Knock, knock!

Who's there? My neighbors!

Hahaha. Yes that's right, today's photo shoot was one of whoever I could take pictures of. I spent forever trying to get pictures of my buddy and all around nice guy, Josh. We did a few good ones, but then when we got home from the day I was simply inspired! My neighbor was just sitting there, waiting for a ride in the hallway and POW! He just had the look. So I manned up like a photographer does and asked if he wouldn't mind being today's subject matter. To my great surprise he thought I was funny as hell instead of all around funky and weird and did a good ol' pose for me. He looked great!

Now as you may have noticed I also have used Photoshop on this piece. I created put a background (not of my own photography), and paint daubed it. I was very pleased over all. Now I was suggested to use the white wall that he was against, but as my mother, the over lord of all, walked by, she suggested this.

Now as far as all the mistakes made today, I can tell you now, it is NO FUN trying to take a low light portrait. All I kept getting was the shaking of my hands and otherwise. Here we go for today's learning! Do NOT! I repeat, do not try and take photos in a bathroom without washing the mirrors first. EW! Secondly, moving car pictures... kind of difficult if you are trying to take a backseat photo of the front seat driver. What you'll need, is a super high speed shutter setting, so that motion isn't an issue, but you need to absorb light, soooo high lighting as well. Josh was a great subject, but unfortunately these factors are things I did not discover until seated here at home and after meeting my wonderful neighbor.

Now as far as how I added such a background to my portrait of my neighbor? First I picked a picture and made sure it matched mine size wise. Secondly, I dragged that photo on top of mine, clicking layers and multiply. After multiplying, click the background photo (the one you have added), and erase around your photo so that it comes out clear. Tada! Then lock the layers and you have glory!!!! I learned this after 800 times of finding that everything I tried became something like... mutated from erasing everything and using one click at a time.

This is an art, and not to be rushed!
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baggybunny