Tutorial from the image: marital

Posted on January 28, 2014

by sergio moreira photography

Sometimes I let the imagination take me to a level where making the image becomes relatively difficult. When this happens I try to add an even greater dose of imagination to unlock the difficulties.

The design of this image was one such example. The physical space in which I imagined was inaccessible to a pregnant model and how I wanted to make the image with these actors i need to fix that situation. Again I insist on the need to carry out images that on the editing process can be worked in order to maintain a smooth transition between layers.

I tried not to complicate the picture. Keep them simple it seems almost always a good aesthetic and conceptual strategy.

The final image:

conjugal

Now step by step:

This final image comes from three different images and of them was an image I had in stock.

Image 1:

ceu

Image 2

chao01

Image 3

modelos

Then I removed the wheel tracks and other elements that could distract from the image 2. I cut out the models from the image 3 leaving the ground so I can paste it and make a smooth transition.

The picture looked like this:

The next step was to put the models in the image. I used the tool Edit> Free Transform to put them more on the diagonal and the model becomes slightly steeper.

I used the tire tracks on image 2 to create the illusion of entrainment using again the Free Transform and removing what does not matter. I also created the shadows.

marcas arrastamento

I used the ground floor of the image 3 to slightly darken the ground floor of final image. I gave an opacity of 18% and removed the excess.

chão

Then I altered the color of the robes of the model. Select the models layer and click on the button below the layers panel (see image and choose Hue / Saturation). Select a color where it says “Master”, choose the Eyedropper Tool, click the dress and adjust the color in Hue.

mudar cor vestido

The next step was to add a white layer with the option Multiply and an opacity of 63%

Then a yellow layer with the option selected overlay and an opacity of 23%

Finally I added a black layer and with the rubber I removed what it didn’t matter with different opacities to obtain the final result. This process (as well as the opacity of the filters) is according to the preference of each.

final

Tip :

As this image had the collaboration of a pregnant I remembered to write about some habits I have when I am shooting with models in places with remote and difficult to access. Given the impossibility of take with me intervention equipment I bet on prevention. I try to guard myself against some predictable situations where we walk for long distances. I carry with me always water, sugar and some cereal bars. I always try to be in areas with mobile phone network and have it with a charged battery. Despite the models being adult the responsible of the session is the photographer and this must be accompanied by a good dose of common sense.

Stay tuned for more pictures and tutorials.

Feel free to give opinions or suggestions.

Sergio Moreira

Tutorial from the image: marital

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