Hmmmm, I have no excuse for not posting yesterday. Actually, I could have posted this last night, but instead I zoned out for a while. 🙂
Last week you saw a few images from a quick session with Zach. If you couldn’t tell, he does tennis. My favorite of course was the image of him in the parking garage here in Prescott. A complete re-edit of the garage was necessary to pull it all together, and then adding Zach in. Below are the images that went to build the final composite.
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First the original garage image. I didn't like the blown out areas on the right, so I copied the image, flipped it, and then merged it.
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The garage lightly HDR'd
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Zach almost clipped out from the studio session
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The final composite
In talking with Zach’s parents, some of my peers, and friends who dug this image I hit upon the concept of “Play Anywhere.” Zach looks ready to play in the garage, right. So now I’m hoping to do a series of different athletes in the area. Each one will get a “play anywhere” composite as part of our shoot. Just seems fun to me.
And yes, this image is an ode to Joel Grimes. Love his work! And I won’t try an copy what he does. What I’d like to do is grow my own work from a starting point that I’ve learned after seeing his work. Hopefully my own twist will come through as well. But remember, it’s a learning process.
After shooting Zach my next victim (heh) was Everest. Zach’s brother. Apparently Everest is some type of Soccer Guru (he’s good), so I thought it would be fun to do a few shots of him. The image below is a composite of Everest’s “play anywhere”, and it’s not done. I need to add a soccer net in the background and some stadium lights too. Oh, and yes, it’s an extreme background and definitely looks composited. That’s purposeful. I had a very nicely blended version that almost looked real, and I just didn’t like it. Decided instead that we’d go super surreal for a little more impact.
Want your own “play anywhere” scene? Well, get in touch, we can make it happen!
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Rich there are places I may never go and things I may never get to do… but maybe I can hire your to create a fantasy world for me. Point is, I’m fascinated by all you are now doing. And it all remains pure photography!