Double Exposure Portrait

For the idea of this photo, I guess I thought the concept of someone's internalized thoughts and emotions being an ever-slightly churning turmoil - represented by slightly rippling water - was kind of interesting to show. I have no idea what the pose of the portrait would mean, it was more of a decision-making moment of "What looks the best/most related to the possibility of being interesting?" Either way, I guess it didn't look half bad (hopefully).

I generally used the quick selection tool on Photoshop to select the bits I wanted, used the Layer Blending Modes and the regular Opacity and Fill amounts to cross the photographs, tried to use the Dodge Tool to brighten some of the highlights in the water (but only a little), and filled in the background with the good old Paint Bucket Tool. Not to mention the numerous times I used the Brightness/Contrast Adjustment to honestly spice the photograph up. It's probably (and possibly inexcusably) my favorite adjustment to use on Photoshop!

 

 

Self-Critique:

I kind of like how the addition of the background image of the water gave contrasting warm and cool colors depending on colors of the portrait photo - like how the red of the sweatshirt makes a softened red color when combined with the water, and the hair and skin actually give off a sort of cool color of... green?.... with the water.

 

I really wish I could have done better with the outline of the photo, as the outline of the figure is pretty edgy and possibly sharp enough to cause at least a papercut.

 

Still, I guess I'd give this photo a 16/20.

Done