Scanography

One Scan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Red Apples: June 23rd, 2010; 10:00 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; Epson Scanner

2. Scattered Pencils: June 24th, 2010; 9:40 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; Epson Scanner

3. Necklace: June 24th, 2010; 9:20 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; Epson Scanner

4. Old Glass Bottles: June 24th, 2010; 9:00 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; Epson Scanner

5. Lined Pencils: June 24th, 2010; 8:48; Rexburg, ID; Epson Scanner

6. Believe Block: June 24th, 2010; 9:10; Rexburg, ID; Epson Scanner

7.Bananas: June 24th, 2010; 9:22 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; Epson Scanner

Taking a scanography photo is really quite simple once you get the hang of it. One thing that I found is that the room must be dark in order to get that beautiful black in the background. This also allows for more detail in the foreground and depth if you put something on your scanner that has more dimension. I had a hard time with flowers and greenery, but decided to just use things that were lying around my apartment instead. I think that some of them turned out really well. I am excited to see what else I can do. So, what I did was place something on my screen, leaving the screen panel up (this gives you the black) and turning off all the lights in the room. I then used the Epson settings to increase the contrast a little and make sure the exposure was correct. After that all you have to do is push scan!

 Three Scan Collage:

 

 

 

1. Pennies: June 24th, 2010; 6:57 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; Epson Scanner

2. Believe: June 24th, 2010; 8:48 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; Epson Scanner

3. Orange Ribbon; June 24th, 2010; 6:39 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; Epson Scanner

4. Edited Scan Collage; June 25th, 2010; Rexburg, ID

After I was able to get three shots that I really liked from the scanner then I was able to open them in Photoshop and put them together. I first used the move tool to bring all three photos onto the same document. Then, I overlayed them together and masked out different portions so that I could get the desired effect. In the end I really put together three different photos that really don't go together at all, however, I think that it worked out pretty well.