PaperBird: PhotoBlog Launch

Hey Guys,
We are launching a dedicated blog space for photos today.Thought,with the new camera and all,i might need a much bigger platform! ;)

check it out:
http://paperbirdphotos.blogspot.com/


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Video: Forest Road

Its been quiet a while i did something on a video.Lately when my dear one,while going through my blog, expressed a rare interest in seeing a new set of "fake accidents and plane crashes", i made this up!

Pretty straightforward.I had an old 640*480 archive footage of me walking on my street.Replaced the background with a forest image; added an 'already'-crashed car and threw in some sound. That was pretty much it.No motion tracking was needed as the video was shot on a tripod ;)

See the video here:
http://www.vimeo.com/4922717


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Tutorial:Shooting Panorama

An introduction to creating interesting panoramas with your regular P&S Cam.
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You can create interesting panoramas from your regular point&shoots using Photoshop's built-in Photomerge tool.

Try to shoot your stills with the help of a tripod.You can start from a side and keep shooting at least 4-5 stills each one overlapping a section of the previous shot.You can either shoot with the camera standing static at one axis while rotating or you can shoot while tracking yourself to give a flat panorama.



Here for this example,i am using an old set of [4] shots i shot in bangalore.



To create your panorama, open photoshop, goto file>automate>photomerge



Browse and select the set you want to use.Click ok.




The software will automatically analyze and align the photos according to the content and give you a wide single document with all the images stitched together.Crop the image and you have a wide panorama!



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Tutorial:Composite BreakDown: ReDiscovery

Click the link to read the tutorial/composition breakdown of the ReDiscovery Poster


The first step involved in a production process flow, when we are approaching the work professionally,is Asset Management. This is the step where we analyze and organize all the assets we have to use in the production.These could be images from the client, logos, text matter so on and so forth.Here, for this particular example, i have collected some sample images from various sources.



The breakdown screenshots are pretty self-explanatory. Also I will note down some tips i have used in creating the effects for the composite.









Note: Here i wanted the fan leaves to rotate, than just being static in the composite.So i used a elliptical marquee to select the fan area,feathered it and then applied a radial blur to give that effect of motion.






Note: Always give attention to the fine details like shadows and reflections to make your composition more believable and pleasing to the eye.Imagine a common light-source in the composition and work out the shadows based on that.



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Poster: ReDiscovery

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PS: A tutorial on the making of this poster will be out soon!

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LX3: View the Test Shots

Hey Guys,

Posting a few test shots i took on the new LX3.I have re-sized the images to fit in the blog,but trust me,the quality it offers is amazing! Take a look.

Click here to see the images...











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Composite Breakdown: The Giant Dog

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