Nature Self-Portrait
Double exposure self-portrait. You could say I like nature.
Double exposure self-portrait. You could say I like nature.
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Location
I took this self-portrait in my room next to my window.Time
It was around 4 in the afternoon, I had finished working (not as a photographer!) and I wanted to challenge myself to learn something new. I had wanted to learn how to make a double exposure for the longest time, so I thought lets get to it! First things first, the portrait.Lighting
The sun shines through my window in the morning, so when I took this picture it was on the other side. There's a white building in front of my window, though, so the afternoon sun shining on the building reflects into my room, which gave the portrait behind this image a really cool, soft lighting.Equipment
This was taken with a Canon 70D and a 50mm 1:1.8 STM lens.Inspiration
I had wanted to make a double exposure portrait for the longest time. One day I decided to challenge myself to do so and learn some more about Photoshop.Editing
This picture took a lot of post-processing, but it was actually easier than I expected it to be. First, I selected myself and got rid of the background (it was easy because I took the shot with a mostly white background in the first place) and then created a white layer to make the background completely white with no texture. Then, I took the PNG of the tree and edited it to make it the color I wanted before dragging it onto my self-portrait. The layers, from top to bottom were the white layer, the tree, and the portrait. I changed the layer with my self-portrait to the "lighten" blending mode and then adjusted the tree with Ctrl+T to fit it in a way that looked good. Then I removed parts of the tree I didn't want in the image by selecting the selection of my self-portrait and erasing them from outside and adjusted the colors and temperature a little bit for it to pop.In my camera bag
I normally have a 25-year-old tripod, my Canon 70D, my 50mm lens, and my intervalometer.Feedback
Take the portrait with a white background, it makes it easier to select the person out. It's also easier and usually more pleasing to the eye (but that's just me) to make a double exposure of someone looking sideways.
