Steps on a digital double exposure or (DDE)

Hello Steemers

Today I am showing you my last DDE (Digital Double Exposure)

But first, a little of history...

At the beginning in the world of analogical photography or at that time just photography, cameras were manual and use the famous negative films which allowed us to make a shot, rewind the film and shot again over the already exposed frame; That left us with an ADE or (Analogical Double Exposure)

Well... This is not a ADE but a digital double exposure photography processed with adobe photoshop, is also a good idea to create dramatics results; It took me 4 hour because I din't knew what i wanted or what she wanted.

This is a birthday present for the girl in the shot, her name is "Gabriela" (My lovely older sister)

She is pregnant with my nephew "Iker Andres" who is going to see the world by august with their own eyes.

-----The Finished Work-----

-----The Original Shot-----

A portrait shot over exposed (by mistake).

-----First Retouch-----

Basic light corrections with brightness and contrast, shadow and lighting tools.

-----Second Retouch and Edit-----

Editing that lock of hair to make it more stylized, and the shoulder to make it more subtle and feminine with clone tool. More lighting corrections.

Search for a basic silhouette image on web

-----Third Mount/Edit-----

Merged them with Soft Light merge layer tool

-----Four Mount/Edit-----

I used a background shot which a took from a macro photography of Oil, Chinese Ink and Alcohol, projecting a light from under the glass plate to give it a full frame finished work (I will post the original colorfully shot and maybe the behind the scene of this experiment in a soon post) (Be sure to follow me so you do not miss it)

Thanks for watching, appreciate if you support my work; My and my country's economy is getting worst day by day but here we are, making art to fight back!