Community Room

Community Room 
Multi-image collage, from 4 Canon 5D exposures
June 1, 2008
(click in the image for a larger version)

This collage came about because I recently wrote a tutorial on creating Image Mirrors for the latest issue of my free newsletter (the tutorial is currently on my website but is for subscribers only, so sign up for the newsletter if you are interested), In addition to showing how to create a basic mirror, I also wanted to show how pre-cropping an image before the mirroring process can create interesting results, and also show that image mirrors can sometimes be used quite successfully in a multi-image collage. The only problem was that I didn't have a cool collage on hand that I could use. I could have used the Leviathan collage that I posted here a few months back, but that wasn't pre-cropped. Plus, if truth be told, I was actually quite interested in using an image of a banyan tree that I had taken on a recent trip to Hawaii. It was just crying out for the mirroring process and in the end, I could not resist its siren call.

The main image of the banyan tree was mirrored and then flipped upside down to create the forest portal. Another image of banyan trees formed the tree that can be seen through the opening. The door was photographed in a small town on the coast of Maine, and an image of peeling paint from San Francisco was used to add some texture to the door. Here's the three main images used in this collage; the mirrored banyan tree is on the left (you can click in the image to see it a bit larger):

If you're interested in learning how to create your own multi-image collages, I have a class on that very topic coming up in southern New Mexico early next year, (click the class title for more info):

Creative Collage with Photoshop CS3
Mesilla Digital Imaging Workshops
at the Preston Center for Contemporary Art
Feb 19 - 22, 2009

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Painting for me is one of the most ingenious inventions of human beings since the beginning of our lives painting important part of our learning, when we are children learn colors, and a little larger we choose the color to paint our room, and adults and use the paint for everything, our cars, our homes, art, etc. Undoubtedly many lives happy painting.