Aubrey
The two photos I combined are a photo of the beach at Pierce's Beach in Somerset and a studio portrait of Aubrey. The photos relate conceptually because of the peaceful nature and serenity of both of the pictures. Aubrey appears to be gazing out into the distance of the beach and pondering thoughts that are in her head. The images relate compositionally as the negative space is the water surrounding Aubrey and the positive space is Aubrey's figure. In addition, the landscape in the distance at the top of the photo overlaps with her head. Also, the water clearly overlaps throughout her entire face. In order to merge the layers to create a unified image, I altered the opacity as well as darkened the image by layer blending. In a way, I believe the double exposure conveys the beauty of nature as well as a dream. The person is in a calm, peaceful place with the water completely surrounding her and in a sense of a mesmerizing dream. To improve my composition, I would have the landscape be above her head instead of in it I believe.