Thursday, 12 April 2012

Photoshop Composite For Commercial Use

There are times when you need to create your image beyond the normal out of the camera view.

You may have a model on hire for your photoshoot.

And they might not want to hang around all day.

So one solution is to take that model, place them in a studio and take the shot.

Then...

...The photographer can find a suitable background and drop it in behind.

This is quite a technical skillset.

In this recent example, our client wanted a shot of a skylight, but the skylight was in the studio...

So we took the studio shot and added the roof and background.

The following image is made up of four seperate images:

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Compositing as a cost saving.

Not many companies are aware that dramatic shots can be achieved through compositing.

It takes a high level of skill to pull a good composite together in Photoshop, but when done correctly, it can create awesome images.

But the real benefit to business, is that you can get an effect, without paying for extended model booking fees.

You can take a shot in studio, then have the background added later, reducing costs in many instances.

An example of some recent compositing for our creative portfolio: