How the mind works if you let it

II have been watching the past week some adobe lesson’s on all of their products. That is what hit my inspiration on the composite shown below. I am using 11 stock photos, and with the help of Photoshop, I came up with what I had in my mind. As I said before, I can’t draw, but I can imagine, and I know what I like. So with Photoshop and also, in this case, the help of Illustrator is my composite. So what are the 11 photos?

Winter night

1. It started with the background mountains.

2. next was the cabin, and I blended it with the snow of the mountains

3. Next was the tree close to the cabin. I cut it out from another photo and used it.

4. The middle tree

5. The smaller tree on the left.

6. Next was adding the Buck.

7. I added the two Does.

8. After blending everything in, the cabin needed smoke. I added smoke.

9. Change the sky from sunny blue sky to star night sky. I wanted this to be nighttime.

10. Added the moon to show bright light was coming from something

11. After looking and thinking I was done, I thought if this was real, I needed to footprints of the deer. This is where Illustrator came. I made them and copied and pasted them in.

1. There you have it, 11 photo’s to make 1. Thanks, Adobe, for your classes. I get inspired all the time. This project took me some time to work on. But, I am happy with how it came out.

The Wild Turkey with the Babies

There is an expression; the best camera is the camera you have in your hand. So true. While walking in the woods, I came upon this mama turkey and her little ones. While I did not have the camera that I would like, I did have my iPhone and video this experience. One thing about these little ones, they move fast, and trying to keep up with them was challenging for me. (I need some practice) After filming for about 3 minutes, it was time to take in Adobe Premier and make something that I could share. Sit back and enjoy.

Having fun with Composite

Having fun playing around with compositing. Composite is when you take two pictures or more and make it look like you intended this picture. I like to keep practicing. In this case, I took a stock photo of the lady. Then I looked at what I was thinking and found a stock picture of the woods. One thing that is important that light is coming from the same direction. It makes it look natural. Once I blended the two photos and matched the color. I thought it was missing something. Out came the brush and made some butterflies. Again matching color with the scene and light, the butterfly was next. Last, I felt it needed type. That was it, and I came up with something that I liked, but more importantly, I got some more practice using Photoshop.

Anhinga Snake

Ever since I was in 3rd grade, I had a love for birds. I don't know why, but I always had a thing for birds. Now a few years later, I still enjoy birds but now with a camera. While vacationing down in Florida, I enjoyed this bird. Not knowing much about it, I used famous google to understand it. It's called Anhinga Snake because it swims like a water snake when it's in the water looking for food.

Anhinga Snake