@elizabeth264 just ask some lego man (we have plenty) to dress up like The Beatles and walk in a line in front of your camera. After that PS is your friend ;-)
No, for real. First I shot those little people and choose a viewpoint just above their little heads on a white sheet of paper. Doing so, I made sure the viewer would be a little taller than the beatles and also I would be able to cut out the little man from the image.
The zebra crossing was an easy shot, made with Hipstamatic. This image gave me the scene and the tones for corrections on the lego shot.
In Photoshop I selected the white background with the wand, corrected this selection (especially needed at the dude dressed in white :-) to make sure the lego men and their shadow were neatly selected after inverting this selection.
I pasted the men to the zebra and corrected colours, tones, saturation and contrast so the boys fitted their new surroundings. Now comes the part you're asking about; I scaled the men in a way their heads were a little below the horizon and their feet were in the middle of the zebra. Now the viewer is again a little taller and the perspective is correct.
To make them walk on the street I did some filter tricks to the shadows, which were in the copy too, making the street darker where necessary. I needed a few layers for darkening and adding layers to the original. Now the boys seemed to 'walk'.
Because the lego men were reduced in size the edges were already faded a little. Only a few correction were needed to make them 'not pasted' on the street shot.
Thanks for the photoshop lesson! I only have Lightroom, but I can only assume that with enough practice I could do the same kind of thing with it? Anyway, I Fav'd this, because as cliché as the reproduction is, your execution was sublime.
@squamloon Thanks for the comment and the fav! I don't know Lightroom very well. I only know the editing capabilities are limited. If you you work with layers and transparnecy you should be able todo the same...
No, for real. First I shot those little people and choose a viewpoint just above their little heads on a white sheet of paper. Doing so, I made sure the viewer would be a little taller than the beatles and also I would be able to cut out the little man from the image.
The zebra crossing was an easy shot, made with Hipstamatic. This image gave me the scene and the tones for corrections on the lego shot.
In Photoshop I selected the white background with the wand, corrected this selection (especially needed at the dude dressed in white :-) to make sure the lego men and their shadow were neatly selected after inverting this selection.
I pasted the men to the zebra and corrected colours, tones, saturation and contrast so the boys fitted their new surroundings. Now comes the part you're asking about; I scaled the men in a way their heads were a little below the horizon and their feet were in the middle of the zebra. Now the viewer is again a little taller and the perspective is correct.
To make them walk on the street I did some filter tricks to the shadows, which were in the copy too, making the street darker where necessary. I needed a few layers for darkening and adding layers to the original. Now the boys seemed to 'walk'.
Because the lego men were reduced in size the edges were already faded a little. Only a few correction were needed to make them 'not pasted' on the street shot.