|
It is surprisingly easy to find subjects for panoramic photography in the Pacific Northwest. This particular composition, as seen in the website's header, was accessible via a short, but rugged 4-mile hike. The mountaintop offered an unobstructed 360° view of the central Oregon Cascades. This geographically labelled poster is produced from six digital photographs and represents a 180° view. Using Photoshop I joined and knitted the overlapping photos together with an emphasis towards crisp detail and consistent tonality and brightness.
Panoramic poster of the central Oregon Cascades [very wide image] |
 |
|
This panoramic composition was created in Photoshop from eight overlapping digital photographs. The location proved challenging to photograph because of the shifting layers of mist and the rolling surf. While hand-weaving the images I concentrated on consistent focus and maintaining sharp photographic detail.
Panoramic poster of the Oregon Coast [very wide image] |
|
|
For the 2003 Holiday season I created a richly colored card utilizing low light digital photography, layered lighting effects, and baroque typography. The final image draws from several different light exposures of the same composed still-life.
Holiday card with development specifications |
|
|
To completely produce an immersive software flight training environment, I created the interiors of simulated aircraft from detailed source photographs. Put another way, if the trainee pilot looked to the left in the simulated cockpit, a realistic image of the left aircraft window and wing needed to appear on screen. In rendering the final artwork, a considerable amount of Photoshop editing was required to maintain a consistent appearance across the eight angles-of-view. The following links connect to original photography alongside completed artwork and a multi-page Adobe Acrobat file that better displays all the implemented artwork for a single aircraft.
Complete interior artwork for the Cessna Skyhawk [Acrobat file]
Right rear pilot's view of the Cessna Skylane
Left front pilot's view of the Cessna Skylane
Front pilot's view of the Piper Seminole
|
|
|
This image restoration was actually created from a fairly recent professional photograph. Unfortunately the digital negative scan was truly atrocious. In Photoshop I removed a substantial amount of dust and scratches, adjusted the image saturation and contrast, added a bit of grain to cover some large corrections, and applied a mild color shift towards sepia tone.
Restored photograph with original negative scan |
|
|
This series of intricately-textured geographic images was entirely composed in Photoshop for a software fishing simulation. I used water depth and ground elevation data to realistically shadow the bird's eye view of the lakes and surrounding environs. Local maps and USGS data were referenced to specify roads and railways and to identify towns, farms, and other terrain types.
Among the following links, the actual lake locations are also set in GoogleMap satellite for comparison. Given the resources I had at hand I believe this artwork compares fairly well against the true location photography.
|
|
|
As in the Pacific Northwest, wonderful landscapes are commonplace on New Zealand's South Island. The following photographs were shot traditionally with 35mm film and scanned to file. The final compositions have a significant amount of image cleanup and refinements such as color adjustment and levels balancing.
The Banks Peninsula outside Akaroa Harbor
Kaikoura and the Seaward Kaikoura Range:
One
Two
Three
Deer Park Heights and the Remarkables:
One
Two
|
|
