i had a blog post with these shots but today i decided to put them together like this for flickr because.....i was bored hahaha

its pretty self explanatory, im far from the best photographer out there but regardless, i hope a few people like it.....

 

wow u just rocked my world, i did not know u guys take a series of different shots to put together a picture.

 

hahahhaa!!!

yeah i do that with all my photos

 

Thanks for sharing your workflow.

Huge fan of your work... which reminds me, I'm really not that good yet.

 

So after the pictures are taken are you making them into different layers and flattening in Photoshop?

 

your welcome and thank you but im no where near as good as most out there, my *** needs to get better lol and im working on it!
htere are different ways to go about it....personally i might do things back assward, im not sure. im self taught so i kinda figured out what worked for me and that is using the lasso tools/clone stamp tool to "pull" parts of each image i want onto another one and if need to be, use the history brush tool around those parts.

it works for me

 

Wow that's sick!!!!! Hats off to you sit

 

Wow, impressive stuff. I wish I had more time to dedicate toward photoshop.

 

very nice

 

amazing... very nice, but i dont get it how you layered each photo..

 

Man I really want to try using lighting. Any advice on a simple yet portable setup that wont break the bank?

 

your best bet is to look on craigslist and photography forum for used strobe set-ups.

you can to multiple hotshoe flashes like sb800's and while very portable that can get $$$$

you also need wireless triggers which can be expensive as well. ii personally have cheap ones and they dont fire the strobes like 1 out of 10 times but thats cause im poor and i make do with what i have lol

getting a lighting set-up and learning how to use it properly will do more for you photography than anything else out there.

this shot was produced with a d90 and a nikon 50mm 1.8 so that set-up goes for like 800 bucks now brand new and honestly i could have got the same result with a d40+50mm1.8....what made it was the lighting and the post processing technique.

 

I hear you, I have a D90 also and after trying everything under the sun, nothing substitutes lighting. Any brands to look for?

 

hell yeah. bang for the buck its a great camera.

i use novatrons and i like them, my grandfather used to be a photographer and he gave the set up to me....i got lucky

really depends on your budget, a nice set-up for a decent price is alienbee's

look around on POTN, mycanikon and other photography forums as well as CL, a set will pop up eventually.

 

Thank you for the advice, I will keep an eye out. Keep up the good work!

 

cool to see the process

 

Looks beautiful bro!

 

thanks guys!

 

doope!! thanks for sharing

 

WOW!!!