How I created my Final Project

 I began by using my DSLR and a tripod to shoot a video of myself doing different poses that I had planned. I imported the video to my phone and took pictures of the poses I liked. 

I sent the photos to my laptop and opened Photoshop.

I first made the landscape I wanted by using images I found online. It meant I had an original I could go back to if there were any mistakes.

 

I then opened up the first image of me, masked myself out and dropped myself in the landscape image. I did the same steps here for each image.

Now I had all my images for the sequence, I could start adding details, such as the moon, shadows, light, trees, and the Ladder. 

After I had blended the images and details to make it more realistic, I added the light. I used a soft brush and gently added it in and painted in the shadows. 

Next thing I did was cropping the images. I wanted to have certain crops to draw the eye to the subject more. So I changed some into a 16:9 Ratio. It made them look unique. 

I added the final touches, some contrast and blur to some details.

I then merged the layers of each image and took it into Camera RAW. C-RAW is where I edited the colours and clarity. Grain and a curve tone, Implying a mysterious feel to it.

I then imported the finished images to my OneDrive and put them on my Blogger for presentation.

Edit:

When I was editing the images, I had an idea of the perspective. Where the light would come from & shadows would end. I used a brush to add the shadows, blurred it and lowered the opacity. I added contrast to make the sunset seem believable, Which brought more vibrant colour to the images. For the sun and moon, I added a new layer and changed it to linear dodge add for a glow. Then lowered the opacity again slightly.

After these adjustments and edits. I placed some trees in the background for more perspective to give a more shallow depth of field. I added shadows to the trees and made them light. 

I then merged the layers again and put them in Camera Raw. Edit the final colours, clarity and light balance.

These are the images i used to make the sequence.

The idea for my final shoot came from a Illusionist on an old app called Vine. His name is Zach King. 

The video was of him and a friend, they had hardhats and a ladder, they were fixing up the moon and switching it on, turning it into the Sun. I liked how creative it was and I wanted to give it a go in Photoshop. 

This is the video below.

The Oregon Eclipse 2017 Explained in 23 seconds. - Bing video

There was some more Inspiration I had looked at for this idea.

From both the video and the images, they both used a ladder and the same sort of idea, Holding to Moon.