I don't think it is about 'how' you do it.
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Hi i'm harry and i'm doing a national diploma btec photography course,
i've just seen these lovely photo's in the new another magazine by nick knight and i was wondering if anyone could tell me how they were done so i could try it out ?
well yes normally but for this assignment we have to do advertising,
and i just wanted to use it as a chance to learn a new technique,
and i've done some more research and i think it was done by rear projection
yeah i understand but i'm not copying it just using it as inspiration, i really just wanted to find out how it was done and write about for my research.
Its just i wanted to do something with projection and i thought that images was done using a projector but my lectured said they were probably not.
I have come up with a new thing to do but i'm not if it would work
In reply to HarryLeek:
When I saw the image you posted, I thought it could be done in photoshop, composing 2 pictures in post production. Of course there are many ways to achieve that result. If you think it's done with projector you should just try it out yourself. Do it, then you would know. People could give you 100 different ideas but you have to find what works for you.
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Hello Harry,
Actually in my opinion it is easier than you can imagine :) .... of course you can create it via the 'technically complicated ' way or you can make it as easy as lighting a fire match ... what about superimposing the images, different layers, via your computer ... manipulate transparency gradation, colour, etc ... use your instinct to get the effect by cutting out the desired silhouette on the background of your choice ... I'm sure you will get surprising and fascinating results when playing around and just let your imagination flow totally free ... Just like the best magic tricks ... it is all in the mind :) .... HAVE FUN !!
In reply to Galileo's Universe:
The issue of "copying" someone's work in the field of advertising and commercial photography, the line is very blur. People copy techniques all the time, and anyone's style could be copied, but no one could copy one's artistic sensibility. Even in my own work experience, as we have very limited budget and time, one time we had to shoot a fashion jewelry editorial, but we wanted to do something different. I saw a Dior ad with Kate Moss, the lighting of the background looked as if it was shot outdoor, and she was photographed inside a studio, with the lighting lit so that when the 2 photos were put together they would look cohesive. We had no time, no money, but wanted to do something different. So we decided to use the Dior's ad as the inspiration, and my photographer went to shoot some outdoor shots with background in soft focus, and we shot the model in a very tiny studio, with the lighting lit so that we could in photoshop compose them together and would look seamless. The result turned out very well. So it wasn't copy of the Dior ad, because the model was different, the location was different, the lighting was different, the pose was different, even the feel of the look was different, but techniques in photography are not secrets, seasoned photographers and artists could figure out many ways to achieve needed result. There's nothing new under the sun, everything had been tried now they are being tried again in digital format.