SPOOF PHOTOS

For more smiles, some photos go through a recomposition. They lend use of other graphic elements to create the final result. No offence or defacement is intended to these parties. These are produced for private amusement only and are not intended for mass distribution. i show them here only as examples of my skills.

Elvis Meets Connie

For Christmas, Connie got to meet Elvis. On request from her daughter, i assembled a photo as "evidence for her children", which was placed on her fridge to find later.

Sourcing suitably matched photos of them both, they were cut and scaled into a new layered graphic. Some adjustments to Connie's image were needed, starting with greyscaling, then including some blur and light noise, lighting refinements, and new a painted-in shoulder. Some shadows were created on Elvis to add solid qualities to both figures.

The low resolution background image was upscaled, gaussian blurred, and noise added.

The sourced Elvis image restricted the full graphic resolution to about half the minimum desired for photographic printing. Happily surprised, it printed very well.

Source images:
[Connie photo: Mat, 2007, engagement party];
[Elvis photo: unknown, online];
[bridge photo: www.allposters.com, unknown]

Completed 04 November 2007.

Weetbix Grin

An impromptu happy-snap by my aunty became a family joke. We are regular Weet-Bix breakfasters, and the catch of her photo instantly leaded itself to a mock commercial.

The source photo was slightly recropped, and some lighting adjusted. This was mostly a case of lifting the assumed sunlight on my Gran. Her pose and the general visual lines/cues within the photo couldn't have been better.

The Sanitarium Weet-Bix logo was pulled from their official website. This was placed and scaled to match her facial height in the photo. The blue background was extended to a confident square shape to assert a visual dominance on par with the leading figure (my Gran). It's placement above Russell also adds advertising weight by suggesting the opposition the trouble or sadness without starting up with Weet-Bix, evidenced by his pose (scratching his head and facing away from the morning light) and shadowing (which is visually accountable to the logo itself and not just the sun). This is a great contrast to the colour, brightness, and grin of the logo and our 'model'.

This was delivered photographically printed and framed to my Gran as part of her Christmas present.

Completed 18 December 2006.