Highly Subjective

Location: San Francisco, CA – Edge Studios
Model: Alyssa

A couple of weeks ago I made an image entitled, Disturbing Dominique. It was my first time playing around with the Liquify tool in Photoshop. Tonight I decided to give it another try with this image of Alyssa. It has a few flaws, but I’m pretty happy with how it came out.

I’m no stranger to image manipulation, but historically I’ve always used more traditional photographic techniques… composition, color, contrast, etc… I’m only just beginning to dive into the kind of manipulation that is possible with Photoshop. Although I have no intention of abandoning my photographic roots, this is definitely an area I want to explore.

As a frame of reference, I’m including two additional versions of this image. One is straight out of the camera, no manipulation at all. The other is where I originally stopped in my post-processing. The best way to view them is to click on the first image, to bring up the large version, and then cycle through them using the arrow keys.

I find it very interesting that through manipulating this image, I made it into something that I actually like, and captures my attention. I thought the original image was so uninteresting that I almost tossed it. I’m glad I didn’t

My original (post-processing) version.

Straight out of the camera.

[tags]Toned, Alyssa, People, Studio, Women, Photo Manipulation[/tags]

Location: San Francisco, CA – Edge Studios
Model: Dominique

This morning I’ve been going through some of the nudes that I shot earlier this year. I picked out an image of Dominique that I’ve previously posted, and for some reason decided it was time to play around with the Liquify tool in Photoshop. Before I knew it I had made a somewhat disturbing caricature of her.

Although I find the image somewhat disturbing, I may need to pursue this technique a little more with other images, to see what happens.

[tags]Toned, Dominique, Nudes, People, Studio, Women, Photo Manipulation[/tags]

Wow, this technology is really amazing… and a little scary. The ability to alter “reality” in photographs is becoming way to easy.

YouTube Link | Via Richard’s Notes

[tags]Software, Photo Manipulation[/tags]