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Here are five tips for realistic photo composites in only 90 seconds

March 25, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment

We’ve seen some stunning work created by combining photography, Photoshop and lots of imagination. But when you start compositing images, one of the greatest challenges is to make them look realistic. In this video from Advancing Your Photography, Rikard Rodin shares five tips for raising your photo composites to a new level, and all that in only 90 seconds.

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Watch how I created this highly stylized composite portrait

February 3, 2019 by Clinton lofthouse 4 Comments

I always tell everybody that with only 30 minutes of practice a day you can become a master at Photoshop, all you need to be is consistent. And I honestly believe that. Most people will probably put more time in than that, I know I did for sure! But as a bare minimum, 30 mins a day would still work.

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How I created five distinct fantasy scenes in this historic old hotel

January 26, 2019 by Clinton lofthouse Leave a Comment

Last summer I got to create a series of editorial images for Grays Court in York. The hotel is well known for its history and has won many awards. Kings and queens of England have graced that building and you can feel it when you are walking through the rooms.[Read More…]

Quick Tip: How to create electro-magnetic effect in Photoshop

January 20, 2019 by Clinton lofthouse Leave a Comment

If anyone follows me on social media you may have seen my recent image which I created from Neostock stock model resources and some background stock. Well, I thought I would create a photoshop tutorial based on this image.[Read More…]

Antti Karppinen is not your everyday illusion master

September 1, 2018 by Clinton lofthouse Leave a Comment

Antti Karppinen is an Internationally awarded commercial photographer, digital artist, photographer, retoucher and educator from Finland and he belongs to a new generation of image artisans, to whom all things are possible. In the digital era, the most powerful stories will be told in pictures.

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This photographer recreates the movie worlds you always wanted to be in

August 11, 2018 by Clinton lofthouse 12 Comments

David Byrd is the genius behind Reality Reimagined, a photography business that focusses on cosplay, fantasy, and storytelling.[Read More…]

Mario Olvera creates worlds right out of movie material

July 29, 2018 by Clinton lofthouse 1 Comment

Mario Olvera describes himself as a thirsty artist about knowledge that could fulfill my curiosity for my inner child. “I’m addicted to spending time learning new kinds of art to express myself, so I’ll be able to understand better light and form”.[Read More…]

The composite genius of Colin Anderson

July 21, 2018 by Clinton lofthouse 4 Comments

Colin Anderson is a photographer and digital artist from Austrailia. Considered a generalist, Colin’s work is stylistic, conceptual and often narrative based. A vision, that has been shared with such diverse companies as Adobe,The United States Air Force, Accor, AMP, Compaq, Dell, Discovery Channel, EMI, Esanda, Fuji,Harper Collins New York, Hayman Island Resort, Hotel Sofitel, IBM, Ingram Micro, Kodak, LG, Maxtor, Mecure Hotel, Merrill Lynch, National Geographic Channel, Newsweek, Panasonic, Penguin Books New York, Random House New York, Samsung, Sheraton, Telstra, Toshiba, Warner Bros, Universal and many more.[Read More…]

Five simple tips for epic composites

May 13, 2018 by Udi Tirosh Leave a Comment

You know how sometimes, you build a composite and it looks ok, but not great? Something just feels a little bit off-ish? Yeah, this happens to everyone! There are actually a few easy tips that can up your compositing game significantly. Robert Cornelius just shared five of those tips and they will take your composites out of the dark dimension and into Asgard. (Yup, saw the Avengers on the weekend, it was awesome!).

We did a before/after for each of the tips so you can see the impact of using each of the techniques.
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Photographer composites hours of sporting events into brilliant single photos

April 16, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 12 Comments

What would it look like if tens, hundreds, even thousands, of different moments from a sports game happened all at the same time? This is perhaps the best possible explanation of a brilliant series of images by photographer Pelle Cass. For the project titled “Crowded Fields,” he visits local college games and takes thousands of photos. He later merges them into single images, giving a chaotic and brilliant twist to sports photography.

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