Yesterday my friend Julie Pritchard took this most amazing photo of a rose and posted on her Blog. As an avid rose lover, her idea of a photo shoot for her cut bloom appealed to me and so off I hopped into the garden, secateurs in hand, and snipped a few blossoms for the vase in the kitchen, detouring along the way with the camera.
I grabbed a bit of vintage wall paper and used that for the backdrop for my rose. Snapped a bunch of pics and then had at my favourite in Photoshop. The progress of the initial picture can be seen below.
The first picture is SOOC (straight out of the camera), the second is after some adjustments in Camera RAW, third I added two layers of texture and blended - sounds a bit like a cooking demo, doesn't it? Fourth step was to add some text and blend it into the background and then a little "m" for good measure...kind of like salt to add taste!
Lastly I gave the picture the Rounded Corner treatment (my tutorial can be found here).
And Voila...there you have it! No filters, no fancy actions, just layering and blending and a little masking here and there.
Thanks for the inspiration Julie!
How beautiful, I will go pick a flower today and shoot on white to play with digitally. Thanks Marie!
Posted by: iHanna | June 15, 2010 at 05:00 AM
Beautiful photo styled in to pretty images
Posted by: Pearl Maple | June 03, 2010 at 05:01 AM
Oh, boy, this post is about what I hope I learn in your class. I just added your site to my blog: Sacred Ordinary. http://redondowriter.typepad.com.
By the way, I came to you from Art Gang L.A.
Posted by: Fran aka Redondowriter | June 02, 2010 at 06:40 PM
Oh, wow! It's just amazing! So easy and yet so darn cool!
Posted by: milkcan | May 31, 2010 at 04:57 PM
What a wonderful image! Love how you've documented your 'process'...and finished it with this spectacular outcome!
Posted by: Marcie | May 31, 2010 at 07:52 AM
The transformation is amazing. The outcome is so good. I'm pretty impressed. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Philippine call center | May 30, 2010 at 11:11 PM
very nice!
Posted by: Elizabeth Parsons | May 30, 2010 at 10:27 PM
Incredibly beautiful results. You make it sound so easy but there is no downplaying the creativity that went into the process. Beautiful
Posted by: Brenda | May 30, 2010 at 09:20 AM
Love your photos today - someday I am going to squeeze time to start playing with photoshop.....I just planted my first rose bushes this spring - I love Iris better but it seems to be too hot for them here in FL. -tried for 10 years to get them to bloom well without much luck so decided to try the roses.
Posted by: Tera (Stamp Queen) | May 29, 2010 at 10:06 PM
You know what? The result looks so much more vibrant!
Posted by: Chris | May 29, 2010 at 02:25 PM
You never cease to amaze me with your digital work!
Posted by: Maija Lepore | May 27, 2010 at 10:32 PM
oh thank YOU for the mention. This is a beautiful shot too! So much more interesting to me that shot on the bush..
I bought the most FANTASTIC rose bush today...it smells like candy..is that strange? I am not even buying them for appearance anymore...I'm into the scent...I'll shoot it as soon as I get it into a big pot this weekend..no more room in the ground. Maybe I can fill in my swimming pool? xo
Posted by: Julie | May 27, 2010 at 08:50 PM
Change the M to L and I'll order a set of notecards! :-)
Beautiful!!
Posted by: Lennie | May 27, 2010 at 05:18 PM
It is amazing to see how this evolved from the original photograph! I can't wait for class to start! :)
Posted by: Jeannine | May 27, 2010 at 03:47 PM