Yes, Photography and Editing Techniques applied to the above noted Dummies.

I make it a point to do some off-the-cuff creative image editing every day and I’m usually able to stay true to that. I used one photo although it appears to have post blended editing. The street lamps and power line are the reflection in the display window of street behind the shot.

If found the size context interesting. Like they are larger than life compared the city scape.

Shot in RAW format in case I want to get the most out of high end, high quality portfolio or show print. It’s a combination of three exposures (exposure bracketing) which means a tripod was used to shoot. Once the exposures are blended with HDR (High Dynamic Range) Tone Mapping, it’s off to PhotoShop.

The digital post editing was relatively simple.

First a Levels Adjustment. Center (Mid Tones) Slider moved a little to the left. Then the Left (Dark Tones) Slider moved a little to the right is a quick and easy way to pop the contrast on most anything.

The mannequin right in the center gets a makeover as our center of attention. Straight forward editing here. Used the Burn Tool on the eye lashes and brows, eyes and lips for more contrast, then applied saturation (richer color) to the eyes and lips. Finally whitened the outer sides of the eyeballs.

The text was simple. Created a new layer and added a contemporary font. Something light and thin. Duplicated that layer to use behind the first text layer and Rasterized it, then made it black. From Filters, selected Liquify using the Smudge Tool (index finger icon) to pull down each letter making it droop. Reduced the opacity making appear somewhat transparent and gray.

That’s it.

I did try using Neat Image for noise reduction but found I preferred the grittiness.

All work and no play makes Marc a dull boy...so play!

What time is it? It’s time to go out and find something you weren’t looking for.

Best regards,

Marc