Golden Pear

Personal still life retouching work. Photography by Sam Hofman, set design by Sarah Parker.
Barbican Cactus

This is an image we created in summer together with the fantastic Andrew Beasley, who’s shot a great photo to start with, as well as additional plates that were needed. There was an element of danger as getting the tube train and the Barbican buildings in frame involved climbing into restricted areas!
Retouching involved comping several plates together to get ideal position of train and the right number of people on the platform. Then onto building the additional ‘arms’ using the same shot as well as additional angles of the building and concrete from parking area. Adding shadows according to a ref. Finally extending the tracks on right hand side and taking out distractions on buildings. Finishing with a colour grad I liked.
