Picture 250

This picture and blog post were made over a year ago...
It's about time to get it out of the way.
I don't even have a BTS video...just pictures. :'(
I have has this idea in my head for a long time, but I never had the chance (or effort) to do it.

I haven't done a multiple "Me's" picture in awhile. So, I decided to make one.

It's wouldn't be as epic as the last one, but it's still good.
(Remember: The words above explains the pictures below them. Don't get mixed up!)

First, I wanted them all to be different.

I got some colorful clothes.

Then, I placed them in a desired order.

Then, I measured myself to see how far everything would be. I used an umbrella. I couldn't find a ruler or yard stick.

I figured that there would be a lot of room to cover. 

I didn't would to go way back and have everything be tiny. I could have fixed that by cropping.

But cropping brings down the quality. So, I made two pictures that covered the area I needed.

Once I had everything planned out, started shooting. I took 12 pictures in total.

Then, I brought that number down to one for each me.

Once I had the pictures, I started to edit. This is what I do while I wait for my slow computer to load everything.

(Remember: The words above explains the pictures below them. Don't get mixed up!)

First, I loaded the two base pictures. I need those first because that's where all the pictures are going. DUH!

I changed the size of the first one to allow space from me to paste the other.

Then, all I did was select the second picture and pasted it.

There were moving clouds, so one picture was brighter because a cloud moved.

I fixed that by bringing down the brightness.

BOOM! A finished base layer. I didn't line it up perfectly, but it's fine.

Now it's time for the Me's. I slowly selected one by one.

And pasted them in.

Once again, the sun cause the rest of the Me's in the line to be brighter.

So, I fixed that and I added in shadows so that they all would match in shading.

After an hour, BOOM!! We have a row of Me's.

After that, I went through and fixed some of the edges of the pictures with the Spot Healing tool.

And, like always, I smugged my face. I have to stick with tradition.

The last Photoshop thing I did was crop out the extra parts.

And then I saved it as a JPEG. Not at full quality though. Facebook doesn't like 6 megabyte pictures.

Lastly, I played with the colors, like I always do. I use a different program for that.

Finally!! After two and a half hours of shooting and editing BOOM!! We have a picture.

You can see some little bloopers hear and there. Like the orange and green Me's aren't dark enough. 

And the shadow on the green one it weird. But overall, one of my favorites.

Then, a month later, I got this new coat that I wanted to show off in the picture.

So, I took this.

Once again, I loaded everything and then made another layer of the last me.

After that, I selected the whole siding door.

And popped it in.

Lastly, I had to play around with the colors and filter to get it just right.

AND BOOM! There's another me.
CLICK HERE or click the pic to see the super HD original.