p.2 #1 · Advice - Want to recreate one photo from Lisa Holloway
Here is a silly question:
If you are a graphics designer by trade - just green screen your subject and composite with as many elements as you want from stock images. Why are you asking about the lighting and finding the right trees and the moon phases?
Just composite what you want - add an Unicorn to the finished photos if you want...
DTFagus wrote:
Hey Folks, hey Lisa,
thank you so much for your quick response!
I think you are right, I should not try to replicate this exact shot but learn from the techniques used and create my own artwork. I won't find such a great tree anyway... I will probably buy into Lisas online tutorials soon
Just a quick follow up question: This kind of panorama is also known as brenizer panorama, right?
So the main reason for stitching so many images is for the shallow DOF and I expect some resolution gain?
If I do not need that super shallow DOF I could get away with a "normal" panorama with about 3 to 5 images, right?
p.2 #3 · Advice - Want to recreate one photo from Lisa Holloway
Well, sure... I could simple photoshop my daughter into Lisas image. The point is to learn to be a better photographer. Not the resulting Image itself. I hoped I could achieve as much of the effect as possible in camera. Learn about the thought process and so on.
p.2 #4 · Advice - Want to recreate one photo from Lisa Holloway
DTFagus wrote:
Well, sure... I could simple photoshop my daughter into Lisas image. The point is to learn to be a better photographer. Not the resulting Image itself. I hoped I could achieve as much of the effect as possible in camera. Learn about the thought process and so on. I hoped I could achieve as much of the effect as possible in camera..
I think his point was that the image in question relies more on skills in your area (graphic arts) than photographic skills. The image you like was not and cannot be created as is in camera.
If you are truly interested in combining increasing your photographic skills and documenting your daughter I suggest you consider a different approach. Look at the work of FM's very own Chuck Anerino (canerino). He does remarkable and varied work and has been internationally recognized, including a feature story in the Leica Online Magazine. His work relies on photographic skill with a minimum of post processing. He is especially good with what Henri Cartier Bresson described as "the decisive moment".
The photos I treasure of my children and grandchildren, the photos that are up on my wall, are the photos of them being children. They conjure up real moments in their lives that we shared.
p.2 #5 · Advice - Want to recreate one photo from Lisa Holloway
Thanks dmacmillan for putting it better than I could.
Did the OP read Lisa's reply and see her original SOOC image?
The magic happened in Photoshop - not in your camera.
Lisa has been happy to share the camera stuff over and over again - shoot at the golden hour, look for backlit locations with dark backgrounds, use a 200mm F2 lens. Simple basic stuff.
What you have to pay her for is the PS magic she does to the image. But if you are a graphics artists - that should be basic stuff for you.
Its a composite image - so yes you could just stick your daughter's face on Lisa's image or you could create a whole new image compositing from stock images or your own images for something new with your daughter in it. You are the limit when doing composites in PS.
dmacmillan wrote: I hoped I could achieve as much of the effect as possible in camera..
I think his point was that the image in question relies more on skills in your area (graphic arts) than photographic skills. The image you like was not and cannot be created as is in camera.
If you are truly interested in combining increasing your photographic skills and documenting your daughter I suggest you consider a different approach. Look at the work of FM's very own Chuck Anerino (canerino). He does remarkable and varied work and has been internationally recognized, including a feature story in the Leica Online Magazine. His work relies on photographic skill with a minimum of post processing. He is especially good with what Henri Cartier Bresson described as "the decisive moment".
The photos I treasure of my children and grandchildren, the photos that are up on my wall, are the photos of them being children. They conjure up real moments in their lives that we shared....Show more →
