Cubism Photography
By Linda Vierow
Thank you all for the wonderful comments on my edited picture in Gather Academy!
It is wonderful to be a part of such a creative group. I will add the link to where I found out about this type of photography. Stephen McNally already did a blog on this and his work is amazing!
https://www.stephen-mcnally.tumblr.com/
https://www.lensbaby.com/blogs/creative-photography/photographic-cubism-by-stephen-mcnally
I can add a few pointers that have helped me when shooting and editing.
When you select an image think about the composition IE rule of thirds, leading lines, complimentary color, foreground etc as you would any image. You may want to begin your shoot with the background layer in mind and decide on a focal point. While shooting use a grid format to tilt the lens in each area of your intended shot. I recommend using the sweet 50 or 35 for an image and pointing the center of focus in each quadrant. Also it helps to stop down your aperture and get a bit more focus. Continue on a grid and do as many shots as you feel you need to to obtain the focus points in each area. You will no doubt end up with over 100 images. The more you have to select from the better your results.
I also recommend staying in the same spot to keep the same perspective. When selecting a subject be sure the large objects do not move around the image. For example the movement of say a ferris wheel is not a problem but a tilting moving ride will move too much within the frame.
I bring all my images into PS separately then using the selection box I make a square/ rectangle of what I want to us from each picture. I then copy and paste it into my selected background. You can then proceed to move it and transform each section. Transforming will help when trying to match it to the backgrlayer.
When editing keep everything on a separate layer. You will want to pin a curves layer to each layer to adjust the exposure of each layer.
This indicates you have pinned the curve to your layer.
At the end is when you add an overlay which will bring the image together in colors and textures. I use the overlay, soft light and screen modes when adding a texture or flare as they seem to work best.
You can adjust the opacity of the layer to tone down the affect to your liking
I hope this helps and please chime in if you have done something different and it has worked for you!
Would love to see some of your pictures!
Happy Shooting!!
Linda Vierow
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