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Compositing and Digital Painting
Sep 10, 2015 16:48:25 #
I've seen a number of threads here on UHH regarding composites and digital painting. So I thought I'd share a bit of what I do with some of my photos.
These examples use a bit of everything: compositing, layer masks, digital painting (without using filters) and even turning day shot into night shot for a more dramatic effect. Compositing is not only done by layering many separate photos together, but also many different color layers. For instance, the hockey art I just recently completed for a client here in Nashville. It's of the Predators' goalie Pekka Rinne that he wanted as a 3'x5' flag. The original photo is one of my favorites, but it's actually of Anders Lindback. So with some compositing of photos I have of Pekka, a bunch of digital painting and 38 layers later came the finished piece.
The second one is of our buddy Ty Bates[.com] he might just be the next big country act! Anyway, the out of camera shot (left) was taken a couple of weeks ago just outside the studio a boring shot. But it's the finished product we were after. Lots of layer masks and a little digital painting.
The final shot was taken during a quick break of a music video we were working on last year. The lighting wasn't great, but the girls makeup was awesome. It was from makeup artist Laura Godwin who does the makeup for the hit show Nashville. In order to do the girls justice I needed to turn this from day to night and get that dramatic effect which I think is certainly more pleasing then the out of camera shot.
I hope you like.
These examples use a bit of everything: compositing, layer masks, digital painting (without using filters) and even turning day shot into night shot for a more dramatic effect. Compositing is not only done by layering many separate photos together, but also many different color layers. For instance, the hockey art I just recently completed for a client here in Nashville. It's of the Predators' goalie Pekka Rinne that he wanted as a 3'x5' flag. The original photo is one of my favorites, but it's actually of Anders Lindback. So with some compositing of photos I have of Pekka, a bunch of digital painting and 38 layers later came the finished piece.
The second one is of our buddy Ty Bates[.com] he might just be the next big country act! Anyway, the out of camera shot (left) was taken a couple of weeks ago just outside the studio a boring shot. But it's the finished product we were after. Lots of layer masks and a little digital painting.
The final shot was taken during a quick break of a music video we were working on last year. The lighting wasn't great, but the girls makeup was awesome. It was from makeup artist Laura Godwin who does the makeup for the hit show Nashville. In order to do the girls justice I needed to turn this from day to night and get that dramatic effect which I think is certainly more pleasing then the out of camera shot.
I hope you like.
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Sep 11, 2015 11:37:14 #
Creative and fantastic they all should love these
you make me realize how much I don't know --- and would love to learn!
you make me realize how much I don't know --- and would love to learn!
Sep 11, 2015 12:09:21 #
plessner wrote:
Creative and fantastic they all should love these
you make me realize how much I don't know --- and would love to learn!
you make me realize how much I don't know --- and would love to learn!
Thank you so much for the kind words! It's a lot of trial and error. However, it's like digital photography if you don't like something, you can just delete it and do it over again! ;-)
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Sep 11, 2015 12:09:50 #
Sep 11, 2015 12:10:51 #
erickter wrote:
Very creative. Well done. As a guitarist, I especialy like the 2nd one.
Glad you like! Guitarists are really great subjects to do some really cool stuff.
Sep 12, 2015 09:27:24 #
[quote=donolea]Your a real photo artist and this site needs members like you. Thanks for posting. David
Sep 12, 2015 12:48:36 #
[quote=Meives]
Well thanks, I appreciate that! I love doing my composite and digital painting art. I don't consider myself a great photographer, however, I think I'm pretty good at the more creative uses of Photoshop to enhance my photography.
I just wanted to create something that was pleasing to me and would set me apart from other photographers who were shooting the same thing (game, concert, et. al.) at the same time, from basically the same spot.
I'm new to this forum I just joined at the end of July. Hopefully, I can learn some new tricks and, perhaps, pass along a bit of my knowledge to others who share the same interest.
donolea wrote:
Your a real photo artist and this site needs members like you. Thanks for posting. David
Well thanks, I appreciate that! I love doing my composite and digital painting art. I don't consider myself a great photographer, however, I think I'm pretty good at the more creative uses of Photoshop to enhance my photography.
I just wanted to create something that was pleasing to me and would set me apart from other photographers who were shooting the same thing (game, concert, et. al.) at the same time, from basically the same spot.
I'm new to this forum I just joined at the end of July. Hopefully, I can learn some new tricks and, perhaps, pass along a bit of my knowledge to others who share the same interest.
Sep 12, 2015 19:30:03 #
donolea wrote:
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great shots, well done :-D :thumbup:
Sep 12, 2015 20:12:15 #
donolea wrote:
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Love them all fantastic work!
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