Video: Photography + retouching = fantastic art by Erik Johansson
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Even 4 years ago, Erik Johansson was a student at the Faculty of Computer Graphics, and today he is a well-known and recognizable photographer, whose masterpieces delight and make you think. This is despite the fact that the talented Swede has no professional training in photography. Apparently the lack of experience in holding the camera in the hands is compensated by the fantastic ability to retouch pictures.
Erik Johansson's work is distinguished by a double effect: on the one hand, these are completely unreal pictures, on the other hand, thanks to high-quality retouching, the works look almost like real ones.
The process of creating a collection is quite long. First, the photographer develops the idea in his head, then models for shooting are selected and only after that the first shots are taken. But the most time-consuming process from the entire list is, of course, retouching the finished image.
Erik Johansson claims that he has been drawing for as long as he can remember. His grandmother began to teach the boy to draw when he was still very young. The first digital camera was presented to the future photographer at the age of 15, after which a new fantastic world opened up for him.
“Having got used to drawing, I felt rather strange that the same effect could be achieved much faster and easier. Erik Johansson showed an interest in retouching during his studies and over time his three passions have been woven into one fascinating profession - a photo artist.
By the way, the works of the talented Swede have already been published on our website.
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