PROJECT #18: LEVITATION

DIRECTIONS: 
YOUR GOAL: Make the unbelievable believable.
1. Make three unique levitation photographs via the methods below and the tutorial(s) given in class. 
2. Only ONE image from campus is allowed.
3. You will be graded on the official "scoring rubric."

TWO PAST STUDENT EXAMPLES OF A FOUR (4 ) ON THE SCORING RUBRIC:


THE HOW TO'S:
How to at Colossal. CLICK HERE.
The Art of Levitation. CLICK HERE.

6 photographers who levitate. CLICK HERE.

50 Examples of levitation. CLICK HERE.
7 Tips for better levitation photos. CLICK HERE.

How to do it. CLICK HERE.

And another idea. CLICK HERE.


LOUIS LANDER DEACON

Louis Lander Deacon's site. CLICK HERE.

Article about Deacon. CLICK HERE.

NATSUMI HAYASHI

Natsumi Hayashi on NY Times. CLICK HERE.

Yowayowacamera.com. CLICK HERE.
More of Natsumi. CLICK HERE.

LI WEI

A video about Li Wei. CLICK HERE.
Li Wei's site. CLICK HERE.

OTHER EXAMPLES:
65 Examples. CLICK HERE.
Rick Nadal's site. CLICK HERE.
ABrian Speice. CLICK HERE.
Bairon Rivera. CLICK HERE.
Anka Zhuravleva. CLICK HERE.
Moose Photography. CLICK HERE.
And another idea. CLICK HERE.
Floating fruit. CLICK HERE.


More levitation GIFs. CLICK HERE.

PLANET DIRECTIONS

THE ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS WERE TO TAKE YOUR PHOTOS IN A WIDE-OPEN SPACE (FIELD, PARKING LOT, ETC.)  THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO BUILDINGS/TREES/ETC., THE HARDER IT WILL BE FOR YOU TO PATCH/FIX THE EMPTY PARTS OF THE PLANET. DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH INDOORS UNLESS YOU WANT A MASSIVE CHALLENGE THAT YOU WON'T HAVE TIME TO PATCH/FIX.

STEP 1

Select/Highlight the appropriate images in the content window in Bridge.

STEP 2

With all appropriate images selected in Bridge, go to TOOLS + PHOTOSHOP + PHOTOMERGE.

This will begin the process of stitching together all the photos.

STEP 3

Make sure “Blend Images Together” is checked.

Make sure you can see .jpg files listed in the “Source Files” column.  Click “OK.”

STEP 4

If you have correctly overlapped the taking of the photos, Photoshop will be able to create the panorama. If you have not photographed correctly, the resulted image will be fragmented.

A.    Once the blending process is complete, you should have a left-to-right panorama like this:

B. Flatten all the layers in the Layers palette.

C.  Now, crop each side to the point where they will line-up when joined together:

STEP 5

“SQUARE” the image (IMAGE + IMAGE SIZE + make the dimensions square)

This will distort the image like this:

STEP 6

Flip the image 180° upside-down (IMAGE + IMAGE ROTATION + 180°)

      

STEP 7

Create the planet. (FILTER + DISTORT + POLAR COORDINATES)

      

STEP 8

Now that your planet is created, the patching can begin.

Use tools (CLONE STAMP, CUT/PASTE from texture images, etc.) to cover empty areas, extend sky/ground to the edges of the composition, etc.

For TRANSFORMING and “curving” elements, use the “WARP” function to bend elements together.

(EDIT + TRANSFORM + WARP)