composite image making

composite image making

a composite image is an image which has been assembled using different images to create one final image.

conventional photographic techniques are used to manipulate images in ways such as layering images on top of each other, changing levels, saturation and vibrance to create muted colours. theres also dodging and burning, healing pieces of photos etc.

this image shows a ladder coming out of a body of water. this is a very surreal image and could be interpreted in different ways. this photo could have connotations of freedom and escape. this is because the ladder could represent a way of getting out or escaping from the dark hole below it. this image could also represent how you get to heaven. there could be a ladder to climb rather than a staircase. it also shows how hard it is to get to heaven as it is surrounded by water which makes it difficult to access.

Uelsmann has used digital editing to create this image. he has chosen to use black and white for this image. this could be because when you put different elements together in an image, it is harder to blend colours than black and white which means its harder to make the image look as though it hasn't been edited.

for this image we as a class used the pen tool to select the duck image and pasted it into the arctic scene, we then made it transparent so that it looked as though it was buried in the snow. we then added a shadow using the dabber tool, the pen tool to create the outline and the brush tool to fill it in with the shadow we selected from the left side of the photo.

these are images i have created using photoshop and my own images in the style of jerry Ulesmann. i thing the second photo more as the tower block blends in more with the forest than it does with the lake.

to improve the image with the lake, i could've attempted to create a reflection in the water of the building to make it blend in more.