The online world is replete with photographic composites: many funny, most poorly done.  Gary is going to walk you through the process that will help you create believable composites.  When a composite is believable the emotional impact is magnified.  He will address and demonstrate such topics as perspective, color, saturation, shadows and other elements.

Bio:

Gary, an ex-New Yorker, has been living in the northern Virginia area for nearly 30 years.  He was a home builder who especially enjoyed designing kitchens, bathrooms, and choosing paint colors.  He is presently involved in commercial real estate investment.

He started taking photographs of his daughter’s sporting events about 10 years ago, and discovered that post-processing the images provided a welcome creative outlet.  Then and today, he has never stopped being an ardent student of Photoshop.  Its potential never ceases to amaze. 

He received the Best in Show award at Nature Visions in 2019, Best in Show (Photo Art Division) at Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions in 2022, and the Ollie Fife Award in 2022 from the NVPS.  His photographs of Civil War battlefields have appeared in Hallowed Ground, a publication of the American Battlefield Trust.

His other hobby is powerlifting where he has competed nationally – but due to aches and pains, no longer competes.