Have fun on the 4th !

This poster was created on the computer using Photoshop Elements 2.0.

Floating objects over Paris

These are a couple of photomontages that I did this morning. I found this interesting old photo that I had taken from the Pompidou Museum in Paris.


This could be the basis for an interesting photomontage.


I straightened the perspective with the Distort Tool and added more sky with the Airbrush Tool in Photoshop Elements 2.0.


This old bed was photographed in Lucca, Italy while on vacation.


I outlined the bed, eliminating the background, a rather tedious job.


I then horizontally flopped the image and got rid of most of the yellow cast on the sheets. All this is fairly easy to accomplish in Photoshop.


I added the image to the Paris scene creating an interesting photomontage.


I tried another version by adding a few floating eggs to the same background.


I couldn't resist doing another by adding a few red spheres. With photomontages there is no limit to what you can do.

Another red sphere photomontage

Here's a photo of my two granddaughters, Shea and Ryan Corrigan. I outlined the figures, dropping out the background.


I opened up a new 8.5 x 11" canvas and colored it green, then added the figures.


I begin to add the spheres to the scene.


I crop the image then add a couple larger red spheres.


I resize the spheres and add several more of them, completing the image.

Fun combining photos

Creating a photomontage is an interesting project, here's one that I just finished.


This is a photograph of my grandson Mike Yardley, I like the interesting lighting.


This scene was photographed while vacationing in Lucca, Italy. I felt that it would be a good basis for an interesting photomontage.


I first carefully outlined the photo of Mike and then superimposed it over the photo of the window.


Then I added the red spheres and decided to tilt one of the window panes as if it were dropping, creating a weird scene. I cropped the final image because I felt that the lettering on his shirt was a distraction.

A bad photo turned into an interesting photomontage

This is a photograph taken while Gloria and I were visiting her friend Pam Aguirre, who lives in Mexico. It is a useless photo because of the bad exposure, but it has great possibilities as a basis for an interesting photomontage.


After scanning the photo into Photoshop Elements 2.0 I increased the picture size and painted in the area using the Airbrush Tool. I also airbrush a tone over the printer which could be a distraction in the finished piece.


Then I added several of the red spheres that I often use when creating photomontages. A bad photo suddenly becomes quite interesting.

A couple more photomontages

A you may have guessed by now photomontages are one of my very favorite mediums to explore. The computer makes it fairly easy to combine photographs. No more cutting, no more glue, no more big mess.


Here's a kind of spooky shot of my cat Laura that I took some time ago.


This is a photo of a living room in a villa that we rented in Lucca, Italy. A bad photo that is not even level, but still usable for my purpose.


I straightened the room and combined it with the photo of Laura, adding the red sphere to make an interesting photomontage. The red sphere is actually Laura's ball.


EVE AND THE APPLE
That's really Gloria with the apple added. Try combining photos to create interesting images, it's a great way to hone your computer skills.


Today is my 81st birthday ! I'm still having fun with graphic projects , sculpting and painting. Gloria came down from Grand Rapids and we are going to have a birthday dinner at Soe's, one of our favorite restaurants in Sawyer, Michigan.

More photomontages

The above photo is interesting because of the color combination and composition, but adding the red spheres creates quite a surreal effect. The red sphere is actually my cat's ball which I've used on many of my other photomontages.





A pretty mundane photo suddenly becomes an interesting image by adding the red sphere.





While this is mot a bad photo it becomes much more interesting by adding the floating spheres.