Photo Manipulation

PHOTOGRAPHY

Crafting new images with photo
manipulation in Photoshop.

Explore photo manipulation, an art as old as photography itself.

Learn how to create fascinating images with photo retouching,

photomontage, image editing, and other photo manipulation

techniques. 

 

Use images that work well together.

Achieving that realism starts with combining complementary photos. The images you’re working with should have something to do with each other when it comes to factors like color and light. “You can be amazing and know what you’re doing,” says Valdes-Hevia, “but if you are using two pictures that are radically different, that have very different perspectives or lighting, you’re going to have to heavily edit it.” The more you have to edit your photos, the harder your job is.

Match lighting and color. 

After that, match lighting, going from the darkest to the lightest elements in your composition. “When you’re trying to match lighting, you want to match the darkest color of your subject to match the darkest color of your background,” says Valdes-Hevia. “Same with the highlights.” Making sure colors match is your next step in combining images. Matching shadows, and their range of colors is important. An ordinary viewer might not be able to articulate why shadows look wrong, but they will notice it. “I always adjust the hue and saturation settings,” says Ong. “Make sure shadows blend into the background. Brightness, contrast, shadows, highlights — try to make it blend.” 

 

Control subjects and elements in the camera.

Finding stock images or other existing photos with complementary elements is possible, but sometimes the best photos are the ones you take yourself in a controlled photoshoot. “It often looks better if you take your own pictures because you can plan ahead and match all the lighting and perspective beforehand,” says Valdes-Hevia. Getting shadows and perspectives to line up and work together is much easier if you’re the one who created those shadows and perspectives in the first place.

Mask up.

As you edit, make sure that you can go back and change things or restart your workflow. “One of the first things I had to learn was how to edit non-destructively,” Valdes-Hevia emphasizes. “Make sure you can go back later and change things you’ve done in the beginning. Masks are your friends.” 

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