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 04/02/2008 02:35:12 PM · #1
I'm in a Photoshop class right now, and our assignment this week is to take a self portrait and manipulate it in Photoshop, like this one-
Does anyone have any cool suggestions for what I could do that would be cooler than this?
04/02/2008 02:40:42 PM · #2
Originally posted by Tom:
I'm in a Photoshop class right now, and our assignment this week is to take a self portrait and manipulate it in Photoshop, like this one-
Does anyone have any cool suggestions for what I could do that would be cooler than this?


Take a look at results from the self portrait challenges.
 04/02/2008 02:44:00 PM · #3
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Take a look at results from the self portrait challenges.


Yup - did that. Most of those weren't Photoshopped though. I've searched this site high and low.
 04/02/2008 02:47:33 PM · #4
Project31232 Take a pick, click the months you will see a lot of photochopped self portraits.
 04/02/2008 02:55:59 PM · #5

Ask Art Roflmao
 04/02/2008 02:56:50 PM · #6
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 04/02/2008 02:59:58 PM · #7
If you have a lot of time on your hands, you could do something similar, but with bottles or similar curved surface. You'll have to spend more time blurring and bending, but it could make for a more realistic effect.
 04/02/2008 03:06:38 PM · #8
i saw a set of self portraits a while back that were really amazing.
the idea was that the guy was taking pictures of himself in mirrors, as you would see yourself through your own eyes, i.e. a self portrait without a camera in the picture. he'd take pictures of himself doing things like shaving, brushing his teeth etc, like you would see the scene through your own eyes.
i think the way he explained that he did it was to shoot in two halves, switching the camera between hands, joining the two halves together in the center, and cloning/aligning as necessary.
 04/02/2008 03:18:54 PM · #9
Originally posted by k4ffy:
i saw a set of self portraits a while back that were really amazing.
the idea was that the guy was taking pictures of himself in mirrors, as you would see yourself through your own eyes, i.e. a self portrait without a camera in the picture. he'd take pictures of himself doing things like shaving, brushing his teeth etc, like you would see the scene through your own eyes.
i think the way he explained that he did it was to shoot in two halves, switching the camera between hands, joining the two halves together in the center, and cloning/aligning as necessary.


Thats a fun idea, but overly difficult way to do it. Just pretend the camera is the mirror. Stick it on a tripod and have at it. L()L
 04/02/2008 03:27:52 PM · #10
Originally posted by littlegett:
Originally posted by k4ffy:
i saw a set of self portraits a while back that were really amazing.
the idea was that the guy was taking pictures of himself in mirrors, as you would see yourself through your own eyes, i.e. a self portrait without a camera in the picture. he'd take pictures of himself doing things like shaving, brushing his teeth etc, like you would see the scene through your own eyes.
i think the way he explained that he did it was to shoot in two halves, switching the camera between hands, joining the two halves together in the center, and cloning/aligning as necessary.


Thats a fun idea, but overly difficult way to do it. Just pretend the camera is the mirror. Stick it on a tripod and have at it. L()L


that doesn't produce the same effect. because in the shots i'm talking about you could actually see the whole bathroom cabinet and mirror, as well as the individual panes of mirror-glass that bathroom mirrors are usually composed of. you could also see eveyrthing behind the person in the mirror, i.e. the rest of the bathroom.
 04/02/2008 04:17:40 PM · #11
Originally posted by k4ffy:
Originally posted by littlegett:
Originally posted by k4ffy:
i saw a set of self portraits a while back that were really amazing.
the idea was that the guy was taking pictures of himself in mirrors, as you would see yourself through your own eyes, i.e. a self portrait without a camera in the picture. he'd take pictures of himself doing things like shaving, brushing his teeth etc, like you would see the scene through your own eyes.
i think the way he explained that he did it was to shoot in two halves, switching the camera between hands, joining the two halves together in the center, and cloning/aligning as necessary.


Thats a fun idea, but overly difficult way to do it. Just pretend the camera is the mirror. Stick it on a tripod and have at it. L()L


that doesn't produce the same effect. because in the shots i'm talking about you could actually see the whole bathroom cabinet and mirror, as well as the individual panes of mirror-glass that bathroom mirrors are usually composed of. you could also see eveyrthing behind the person in the mirror, i.e. the rest of the bathroom.


I don't understand why you are making this more complicated then it is. There are multiple ways to accomplish this effect. Though I personally believe doing handheld shots and putting them together are the most complex then others out there.
 04/02/2008 04:51:03 PM · #12
Originally posted by littlegett:
Originally posted by k4ffy:
Originally posted by littlegett:
Originally posted by k4ffy:
i saw a set of self portraits a while back that were really amazing.
the idea was that the guy was taking pictures of himself in mirrors, as you would see yourself through your own eyes, i.e. a self portrait without a camera in the picture. he'd take pictures of himself doing things like shaving, brushing his teeth etc, like you would see the scene through your own eyes.
i think the way he explained that he did it was to shoot in two halves, switching the camera between hands, joining the two halves together in the center, and cloning/aligning as necessary.


Thats a fun idea, but overly difficult way to do it. Just pretend the camera is the mirror. Stick it on a tripod and have at it. L()L


that doesn't produce the same effect. because in the shots i'm talking about you could actually see the whole bathroom cabinet and mirror, as well as the individual panes of mirror-glass that bathroom mirrors are usually composed of. you could also see eveyrthing behind the person in the mirror, i.e. the rest of the bathroom.


I don't understand why you are making this more complicated then it is. There are multiple ways to accomplish this effect. Though I personally believe doing handheld shots and putting them together are the most complex then others out there.


well, i'm not making it more complicated than it is. i'm just telling you that i saw a series of shots, and i explained how the photographer accomplished the effect. this isn't my idea, its a narration of something i saw a few years back.
 04/02/2008 06:35:40 PM · #13
Originally posted by superclary:
If you have a lot of time on your hands, you could do something similar, but with bottles or similar curved surface. You'll have to spend more time blurring and bending, but it could make for a more realistic effect.


This sounds cool. What exactly do you mean? Do you have an example??
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