Animated GIFs Reveal the Retouching That Went Into Composited Photos
Ashot Gevorkyan is a professional photographer and retoucher based in Kaliningrad, Russia. He recently created a series of animated GIFs that offer a look into how commercial images are composited and retouched from the original photograph to the final delivered image.
Gevorkyan created this image for the BFA Bank in St. Petersburg by combining two separate photos (one featuring the girl and the other showing the bank in the background:
Here’s an advertisement photo for airsoft equipment. Gevorkyan photographed each subject separately in front of a studio background and then combined the images into a background image:
While on vacation, Gevorkyan took a picture of his girlfriend and then transformed her into a mermaid:
Gevorkyan created this image for fun by compositing three photographs together. It comprises a background image, a photo of the man, and a photo of the girl:
This zombie scene was created with the help of some friends and some gun props:
This last image is another one that was shot in a parking structure and then turned into an outdoor scene:
You can find examples of Gevorkyan’s finished retouching work over on his website.
(via Behance via Orms Connect)