A Photoshop Fairy Tale
I love the magic of Photoshop and the ability to create an Angelic Vision like this of a friend’s grand-girls! My fellow photographic friend and visionary Laurie Hughes designed this concept of her grandkids but because of the pandemic, we kept putting it off. Finally, we just had to do it before they all grew out of the dresses!! I was assisted by my friend and partner Gail Patrice. We captured the images with a LUMIX S1 and used a Godox AD-200 for the Light to match the backlight from the sun. I love how the Godox system is so portable and works perfect for weddings and portraits. We also use the MagMod diffuser for the light whenever we do portraits.
One of the little ones couldn’t come (because of covid) so we photographed the group with the hopes to add her in later. Later on, Laurie actually took the little one to the same park later to capture a few so we could add her in.
The back light was similar, but the facial light wasn’t exactly the same. I think it was workable, though… the highlights a little hot too, but painting the image allowed me to hide those flaws and actually disguise the lower resolution of the extra image too! (These were captured on a full frame camera so the file was pretty big, and the extra image was much lower resolution). We chose a pose that worked with a group and only had to do one headswap of the oldest granddaughter.
I’m so happy with this amazing image! Of course, I painted it with mixer brushes in Photoshop!
(Check my site for upcoming classes!) The coolest part was the custom brush I made to make the feather-flips! The wings DID have feathers, but not this cool! I added the feathery look to the dresses too and made it far more stylized! I cant’ wait to print up a Canvas Print at Bay Photo Lab!
This is the magic I love to create- taking LIFE and turning it into ART!
Suzette Allen, Photographic Artist
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