I have been experimenting a bit too much lately with PhotoShop. Maybe it’s due to my frustration not being able to come up with stronger shots straight from the camera. Or, maybe it’s because my imagination likes the potential creative outcome when using the photographic matter like a sculptor may use clay for creating volumes and artistic forms. One may dispute the authenticity and legitimacy of such photographic arrangements, and their place in the traditional discipline of photography. I welcome and find this debate useful and even necessary.
To me, this is part of my discipline of fun, and I will continue to explore the different avenues that the photographic world offers.
The composition below (at the end of this blog entry) was made using two original photos: one seagull -used as a background- and one overlay from a pair of baskets I found hanging by the laces on an electric wire.
Image source – background
Nikon D50 • Nikkor 80-200mm • 155mm • 1/1000s • f/5.0
5.9.2006 7:04PM
Image source – Overlay
Nikon D50 • Nikkor 80-200mm • 200mm • 1/2500s (ev -0.67) • f/5.0
4.23.2007 5:37PM
I first isolated the objects from their default background:
And created a new background to host the shoe, the bird, and the text:
The objects are then overlaid with a drop shadow. The text is a Neuropol font face with a drop shadow and a black-to-white overlay gradient to give a 3D-ish and reflective effect.
Here is the final image:
Final image: “Sorry, wrong size”