Doing some research before going to bed paid dividends as I woke up the other morning with a great idea for the book cover. The idea initially was to take 3 shots and take these 3 images and layer them in photoshop. As this is something that could be achieved in the darkroom I thought about what the 3 shots would need to look like.
The first image needs to be an old man seated smoking with a whisky nearby.
The second image needs to be a young man seated smoking with a Guinness nearby.
The third image needs to be colourful stained glass window.
The second image needs to be a young man seated smoking with a Guinness nearby.
The third image needs to be colourful stained glass window.
It needs to look something like this:
Other notes:
- The images of the men need to be dark - 'film noir' feeling.
- They do not need to be recognisable.
- Lots of darkness around them - lots of shadow.
- Perhaps only side of the face and smoke visible.
- Stained glass to be colourful but have an ethereal quality and be the only source of light.
- The stained glass window needs to be over exposed or blurred or perhaps a crash zoom.
After discussing my ideas with Chris I have decided that I need to set this up in the studio. I need to do some research so I can show Vinny/Steve what effects and shadowing I want to achieve so that they can advise me on the best set up for the studio and lights.
I will need to create a 'fake' stained glass window and have ideas on how to make that.
