November 2009 my good friend DJ Roller wants me to shoot some dark and creative images for his new 3D RED underwater camera. DJ has put 1000s of hours into the research and design of this first underwater 3D system and is wanting some images for a press release. After going through many options I told him I could shoot his camera at his shop and build the images in my computer. There was no need for a studio or location shoot. He wanted to keep the image as dark and mysterious as possible.
I shot the camera on a white background... then colored the white grey....
SORRY for the "BLUR" but this camera system is still VERY top secret..
I wanted a dark industrial back ground so the camera system would blend into the darkness. I found a great piece of stained concrete, shot it in a .raw form so i could color it anyway i wanted...
THIS becomes my background image...
I spend hours cutting the camera out from the grey back ground and then started the feather and airbrush the RED camera system into the final product. I also decided to add a light to it in 1 version so it would appear the camera was in an interrogation room. These are the final versions which were used in his world wide press release and still on the Liquid Pictures website.
CWP