2013 Tour de France Photo

Time Traveler © 2013 Ben Heine

These are my final edited pictures taken during my 2013 "Tour De France Photo". You can view many backstage photos at this link. "Tour De France Photo" is an artistic event happening every year and gathering models, photographers, makeup artists, fashion designers and hair styling artists. (All photos: © 2013 Ben Heine)

ZigZag © 2013 Ben Heine

Old Times © 2013 Ben Heine

Machine From The Past 1 © 2013 Ben Heine

Lights Will Guide You © 2013 Ben Heine

Panic © 2013 Ben Heine

Blue Window © 2013 Ben Heine

Stairs To Nowhere © 2013 Ben Heine

Dancer © 2013 Ben Heine

Cécile Dzinic © 2013 Ben Heine

Wrapper © 2013 Ben Heine

Creative Pro Show
IV Edition - Rome

I was invited to talk about my work at Creative Pro Show on the 17th of November 2012 to explain the creative process for each of my series: "Pencil Vs Camera", "Digital Circlism" and "Flesh and Acrylic". Among different things, I talked about ways to market and promote art. Click here to see the full report on Facebook with more pictures and information. Many thanks to Martin Benes for his invitation and to Emiliano Rampazzi for the translations during the conference.

© 2012 - Ben Heine

Before - After

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Some photo editing examples from my own photography portfolio. I also made the music (titled "Whistlers") in Ableton Live (experimental). This video is featuring the "before" and "after" versions of some 70 of my photos. These are mainly the most viewed pictures from my Flickr and DeviantArt stream and I've never shown the initial images previously. I think this vid could be interesting for young photographers willing to learn some photo editing possibilities...

© 2012 - Ben Heine

Slideshow of the Week

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A composite Image is a picture that is made from the combination of multiple images merged into a single surface.

The photos in this set are "constructed" creations. This technique often generates interesting and weird surreal effects. Call this "manipulation" or "montage" if you wish.

I made them with elements from my own stock accumulated over the years. For example, a crazy cloud from Holland, a nice looking animal from Africa, a tree from Canada, any object or subject worth to be seen and combined into a brand new and original composition. There is no limit to creativity, everything is possible.

Of course, there are different levels of difficulty when you start making composite images. In the past I often used only 2 or 3 different photos that I merged into a single creation (let's say a cool sky and a cool land). I'm now rather interested in making more complex images made sometimes from more than 10 elements coming from different photos I took in various places around the world. I sometimes even paint some whole parts of the images I'm working on.

In my opinion, the important thing to focus on when you make that kind of project is to merge the visual elements together in a natural way and make all the added shadows, painted light effects, enhanced perspectives, etc look good and "spontaneous". Depending on your final goals, this can be time consuming.

© 2010 - Ben Heine

Once Upon a Time in Kenya - 7 -
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5 New Photos

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You Drive Me Crazy
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Sky's Secrets

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Enjoy Your Flight
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Mont Saint Michel

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The Lucky Tree

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More Photos

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© 2009 - Ben Heine

My Recent Photos

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© 2009 - Ben Heine

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