Two quick composites
During the workshop compositing it’s always hard work for me.
The challenge I put myself up to is to do the shoot AND the composites in max 25 minutes total.
During the workshop I share not only tips and tricks for Photoshop of course (although the workshop is very heavy on retouching) but also tips on “thinking ahead for the story”, “posing” and “coaching” of the model.
This time two images with Manon, all styling by the amazing Nadine.
MY BEAUTIFUL COUSIN! 😉
Shooting for composites is easy…. Intellengently editing complicated composite shots are not. The trick I find doing composites is to find that nice equal blend of lighting, shadows, blurs and sharpness so that the subjects meld with the foto and seem as if were shot that way and not done like a cheap cut out just laid over top of an image making it look cheap or amuterish. It does take a lot of experience doing these to acheive a higher quality result. Not something you learn overnight.. professional retouchers spend years developing the talent to do these.. And it has been known that some of the top level shooters sublet their retouching out to others to finish and retouch their images… I don’t personally believe in that myself. I personally prefer to put my name only on an image that I persoanly shoot myself and see it through from snap of the button to the final step of a polished and final image. It is one thing to be a great photographer and another to be a retoucher. But when you combine both skils with an equal and competent passion. The you absolutely have the world by the butt and grow an audience that is always hungry and looking for your next work of art.