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A super cute gesture and outfit mixed with super droll photography made this a challenging experimental layout.

Cheo's aunt surprised her with this lovely kimono but Craig didn't have his camera and had to borrow one. The resulting picture had all the classic nightmare elements, blasting flash, cluttered living room background and lots of contrast.

So I cut her out and tried to create a light and delicate layout but the photo just wouldn't 'blend'. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow and create a backdrop which appeared to be 'popped' by flash.

This technique is easy:

Once you have created your background:

Filters>Render>Lighting Effects> Flashlight

Just move around the light source to where it would be located 'naturally' by the flash. Adjust other levers to preview the effect... It's kinda fun!





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