Not an easy topic this for me for two reasons. One I usually try to steer clear of the whole idea of new year resolutions these days, as they invariably are broken early into the new year. In fact my mum suggested I photograph something broken, which was an interesting idea. Secondly the whole idea of photographing the concept of a new year resolution was not easy. For instance I had no intention of going on a diet, cutting back on drinking or increasing my physical exercise. The one thing I want to do this year is to live to the full as much as possible, seize the day grabbing every opportunity that comes my way and to fully appreciate what the world has to offer. My photo is my interpretation of those aims. It was not easy to get it right. I bought an inflatable globe, which was supposed to be blue, but instead came as clear, which made photographing it much more difficult as I wanted it to be opaque set against a black background. I wore black clothing, but as you can see from the images below the globe was a bit too big so I couldn't get a complete black background with my clothing, and it took a while for me to get a photo with my hands and the globe in the correct position. So I had to spend ages editing it using a black flood fill to fill in the gaps and then the clone tool to touch up the gaps left. Let's hope 2012 runs a little more smoothly than the process creating this image!
I actually really like it with a clear globe, makes it more artistic somehow, and although it was a real pain in post production, its a seamless finish so has really honed your editing skills too! It's quite a powerful shot! Are you sure you aren't going for world domination??? :)
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