & speaker idea based on the feedback teacher gave. I had a simple setup as I just taped a white mahjong paper to a movable shelf I had and placed a cardboard box on the bottom of the mahjong paper to act as a base. I also used the phone stand I had and used the living room lights and covered one light with paper to dim the strong lighting.

Figure 2.0 Setup of photoshoot, Week 7 ( 08/11/2025)

When taking the photos using my phone, I tweaked the exposure of my camera to be higher ( +1.3). I started with the lint roller.

Figure 2.1 First attempt at photographing lint roll, Week 7 (08/11/2025)

In the first attempt I laid the lint roll flat on the surface and I realised that I couldn't see much if the angle is eye levelled. So, I adjusted the the angle to be from the top and I didn't really liked the outcome as there was a awkward white line on the background. Besides, if the roll was switched to the speaker, the speaker wouldn't be evident in this angle. 

So, I tied a white thread to the lint roll and lifted it to photograph it in a eye level angle instead. I also tried flash to see the effect of it,

Figure 2.2 Tied lint roll with flash, Week 7 (08/11/2025)

Although the angle was good, I didn't like how the flash made the photo yellowish and darker on the background. So, in the end I just took one with the camera exposure increased and also took the photo for the speaker too.

Figure 2.3 Photograph of tied lint roll with plain background, Week 7 (08/11/2025)

Figure 2.4 Photograph of speaker with plain background, Week 7 (08/11/2025)

After that, I tried to add texture to the photo using fabric that I had in my house first by adding a plain gray mat to the base.

Figure 2.5 Photograph of both lint roll and speaker with gray mat, Week 7 (08/11/2025)

Then, I tried another base that was more striking by using a orange fabric.

Figure 2.6 Photograph of both lint roll and speaker with orange fabric, Week 7 (08/11/2025)


FEEDBACK

From the feedback in tutorial session (05/11/2025), Mr. Fitri suggested me to choose the lint roll & speaker or tennis ball & lemon ideas from the sketch. 

REFLECTION

For this week, I had to apply the knowledge of last week when photographing the products. I learned how to use lighting I had and experiment with different background textures to create appealing looking pictures. In addition, I gained composition skills from tweaking the angles of the objects and even the fabrics. Besides, it was interesting to view all the minor changes in details if the lighting or angle was changed. It was overall a fun process. 

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