Composite Work Diary

COMPOSITE WORK DIARY 

The theme I chose for my composite images was 'Fairies'. I decided to do this because I based my work around George Logan's concept of bringing his childhood to life in the form of wild animals in his village. I liked this idea so decided to bring to life fairies which I loved as a child. 

The first image is of my sister in a forest with wings on her back. I really like how this photo turned out as its very vibrant and fun which reflects the idea of a childhood coming to life. I decided to place my sister near the bottom on the screen so that she looks like she has landed in the forest therefore her wings are facing downward to further indicate this. To make the image I took a picture of my sister and selected it to place it onto a forest background. When she was placed where i wanted her to be I selected some angel wings, positioned and sized them so that the looked like they belonged on her. I think this combination of placements and sizes makes the photo look quite realistic which I really like. 

This is my second composite image playing on the idea of fairies brought to life. This image is of my sister sitting on a flower with the same wings on her back. I like this photo as it makes her appear small like a fairy due to the size of the flower compared to her body. When taking the image I asked my sister to smile to show a softness to her expression which appears friendly and caring, like you would expect a fairy to be. This soft smile brings happiness to the photo and makes it look like something from a children's book. To make this composite photo I done it the same way as the image above but this time with a flower instead of the forest background, when I had my sister placed on the flower and sized well I added in the wings. I then decided to change the photo to black and white to make all of the colours tie together and look more blended.