How to take a picture like this?

[jason_wong7]

 

<p>Hello everyone,<br>

I was unsure of what to call this and how to search it, so if you could just take a look at this picture and describe to me the technique that would be great! <br>

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lohzvzF8BN1qk79p7o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1313592247&Signature=UzqFgIdKsr5JHrIOfWn1JW1VSFQ%3D<br>

Thanks,<br>

Jason</p>

 

 

 

[making_time]

<p>This is a multi exposure shot of the same scene. Mount the camera on a tripod - to keep it in exactly the same place, and take a series of shots with the model in different areas of the scene. In post processing, you can blend the pictures together. You can use layers in Photoshop and alter the opacity of each layer to taste, or better still, make use of masks to "keep" parts of the image in the final piece.</p>

[richardsnow]

<p>It looks like a composite of three images. </p>

<p>The simplest explanation is that you take three photos of the girl sitting on the bed and blend them together in Photoshop.</p>

<p>It's a little more complex than that, but unless you have access to the three original photos there's not too much more to tell.<br /><br />RS</p>

 

[scott_ferris]

<p>It is very easy.<br>

Here is an earlier sports thread with details for a fast moving subject, obviously in this type of situation, where there is no speed issue it is even easier.</p>

<p><a href="../sports-photography-forum/00Wbj4">Link.</a></p>

[tom_mann1]

<p>The description in Scott's link is very good. As he points out, it is even easier with photos like yours because there is no motion in each frame, and there is very little overlap between the position of the girl in each frame. If you are not already familiar with masks and layers, you should read up on them, but in short, white in a layer mask reveals the contents of the layer, black in a layer mask prevents the display of the contents of the layer and makes that region of that layer transparent. </p>

<p>I've attached a composite image which illustrates one way to set up the layer masks for shots like this. There are many other, equally valid ways to set it up.</p>

<p>HTH,</p>

<p>Tom M</p><div></div>

[szrimaging]

<p>You don't mask the bottom layer, at least I never do. I actually just just put the mask right over everything but the subject itself in each layer above that base layer. Overall, the process is fairly simple if you understand masking and layers.</p>

[jason_wong7]

<p>thank you for all the responses! i will see if there is a youtube video on it and research some more....and btw, can lightroom do this or do i have to stick to cs5?</p>

[scott_ferris]

<p>Jason,</p>

<p>You need to do it in PS, LR does not do layers, there is a plugin that allows you to but I didn't get on with it. In PS it is very simple and fast.</p>

[randrew1]

<p>When I click on the original link, I get an error message, but I think I have the idea. For sport shots with multiple participants, you need to decide who gets the special treatment and who doesn't. For basketball sequence shots, I focus on the star of the moment and show them multiple times. Everyone else get's one image.<br>

Since I am usually hand holding the camera, I use the panorama tool in Photoshop to align the images. then I discard the masks that that function creates and create my own.<br>

<img src="http://photos.randrews4.com/Sports/Sports-Portfolio/384669197503/722896302_BMWvr-M-2.jpg" alt="" /></p>