I printed out some of my photos from Hamptonne [using a mix of buildings, portraits and objects] along with a couple of my still life images in order to attempt to create some photomontages by hand. I made sure to use well lit photos that weren’t too big so the images wouldn’t overpower each other when being arranged with each other along whilst thinking of ways that the photos could be combined together.

After printing my images, I started to cut out different sections of them and placed them on top of one another in different places and angles, photographing whenever I moved a photo. I made sure to vary the images I placed with one another to ensure I used all my photos at least once and could get as many different montages as I could.

For Example:

Once I was happy with the quality and the amount of images I had, I uploaded them all onto the computer so I could make some small edits to improve them further i.e: increase contrast, saturation etc.

My Final Images

When enhancing my images I mainly focused on sharpening them and increasing the contrast in order to improve the quality of the images along with cropping out any unnecessary details in the background i.e: the edge of the paper .

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I enhanced this image by cropping the image to eliminate the background as it was unnecessary then increased the brightness and saturation so the details in the bottom layer could easily be seen. Finally, I used the burn tool to darken and exaggerate the edges along the top layer.

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For this image, I cropped out the background and increased the contrast so the creases in the paper were more prominent. After that, I subtly desaturated the colours in and increased the highlights slightly in order to draw more attention towards the darker areas of the photo, therefore accentuating the shadows.