Saturday, 14 March 2009
Three's Company
Lately, I've been wondering how far a photographer should go in post-processing. While a purist would wag his finger at edited photos, I think the photographer ought to be given the freedom to decide his way of conveying the message. Photography is all about creativity of expression after all, so why follow the conventional rules?
Having convinced myself of that, I hastily set off to make the first composite photo of my own.
The theme: Me, me and me.
The conventional strict-purist approach to achieving the effect is to take a shot of multiple exposures. But, being deprived of the necessary props, I had to settle for a simpler technique. I took three separate shots and merged them into one using mask layer in Photoshop. Then the colours were tweaked to achieve a dreamy effect.
It would have turned out better if I filled up the bathtub, shampoo-ed the hair, and got a rubber ducky. But it was just so chilly in the bathroom that it didn't cross my mind. Besides, I was too impatient to process the shots and see the result. I'm glad to say it turn out well!
Now, it's time to make some space in the room and try another theme!
Kryptos
Five feet seven inches tall. A member of a carbon-based bipedal life form descended from an ape.
He believes the cosmos has grand plans for him but whatever his calling is, it has not yet been revealed to him. So in the meantime, he spends the day working as a software developer, and whatever free time that is left, reading books. He attempted reading the bible a couple of times but could not as much as finish the first chapter of Genesis. He will continue again, one day.
He loves his camera as much as he loves his books. He picked up photography when he was studying in Japan. But now that he has started working, he can no longer spend as much time for photography as he used to. He is making a small amount of side income from his hobby and hopes to spend more time shooting again.
- Angry Bunnies (5)
- Cup of Tea (20)
- Fotosop is Phun (5)
- Happy Times Together (2)
- Itchy Legs (6)
- Japanism (4)
- Jumping Beans (7)
- Mashed Potato (1)
- Message in a Bottle (1)
- Our Story (3)
- Random Inspiration (4)
- Raspberry Pi (2)
- Sandbox (2)
- Scrapbook - Beijing (1)
- Scrapbook - Japan in 11 Days (1)
- Scrapbook - Seoul in 6 Days (7)
- Shutterbug (38)
- Wallpaper (1)
- What's Cookin' (3)
- 心のさざ波 (1)
4 persons flung their shoes:
OMG that's bad porn (pun)
No porn (pun)_ intended
it's good too if the mirror reflect yourself. you will have 4 you!
cute picture. made me laugh. btw, about the massacre.. hmmph.. you really aint wearing anything huh.
koja>> i know u've been wanting to see me naked but tat's no pron. ><
kim>> ya, thought about that too but the bathroom's too small i cudn't get an angle where th reflection could be seen. and yup,l i was naked! XD hope the thought of it isn't too arousing!
Ugeh who wans to see u naked @@
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