The Photo Montage
(Above image: 'I Hear the Birds Sing' taken by Ben Heine 2007)
Special occasions such as weddings, family reunions, anniversaries or birthday parties are always best when captured. Photography can beautifully capture these moments and emotions in split seconds to help you keep the memories for the coming years.
As various photography techniques are used world wide from black and white to colour, from digital to film, different photography editing is also available. Montage Photography is one of those editing techniques and has several definitions. The most common definition of Montage Photography refers to a rectangular design that involves a number of images (commonly more then four) that are placed next to, on top or below each other to create a collage. Although as easy as it sounds, personalizing the collage comes from determining how many images you wish you use. As the common rectangular Photo Montage is widely known, there is another technique that is not.
There is no one real name for this Montage technique, but has various names such as morphing, seamless photographic or merging montage. It consists of two images (preferably of the same topic, location, object or just an aspect that relate to two together) being merged into the one image. By selecting the main background image, the second one is transferred through the first by using Photoshop masking and layering. Making the second image transparent both images can still be seen.
As various photography techniques are used world wide from black and white to colour, from digital to film, different photography editing is also available. Montage Photography is one of those editing techniques and has several definitions. The most common definition of Montage Photography refers to a rectangular design that involves a number of images (commonly more then four) that are placed next to, on top or below each other to create a collage. Although as easy as it sounds, personalizing the collage comes from determining how many images you wish you use. As the common rectangular Photo Montage is widely known, there is another technique that is not.
There is no one real name for this Montage technique, but has various names such as morphing, seamless photographic or merging montage. It consists of two images (preferably of the same topic, location, object or just an aspect that relate to two together) being merged into the one image. By selecting the main background image, the second one is transferred through the first by using Photoshop masking and layering. Making the second image transparent both images can still be seen.
