Bring The Storm

Tutorial: Bringing the Storm

Today’s lesson is in adding dark storm clouds to a beautiful clear sky, without doing all that complicated selection nonsense.

There’s always a debate raging amongst photographers about how much you’re “allowed” to change an image and still call it a photograph. Clearly studio model shots that are then composited on to images of urban interest are not photographs. But what if you just tidy up litter on a street? Move a coke bottle out of frame? Adjust a stray strand of hair? I’m a fan of using the tools to make the best image possible, and to that end, I’m sure I make more changes than most.

Watch the video, it’s only 7 minutes long, includes a wholly unnecessary crotch shot and has me saying “phlubberblubberwoubblewoubble” at least twice.

The below image is not quite the one I made in the video. It’s actually a tad more complicated than that. It is an 11 shot pano but each shot is a 3 frame HDR image.

Bringing The Storm
Bringing The Storm

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3 responses to “Tutorial: Bringing the Storm”

  1. Steven Avatar

    My big head? Have you seen yours? 😉

    1. Mozzer502 Avatar

      Hehe made me smile

    2. Mozzer502 Avatar

      Damnit, just got that. You’re making fun of my long face. Need. More. Coffee.

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