Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Levitation

LevitationWe all know that levitation is when objects or people are lifted into the air without support from any visible physical means giving the appearance of floating.

One way to simulate levitation in a photographic studio (I'm sure there are many ways) is to get your model to wear a nice flowing dress (to take advantage of gravitational effect) and then get her to sit on a black stool in a black studio with a black background. Make sure your model waves her arms in the air for maximum photographic effect and use creative dramatic lightning. Then use a photo editor like Photoshop to airbrush the chair away and crop for maximum effect. Hey presto your model is levitating!

Of course in this photo Alison is really levitating as there's no black stool.

11 Comments:

Blogger rabsteen said...

wow, thats clever.

30 March, 2005 04:15
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not only a fascinating effect but the look on your models face is amazing. Nice job!

30 March, 2005 19:08
Blogger Lauren said...

Your photos are INCREDIBLE!

31 March, 2005 01:35
Anonymous Leigh said...

Excellent shot Andrew!

31 March, 2005 02:18
Blogger dotbar said...

It is a great photo! The model's expression is a little unusual for the mood of the photo for me though--too perky.

31 March, 2005 03:05
Blogger Alice: In Wonderland or Not said...

Nice.

31 March, 2005 05:06
Blogger u4ric said...

Nice. What else did you photoshop?

31 March, 2005 12:54
Blogger les said...

Great shot. nice lighting and trick. Thanks for telling us your secrets in this shot

31 March, 2005 19:18
Anonymous Anonymous said...

New to photography; thanks for the lesson.

02 June, 2005 06:57
Anonymous miles said...

So well done, looks totally convincing :)

22 June, 2005 15:53
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow, i can see her crotch area.

07 July, 2008 04:55

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