concept storyboard

actions (left to right):

1. ohhh...alright... - picking up phone

2. christina - watches girls walk by window

3. beach and ethel - walking by window laughing

4. pearl - turning to look over shoulder at the camera, then back at the table

5. piano - picking up fruit

6. automat - drinking coffee

7. girl drawing - drawing pearl

8. madame x - looks at table, then looks away in disgust

double take

some new edits

Because I plan on getting these printed at full resolution, I needed to go back and re-edit some of them. I spent most of my time on these two, the Cafe Concert Singer and Young Woman Drawing, but I'm still not satisfied.

This is what the original photo looked like.

cinemagraph trial runs

Cinemagraph Examples

All of the cinemagraphs below are created by Jamie and are so incredibly mesmerizing. These and more can be found on her blog From Me to You. I have made a few of my own, but am in the process of perfecting the process.

Image Retouching

Color Matching:

Using Layers and Brushes to Create a Snowy Scene:

Cloning Stamp:

(the chair on the far left was added)

Cloning in Perspective:

(before)

(after)

Sky Replacement:

(before)

(after)

Selective Color Replacement:

(before)

(after; please excuse the hastily done roof)

(before)

(after)

Luminosity:

(before)

(after)

Adding a Car:

(before)

(after)

Adding (Epic) Makeup:

(before)

(after)

"Cindy Prins" Editing Style:

(before)

(after)

(before)

(after)

Skin Retouching (Technique for Arms & Legs Only):

(before)

(after)

Magazine Cover:

the making of "a black & white picnic"

a black & white picnic from emily kiel on Vimeo.

//edit: i forgot to include a thank you to rachel bradley and her dog kuzco. awesome job both!