model: lexi
this is from a shoot we had a while ago. i feel like playing around with textures and things lately, and i
really like how this turned out. here are the steps i took:
so i grabbed the original image, and i wanted it to be a square crop but there wasn't enough wall around
for the composition i wanted. so i went ahead and stretched the wall, paintings bits in and using the
healing brush and stamp tool like crazy.
then i edited the colours using my curves actions. i made it look really washed out in colours, but punchy
in the tones. to get the final picture, i layered a few long shutter photos i took while dan was driving
around. because of the red/purple hue to those night shots and the layer style i had them on, they really
enhanced the colours of the image awesomly! overall i adjusted the curves a little more - darkened just
the blacks and made the whole image lighter to match the graffiti lights.
was thinking of making a series out of this? but if i do, i want to make them all quite different looking to
each other. the same thing again and again just like this would probably be boring..
anyway - prepare for a few more blog posts tonight! im home doing nothing.
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