Hustlin Composites

A deliverable for one of my photoshop classes, was creating a composite.  This consisted of taking a photograph of an "environment", shooting something in the studio using the same lighting as the environment, and then putting them together so you have minimal post-production work to do.

"Environment" shot - one night, I decided to walk down Baltimore Street where the strip clubs are

Studio shot - attempting to replicate the light from the environment shot

Final Composite - the hardest part was the mask, but after that just threw on a curves layer and made a soft shadow

My Highly Dynamic Backyard

As a 4 year resident of Federal Hill in Baltimore, Maryland, Inner Harbor has lost its luster since I now consider myself more of a local.  In fact, I usually avoid Inner Harbor at all costs, unless something really cool is going on (Anime Convention people watching, anyone? :-P).  With the help of HDR, though, Inner Harbor looks like a place I'd reconsider frequenting.

This photo (which is better seen on my Flickr Page) is a panorama of four different HDR shots.  Each of the four were processed for HDR in Photoshop, then each were rendered and edited in Photomatix Pro, and then the four Photomatix Pro files were merged together.

PS I Deliverables

Before

Caption

Before

After

Cloning Practice

Before and afters