Creating Composite Photography Featuring Superboy Flying Over Denver
I’ve always had a passion for Composite Photography and was excited to try this creative kind of photography for this project. My cousin wanted a picture of her son as a Superhero (or Superboy), which gave me the idea to create an image of him flying over Denver. Denver is my hometown and I was able to capture the Denver Skyline while visiting there on summer. Superboy’s Grandma is also from Colorado so I thought creating a fun composite of him flying over Denver would make Superboy’s entire family smile. I’ve included some before pictures below and, as you may have guessed, I had to learn how to carefully cut Superboy out of his picture and place it in the image of Denver. My other concern too was that Superboy appeared to be flying away from Denver as he was facing the other way in the original image. I was able to turn Superboy around quickly in Adobe Photoshop using the image rotation tool. With Superboy flying towards Denver now, I was able to focus on cutting him out of his current background. The quick selection tool was my tool of choice in removing Superboy and I found after a bit of feathering, he fit perfectly into his new composite image. Now my cousin can smile every time she sees Superboy flying over Denver, coming to save the day.
Original Photos from Superboy Over Denver
Steve Greer has also done some work in concept photography. You can see his project here!