Double Exposed Portraits

Portrait photography is a photo taken of a person to show their personality or mood of the subject. It also can be taken of a group of people. It can relate to a profile view because it shows personality and expression. Same with silhouetting, it shows your mood you are trying to express. Portrait photography is nothing compared to a regular photo you would of taken.

To create a Double Exposure photo you first must take one or two profile photos and two background images. Next, you open up photoshop, File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack and choose your images you would like to use. Then you resize the photo to, 8.5 x 11” 300 px/in. It should be the size of a regular piece of paper. Later, you blend the photos by clicking, D-Click Layer > Blend Mode > Screen. Lastly, to make your portrait creative you can click, Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Explore.
There you go! Thats how you create a double exposure picture in photoshop! Double exposure portraits are really fun to make! Its pretty fun blending not only the background photos but also your profile you took!

In my double portraits I used pictures of : lights, flowers, leaves and the ocean. In my first example I used flowers and leaves. I used those photos to symbolize me because I really like nature and how beautiful the leaves and flowers looked. For my second example I used a photo of the ocean and another photo of lights. I used those photos to symbolize me because I am a light person and I am always happy and joyful. Also , I used the ocean to symbolize me because I really like to swim in the ocean. I think my quality of work could've improved by taking another ocean picture because it looks a little pixelated.

HDR Photography

High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI or HDR) is a set of techniques used in imaging and photography to reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than possible using standard digital imaging or photographic techniques. HDR is used to add more dynamic range to photographs, where dynamic range is the ratio of light to dark in a photograph. What I like about HDR Photography is that it exposes the little details and makes the photo "POP"!

To create a HDR photo you will need a digital camera for the exposure bottoms. Next you will need to find a great view of something, somewhere or someone. Then you will press the plus (+) and minus (-), button and that will show the different exposure numbers, usually from a negative number to a positive number. Then, take seven photos with seven different exposure numbers so you can see the difference between the light and dark photos.

HDR Photography is way different from automatic HDR functions. Automatic HDR isn't clear enough and it might not be the way you want it to look. Also, it makes it less exposed which means LESS DETAILS. With HDR photography it gives you a choice between how light or dark you want it and it exposes it more to show more details.