In the commercial photography world, a client may ask you to shoot and create an image that seems virtually impossible. For example, taking photographs of a polar bear on a warm beach... unless you're on the television set of Lost, this creative endeavor might pose a serious challenge. The solution: combining multiple images together, which is known as creating a "composite image".
Ben Lucas from Tuts+ has created a video tutorial that explains how he combined a few different photos that demonstrate a "helicopter rescue". The image above, which was clearly taken in a studio, is the original photograph. Lucas describes how he adds on multiple photos and adjusts the lighting and shadows to make the final product seem real in the tutorial below:
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01. Lucas, Ben. "Creating a Realistic Composite Photo with Displacement Mapping - Tuts+ Photo & Video Tutorial." Photo & Video Tuts+. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Aug. 2014.
02. "Helicopter Rescue Tutorial." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 11 Aug. 2014.