as you can see a lot of post processing went into this shot - i tried standing on a mini cliff near my house but it wasn’t quite what i was looking for. so instead i found a stock image of a cliff (links on my flickr) which had strong, noon-light from above which matched my pic. I cut myself out using the negative fuzzy select tool and just pasted myself on, leaving some of the original stone around my feet on to blend in so i looked like i was actually stood there. i adjusted the “me” selection colours to fit the pic of the cliff, a bit more reddy yellow. i flipped the pic because it looked more dramatic for whatever reason,and then selected just me and the cliff, again using the fuzzy select tool.i took a pic of a long exposure sky i took, pasted the cliff and me onto it and then added a weirdass texture i found (i’ll have a look for the link). i destaurated it, adjusted the value curve and hey presto!

thanks for all your comments and ideas from my last post. a couple of you mentioned the bills/food budget being way low - me and aaron are going halves on it which i forgot to put, so all together its about $400 each (abit more realistic). i’m very happy to have an old banger for a car, i love that kind of stuff. i looked into public transport (which i use all the time in the Uk) but from what i’ve seen in NC it’s nothing like the UK. I have no idea how far i am from a bus stop and whether they would, for instance, drive past aaron’s parents’ house which i have never seen them do. with my shooting schedule and whatnot, having to time my day aorund getting buses would be a big stress. i’d definetly be open to it, and its something i’ll look into.

visa wise, some of you asked what the situation there is. i am going on a tourist visa - giving me 90days to be there and i return every 3months for a two week break in the UK. i cannot get a work visa as i would not be sponsored by a company. Therefore it would be illegal for me to work in the USA, which makes things extra hard. I totally guessed at tution,but it looks as though that will be too expensive. I basically have £1000 a month to live off, which makes stuff arkward. Our apt is 2 bedroom(one bedroom will be an office,one will be a bedroom) which explains the rent.

I have until July 15th to work my socks off - i am going to join model mayhem (thanks for the tip!) and try and get a couple of weddings too. I’ll be shooting some hotels hopefully and things like that, just nice regular stuff. Would anyone be interested in a blurb book if i made one? I can fill it up with unseen pics i havent posted to flickr along with lots of my 365s and outtakes and all that jazz.Or would a tutorial book be a good idea?let me know what you guys think would work… the real world is so bad!! who came up with this!?!?