The Group Shot... individually

Photographing media personalities is always fun, especially when the brief calls for six of them to line up together at the same time. Getting six such people is a coup in itself, but getting them together at the one time is nigh on impossible!
To make life easier, we opted to shoot them individually then combine them with Photoshop.

The sample image below is Melissa Patton, Miss Northern Ireland 2007. Despite her tiara, she was one of the easier cut outs.


The background was drawn in behind the tallest person, then everyone was resized to their correct height. Shadows were then added around the feet.

Final touches were added including shadows where the people overlap.

The final shot featured in the Belfast Telegraph:

The Sunday Life also ran a copy: