Two-faced

Our brief today was to take simple portrait images of our partner using any lighting setup and facial expressions wanted and then take the image chosen into photoshop and "face-mask" it.
a "face-mask" is when you cut half way down an image/face and then flip it over to either the right or left side.
this creates a symmetrical effect so that one side of the face becomes both sides of the face.
this particular technique is generally used in the model/fashion photography industry to create the "perfect" all symetrtical face. but obviosuly the model then becomes, false and people then start to admire a model that no one could achieve the look of because he/she was made digitally.

although the left and right face's don't look right, the overall experiment was helpful as my skills will expand in coming months.

the above image is my experiment with my model for the day.
although after a "face-mask" my model does not look right, from there, photographers and editors then go further by making sure the hair is in proportion and looks right with the face and then they re space the eyes so that the whole face is to a "normal" standard and is easily recognisable.
i was not able to go into that kind of editing, as this is as far as my "face-masking" skills go, but im sure as time goes on my skills and knowledge in "face-masking" and other types of advanced photoshop editing will grow and expand.