by Jim Zuckerman
In my Creative Techniques in Photoshop course, I explain how to turn an ordinary photograph taken in shade or mid-day lighting into a silhouette. The power of this technique is that you can create something exceptionally bold and visually striking. The photo below is comprised of three photos -- each giraffe is a single photo, plus the grass -- and then I added the color background.
To make the sun, I simply used the elliptical marque tool and then filled it with yellow. I did this after I had filled the background with red/orange using the Edit > fill command in CS3. The large sun simulates the use of a telephoto lens. I created this poster-like graphic as a different way for my stock agency to communicate the idea of Africa, wildlife, photo safaris, conservation, the environment, and travel.
When you submit work to a stock photo agency, your creativity can be turned into profit. You must constantly look for eye-catching ways of communicating familiar concepts, and when you can do that -- with or without Photoshop's help -- you will make money in photography. In my course Making Money with Photography, I help students choose the best images from their files for various markets. This picture is best suited for advertising.
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