FINAL DESIGN 1
I am merging the ideas from Still Life photographer, Jenny Van Sommers with Harold Feinstein inspired flower photos. I have taken a more creative approach by merging both photographers and presenting this work as many individual pieces rather than one final piece. I have decided to merge images of flowers into images of different perfume bottles using Adobe Photoshop. Creating pieces digitally will display my final ideas clearly and presentably as my aim is to produce high quality, professional images which I believe editing digitally will enable me to do so.
Original photographs taken to use for my final design:
I have taken several different types of photos of three different perfumes. I chose four different coloured backgrounds: a mixed background, white and black, an all white background, an all black background and a wooden background. I used a black shawl to help achieve a dark background, white photo paper to achieve a glossy, white finish and the back of a coaster to achieve a wooden effect. I decided to do various backgrounds to see which background created more focus for the main object that was starring. I also took many pictures on different types of flowers. I captured vibrant flowers, lighter coloured flowers, darker coloured flowers and natural flowers. These were easy to capture, and with different types of flowers I am able to assign each type with a perfume (that has a different coloured background) that can easily merge into each other. I will layer the lighter flowers with the lighter-coloured perfume (that has a lighter background) and the darker flowers with the dark-coloured perfumes (that have a darker background.) The shade of the perfume would also depend on the colour behind it as this would be visible enough to appear. To take the pictures of the perfume bottles, I used the seat of a chair for the black backdrop and a black shawl for the bottles to stand on and vice versa, (I can easily edit these areas to make it look as professional as possible) to create this all black background effect. However, with other photos I opted for a white background and for this I used photo paper to create a sleek and shiny effect. To produce a wooden setting, I used the back of a coaster and was satisfied with the outcome.
DESIGN IDEAS
For my first piece, I used mixed, white and black background, with the perfume centre. I cropped the sides for it to appear more symmetrical. I edited the photo separately, by increasing the contrast, saturation and decreasing the brightness and shadows giving it a more proficient finish. After this, I began editing my second photo, by cropping the image for it to appear shorter and only having the flower focused. I merged the image on to the perfume bottle, without editing, as it merged easily into the bottle. Once it was correctly positioned, at the centre of the bottle, I used the layers effect and changed the mode until I thought it was merged well. To conclude, I edited the final picture once more, increasing vibrancy and sharpness
For my second piece, I chose the perfume that had a black background with bright pink roses to make the perfume stand out more. I chose a dark background as I believe it makes the perfume more defined. I began by cropping the image to make it straight rather than at an angle. I then edited the perfume separately to bring more contrast, vibrancy and creating a more professional look, by using the adjustments section in Adobe Photoshop. After this, I edited the pink roses separately too, by reducing the brightness and vibrancy so it could transition easily into the perfume bottle. When I finished editing my starting photos, I used the quick selection tool (in Adobe Photoshop CC 2015) and cut out a portion of the roses, and began to move the roses on to the centre of the perfume bottle. The roses were positioned ideally in the centre of the bottle. In addition to this, I used the layering edit on the right hand side, and changed the mode to see which would be suitable to merge into the perfume to create the final edit.
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For my fifth piece, I chose a full white background and placed my perfume bottle in the centre. I began by cropping the sides of the photo to keep it in line, and to make sure the bottle was completely in centre. I edited the photo first, adding contrast, saturation, decreasing brightness and increasing shadows to create a more proficient finish. I applied these effects using the adjustments section at the top of the screen. This certainly balanced out the photo more, giving it a more sharpened, defined look. After editing the main background, I used the quick selection tool and cut out the main flower, picked it up and dropped it on top of the perfume in the bottom left hand corner of the bottle. In addition to this, I used the quick selection tool, cut out the daisies and dropped them on top of the perfume in the top right hand corner of the bottle. To finalise, I used the layer effect and changed the mode to find the most suitable effect that would softly merge the images together. I did not edit the flower pictures beforehand, as they layered easily together and was satisfied enough with the outcome.
FINAL IDEA:
For my final piece I chose three suitable perfume bottles from my design ideas that worked well with one another. I positioned these as a collage, with three of the images I had chose. I layered these against each other using Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 to create a collage. I slightly altered the contrast and brightness on each separate image in order for the images to appear well blended without any harsh visible lines between them that would usually create a stark contrast. In order for me to improve on my final piece, I could further adapt on the collage idea by creating an extra set of images of other types of perfume bottles and include them as one final collage. By taking more original photos and creating the edit of the flowers being situated within the bottle, this would give me a range of different types of edits to choose from without being limited.