Angels
Photographed with a Canon EOS 60D, using an ISO of 100, f/stop of 8 and a shutter speed of 30 seconds.
Shot at pitch black night time, subjects were made to stay as still as possible two light painters drew the wings with a flashlight. This process took a few attempts to get right, changing the settings each time and finally resulting in a wing drawing that actually resembled that of an angels. Photo was processed using Adobe Lightroom to reduce the glow of the light beams, further blacken out the space around the subjects and overall just enhance the imagery using a heightened contrast and saturation.
Another technique that I've always wanted to try, and now know how to achieve great results.
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Alien
Photographed with a Canon EOS 60D, using an ISO of 100, f/stop of 8 and a shutter speed of 30 seconds.
I setup the camera on a desk because we didn't have a tripod, but it worked well. The subject was also told to be as still possible, while the volunteer painted around the outline of the person with their phone torch activated. The result, a bizarre and alien looking full length portrait. The photo was processed through Adobe Lightroom to make the light lines more distinct, turn them into a blue colour and darken the subject and the surrounding background (removing the green gradient from the green screen).
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Tough Day at the Office
Photographed using an Olympus OM-D E-M10
This shardy type of rock looked exactly like a mountain range or cliff from a distance. I then decided that I could easily create a related image using this idea. With the toy man, I created a scene where the businessman figurine was looking down off a cliff face, contemplating jumping - likely from a hard day at work.
I think the shadow in the scene really works well to convey the idea of the image. This. paired with the over the shoulder angel shot, which frames the figurine man perfectly in centre stage. The brighter right hand side of the photography is life, and the left hand side is death.
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Emergency Services inbound
Photographed using an Olympus OM-D E-M10 II, with an ISO of 400 and f/stop of 5.6
Recreated a car crash scenario using miniature toy cars. I was drawn to the rust stains and cement on the ground because it really makes it look rustic, realistic and adds to the overall scene. I took the photograph into Adobe Photoshop for editing - darkening it and increasing the contrast slightly. I then used the brush tool with a very soft edge and only 10% opacity to add colour to the scene. I recreated the light beams and break lights from the car, and even added the distant glow of police cars traveling toward the scene, which I thought was really effective.
Next time I would probably use a camera that could get lower to the ground, to make the 'car crash' look a bit more realistic, at eye level. The whole thing with a microscape I guess is to make a tiny landscape look like a real landscape.
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Basil, the elephant
Photographed with an Olympus OM-D E-M10 II using 400 ISO and an F/stop of 4
Simply placed some rocks in a pot plant for effect, added a small elephant figurine in a way that made it look like it was eating leaves from a tree. Ended up with a nice micro-scape that shows an elephant in its natural habit. The angel used was grown level so it helped to make the setting look realistically. No further editing or effects were added.
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