Expert photographer Requires Lovely Images of His Younger Son

Who doesn't keep in thoughts wearily looking under their bed for monsters? Dutch photographer Adrian Sommeling catches the appeal of child decades by developing photomanipulations that function his young son. As he informed Digital cameras Per month :

"Kids are my biggest inspiration and whenever I see my son I remember my own childhood. I want to tell stories and photography opens your eyes to so much."

With almost 9,000 lovers on Facebook, he's obtained quite a following, despite the point that he's only been a photographer for the last two decades. Sommeling recognizes his photos as photorealistic artwork and considers in thoroughly considering through an concept before even choosing up a photographic camera. On his Facebook web page, you'll discover some great"making of" video clips that explain to you the procedure he goes through to make just one picture. He's also set out his six actions in his About area.

''Step 1: If I have an idea I first draw it a bit on paper or let it boil in my head for a few days. Everywhere I go I look around me to see if there is the background that I need and is the light okay that I have in my mind.''

''Step 2: If I found the background that I need I go there with my camera when the sun is shining. Often I like a little bit low sunlight for more dramatic shadows. I hardly ever take multiple photos with multiple shutterspeeds for HDR photos. My camera doesn't has auto bracketing and I am to lazy to put the camera on a tripod. I like the freedom of shooting without it ;). Maybe needless to say, but always shoot in RAW.''

''Step 3: Now I have the background I will need the models for the foreground. I lighten the models with three speedlights through umbrella. I place the lights in a way that is almost simular with the light comming from the background photo.''

''Step 4: When I shot all the photos needed for the image I open them in Camera Raw. I often pull all sliders to the edge left and right to get a HDR look. When I am happy with the result I open the photo in photoshop and cut it out. I do that with all photos except for the background. The background image is also my background were I start with in the post process. I copy and paste all images in a new layer and drag them to the right position. Now I gonna play with the dodge and burn tools to add more or less light to the scene. I don't do that on the layer with the image that I want to improve, but create a layer above the layer that I want to edit. I fill that layer with 50% gray and put the blending mode of that layer on soft light. Now I paint on this layer with the dodge and burn tools till I am satisfied with the result. Some times I also use a colored brush to add some more light to the scene. I do this in a blank layer and play a bit with the blending modes.''

''Step 5: When I am ready I merge all layers and duplicate that layer. I use the filter high pass on that layer and put the layer on blending mode 'vivid light'. This gives a sharp look.''