High School Play

I’ve had the opportunity to photograph several plays that my grandson was in.  I have learned to take a shot of the set background before the action starts.  This shot is perfect for the background layer in composing a composite image.  In this example, I duplicated the background layer in Photoshop, changed the blend mode to Darken, and blurred to get the effect I wanted.  Then I flatened the layers and pulled in three additional layers from images of him dancing on stage.  With these layers, I tried various blending modes until I got something that I liked.