[COLLAB2] MAIN PROCESS

DEVELOPMENT 

PHOTOSHOOT 

Chapman and Natalie helped in shooting and adjusting the studio lights. Chapman was the main photographer and Natalie was in charge of the close-up shots. They assisted throughout the shooting. We tried out different angles of lighting and shooting, and tried making use of props like the red rope and sitting cube. 

IMAGE MANIPULATION 

Around 20 were chosen in the 400 raw images. I then adjusted the lights and colours of each images to make the features of the model and the red rope pop out more from the background. Some parts of the background are then being erased with the magic wand function. Sonja’s drawings are then being placed on the underlying layer to create the final outcome. The randomness of the grainy texture are exactly what I wanted and gives off a fading away feeling which ties to the concept of the fading away nature of memories.

CODING FOR WEBSITE 

I created a website as a way to showcase my work. It is an online exhibition themed nostalgia. When you press on the “click” button, the image is going to refresh and a new image will fade in, like the nature of memories, constantly fading in and fading away. At the top right corner, there is a “memories” button when you click it, you will we brought to a new tab, like small pieces of fragmented memories. There is no “home” button for audience to go back, this is to convey the idea of nostalgia, the feeling of longing for the past, but reality does not allow.