Getting Ready - shot during a war reenactors meetup in Kansas City, the background was less than ideal for a scene designed to invoke a Civil War scene. Justin talks about his lighting process and his planning in retouching this image.
Getting Ready continues to move toward its final state with Raw processing & cleanup, replacing the background and blending color schemes for a seamless look.
The power of Justin's virtual copy method is in full display here as he creates 15 different variations of the image and selects the one he likes best.
Justin retouches an image he was hired to do after the success of the images from the war reenactors meetup. Taken of a real active-duty Soldier on a former military fort, this image has all the right elements to make it stand out from the pack.
