FUTURE / PRESENT / PAST

FUTURO / PRESENTE / PASADO

by Lauren @c0ricap

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Introduction

FUTURE / PRESENT / PAST

This project is a creative self-portrait intended to visually represent a reflection that arose during a morning walk and speaks to a conversation between the past and the future and the present.

PAST: I am you from a moment ago, I build you and you build me with each memory accumulated in your memory.
I remember all your experiences, no matter how pleasant or unpleasant they were. I know your battles, but also your victories.
Dear PRESENT, you are free to repeat patterns or dare to rediscover those forgotten dreams...
The choice is yours.

FUTURE: I am your non-existent self, I live in your imagination, I adopt different versions of you, but none of them is definitive.
Dear PRESENT, I am here to help you visualize the version you choose, you build me with every decision you make.

When you feel lost ask yourself: Does this behavior, this action help me become the kind of person I would like to BE?

Materials

• Adobe Photoshop (core software) The primary tool for compositing, manipulating, and editing images. It is specifically used for layers, masks, color adjustments, and effects to achieve the desired dreamlike aesthetic.

• Collections of images taken from Pinterest for reference collages.
• Sony a7 iii camera
• Tripod
• White background (one wall)

STEP 1: PLANNING AND SKETCHING

• I searched for reference images that could reflect a relationship between present, past, and future.
• Select the image that best worked to give the feeling of a conversation between the characters.
• I made a digital sketch in Photoshop, I just duplicated a character, rotated it horizontally and used a mask to clean up the image to eliminate the elements I didn't need.
• With the sketch finished, it's time for the photoshoot.

PASO 2 : FOTOSHOOTING

• With the help of a white background, in this case a simple white wall with natural light, I set the camera with the timer and take enough photos with different poses, based on the digital sketch I made previously.
• Once I'm satisfied with the result of the photos, I download them to the computer and make a selection of the best photos.
• I make an initial photomontage to see if I'm on the right track and if so, I begin editing.

STEP 3: EDIT 1 CROPPING IMAGES AND FIRST EFFECTS

• Cut out the central figure that represents the present and save it with a transparent background.

• The figure on the left that represents the future
◦ Apply a Motion Blur filter to half of the image
◦ Crop half of the image so that the intersection with the center image is cleaner and save it with a transparent background.

STEP 4: EDIT 2 BASE OF THE COMPOSITION, LAYERS AND MASKS

• In a new project with dimensions of 6000 X 4000 pixels paste the central image (present) previously edited
• I added the figure that represents the future
• Duplicate the previous image (the future) and rotate it horizontally and it is the one that represents the past
• I added a mask to the central figure and removed part of the back
• I added a new background layer copying the color of the model's shirt
• Duplicate the layers of the side figures and retouch lights and shadows using masks.
• Save the edited image and at this point it is almost ready and it is time for the final touches.