"emerging"

Greetings all - my name is Thomas Dodd and I am a

photographer/digital artist from the Atlanta area. Unlike a lot of

photo-manipulators I like to conceptualize my ideas long before I

photograph and edit them - I'm certainly not a big fan of "cut and

paste" or shuffling a lot of things around in Photoshop trying to

come up with something.... For instance, in this piece I got the

model to lean back in an exaggerated pose (knowing that she was

going to be "floating" in the finished portrait) and then all I had

to do was use a texture layer in Photoshop (a macro shot of some

concrete texture from my driveway), mildly color it all and the

piece was finished (at least in my eyes!)..

Thomas, it certainly works extremely well. There's a brilliant sort of surreal or supernatural feeling coming from the photograph. And I like your idea of photographing concrete on the drive to use as a texture layer. Wicked!

Interesting. I'm not sure whether I like it or not. To my taste I prefer a photo like a photo, but that's completely subjective. "emerging" looks more like a painting than a photo. The problem is, it's not a painting. As I said, this is all subjective and it's very hard to expect creating similar thoughts or impressions in viewer's mind as your own. Still, it's good to try something new. That's progress. Regards...

Great comp, wonderful colors and light.

 

LeWe

However you did, it works! The result is worth admiring

Very good result. Congratulations!

the best way to work, at least for this kind of photography. You did great. Like it very much

Very successful combination of images. Thanks for taking the time to offer an explanation. I gather from your bio that you take pride in the approach you have chosen to use and I fully understand this. I do my manipulation in camera and I'm not pleased when people ask me what filter I used :)

 

Interesting title. I see this quite opposite, I have the feeling the women is sinking rather than rising... curious how that works, I'd have called the image 'submerging'.