Product Composite

Originally, I prepared today’s photo for Bay Area Photo Club’s January assignment of “product shot.”  When I first saw the assignment I was not very excited.  My initial reaction was to put some product in front of two strobes and a white seamless background and then fire away until I got something I liked. 

But then, I was watching some ads during a football game and saw some really cool stuff.  So I decided to do more than just a product shot—a full ad mock-up.

Enjoy.

Dickens on the Strand #5

Today’s posting is a composite of three of the photos that I have previously posted and a photo of a poster that I took.

I do not know why I started this composite.  After looking at all my shots of Steampunk, I do know that I thought that they would make an interesting movie-type poster. 

There was not much technique to the combination.  I masked-off all of the people and sized them on the background.  I used soft light blending mode on all the people so that some of the background showed through their image.  I adjusted the opacity of each layer until I got the look that I wanted.

After I got all the people looking the way that I wanted, I decided that the poster needed something else.  I believe most people are like me and therefore, they would not know much about Steampunk. So, I decided that I should include a title.  I selected a typeface that I thought worked well with the overall poster.  Finally, I then put a black boarder around the outside of the composite.  I think  that the boarder gives the image that final touch that it needed.

Enjoy.

Remember

Today, I will depart from normal practice.  No information about the photos.  I just want to present an image that, to me, represents what this day should be to all Americans.

Have a good Memorial Day.