Lightroom collection
My workflow usually stays pretty consistent throughout a project as I like to keep continuity in my images when I produce them as a series. There are a few tools which I have used to produce the outcome of my images. In the beginning, when I decided to shoot black and white, I created a preset for the tones and contrast that I could start the edit from with every image.
On some of my images, I send them to Photoshop to use the sky replacement tool which allows me to change the sky in my image. I have done this on a few of my images where I want to make the aesthetic even more simple. I think that the negative space that a single toned sky creates a visual silence within the photograph which the viewer can connect with. Compared to a sky that has a lot going on in it, which can draw the attention of the viewer away from the idea of collecting silence.
Developing in the bath
My Desk and scanning set up
Towards the end of the project, I began developing my own film at home. This was a fun process and something a bit different to what I have done before. I then brought a scanner due to not being able to go into uni because of lockdown 3.0 which has opened a new way of working at home for me. This is something that I am most definitely going to use again in the future when working on projects.
Merging Images Together
There is only one image in this series that I have heavily used Photoshop to produce. I decided that I was going to merge two photographs that I had taken from two different locations. This was an experiment when I made it and I have decided to place it in my digital publication.
I cut parts of the two images out and started layering them on top of each other so that the joining line would no longer exist between the two image. I did this mainly by selecting arrears of the two photographs, copying and pasting them and then layering them on top of each other. I did also use the clone tool in areas to blend the image together evenly.
The final editing process was adjusting the sky to all be the same. Once again, I used the sky replacement tool which allows an even sky which helps merge the two photographs together.
