...And they lived happily ever after.

Following the photoshoot we had on Thursday morning I began to photo-composite my new images.  My theme for this project was Cinderella.  Numerous photos went into these composites.  This is the first time I've ever tried to blend images together to seem as one.

The first image is of "Cinderella" cleaning the floor.  She is seems very upset and bored.  This image was composited of 8-10 photos.  It was really fun dressing up, although my clothes look nothing like the image.  The brush in the image was completly photoshoped in.  I was actually holding a camera case to make it seem as though I was holding something in my hand.

 

The second image was of Cinderella and her Fairy God Mother.  I had a lot of fun with this image, although it took me forever to complete.  The castle itself is a photo composite of two buildings in the Menomonie area which took me about 6 or so hours to develop.  The background is all painted in except for the moon.  It was really fun experimenting with different texture brushes.  After I had my final layout picked I brought the image back into bridge and evened out the tonal color of the scene.  Then I brought it back into photoshop and messed with the color and levels once again to get the feel of the scene that I hoped for.  After all that was completed I went in and added the fun lighting effects and sparkle for the magic.

This was a great experience all together.  It was very interesting to set up a photoshoot and follow though with editing.  It was definitly a fun learning experience.