We had some fun with surrealism today. This was Emerson's idea--I asked him what he wanted and he said to float away with a balloon. I said "That sounds fun, but we don't have any balloons." His response: "You can just make one on Instagram." Say what? You're FIVE. When I asked him how he knew about Instagram he said I had shown him, and turns out he meant Photoshop, but still. He helped me edit and insisted on removing the chair which I had deliberately shot to add some "realism" to the image. So, the first one here is his pick, and the second one is my original idea. I'm interested to hear feedback. These are a composite of 4 images all shot from the same spot at the same focal length (do not read any further if reading this will ruin this photo for you.)
1. The balloons (borrowed, creative commons licensed for reuse.)
2. Emerson on tippy toes
3. The chair in the scene, tipped and held in place by Ansel
4. Just the scene minus any people, chairs or balloons.
Of course the best balloons that I could find that were appropriately licensed had to be all almost the exact color of the sky. So, we set out to colorize them with Emerson picking out the colors. He now knows the term "masking."
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