donolea wrote:
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.
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