Digital Photography and Imaging : Week 8

10/11/2025 - 16/11/2025 (Week 8)

Chan Xin Yean, 0377851

Digital Photography and Imaging

Task 2B : Conceptual Photo Manipulation 



LECTURE

There were no lecture or tutorials on week 8 as it was a self-directed learning week.

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

In this week, I started editing the pictures I've took last week. From the 3 different background, I chose the one with gray mat as the base as I thought it was interesting and it didn't take the attention away from the object itself.

Figure 1.0 Chosen background to continue for editing, Week 8 (16/11/2025)

Using the speaker as the base picture for the whole photo manipulation exercise, I edited the brightness and contrast of the picture to have a brighter background.

Figure 1.1 Screenshot of editing the brightness of the picture, Week 8 (16/11/2025)

After that, I masked the handle of the lint roller and added it to the speaker.

Figure 1.2 Screenshot of masking the handle of lint roller, Week 8 (16/11/2025)

Figure 1.3 Attached the handle of lint roller to speaker ( combination Ver. 1), Week 8 (16/11/2025)

Looking at the outcome, I decided to try different ways to combine the two objects as I thought maybe there could be better choices. Firstly, I thought of using the body of the lint roller and substitute the hole of the roller to the speaker. I also added the SONY logo to the lint roller too. But it looked weirder than I thought it would.

Figure 1.4 Combination Ver. 2, Week 8 (16/11/2025)

Then I tried to replace only the body with the speaker while still using the hole of the lint roller. I also added the arrow from the lint roller to the speaker. Although this looked better than version 2, but it made the speaker very unnoticeable.

Figure 1.5 Combination Ver. 3, Week 8 (16/11/2025)

In the end, I chose the 1st version to continue for editing.Then, I added the shadow of the handle to the background and used gaussian blur to make it appear natural.

Figure 1.6 Adding shadow to the chosen combination, Week 8 (16/11/2025) 

Figure 1.7 Photo with shadow added, Week 8 (16/11/2025)

For week 8 I stopped till here and decided to do the further editing in week 9.

FEEDBACK

After sending the photographs I previously took on week 7 to teacher, he approved and said that I could continue on with the editing process.

REFLECTION

For this week, I didn't do much as I was thinking of other ways to combine the 2 objects. But I learned that how different composition gives different emphasis on the 2 objects. It was also interesting to see how replacing the round part of the speaker takes away the identity of the speaker. I was also able to apply the techniques of  removing elements in a picture, adding shadows and editing the brightness that I've learned from previous tasks. 

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