Self-Portrait Composite: Compositing & Color Grading

Self-Portrait Composite: Compositing & Color Grading

Personal concept piece: a composite built from my own portrait, shot against a plain studio backdrop.

I started with the flat studio image and rebuilt the scene in Adobe Photoshop. I replaced the background, then composited in a guitar, a flower pot, and a curtain so the new elements sit naturally with the subject, matched for light, shadow, and perspective. From there I added typography to push it toward a poster look.

The point wasn't really to produce a poster. It was to practice pulling different objects and subjects into one cohesive, dramatic image that reads as a single scene, clearly different from the original photo. Color grading across the whole composite is what holds it together and sells. Built entirely in Adobe Photoshop.