Digital Processing through Adobe Photoshop:
Rather than using chemical processing that can be very time consuming and messy to achieve wanted results, Photoshop allows experimentation through a digital form of processing, including, but not limited to compositing, cropping, burnishing, solarization, posterization, texturizing, etc. The results of which provide an immediacy to your actions and removes the step of having to make a print at each step.
Composite Photo:
A composite Photo is made by combining two or more photos.
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To achieve this result a few steps are necessary. 1) Photos must be made the same image size. 2) A 'mask' must be made of image to be transfered. This mask is the result of making a selection of of the area of the photograph to be retained and placing it on top of the other image.