Impossible photography | Erik Johansson
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- čas přidán 9. 02. 2012
- www.ted.com Erik Johansson creates realistic photos of impossible scenes -- capturing ideas, not moments. In this witty how-to, the Photoshop wizard describes the principles he uses to make these fantastical scenarios come to life, while keeping them visually plausible.
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''all the tools are out there only thing that limit us is our imagination'' Erik Johansson. Great quote.
bit cliche imo
It's not even editing skills that are blowing my mind away but the creativity and vision of the artist.
The only thing that limits us is our imagination. And the price of Photoshop.
lmao
GIMP is free!
dilithium72 But is has not nearly as many functions as photoshop. I use it too, but when you use it alot, you need lots of plugins...
*cough * piratebay *cough*
Aredio Vani You could do that. I already got caught and payed.
This IS photography. It is a complete creative process. Start to finish. There is nothing easy about what he does.
It begins with creation, having an idea, which is something any photographer needs to have the ability to do. Then you have to create the images you will need to put it all together.
You have to take the photos before you even get to Photoshop. There is a lot that goes into it. Photo manipulation and compositing images won't work if you don't have an understanding of lighting and gear.
Find a commercial ad that doesn't use multiple layers of photos and compositing.
Erik is an artist and a photographer. And I appreciate that he is willing to share his knowledge with us.
I can appreciate traditional organic photography and art at the same time.
Totally cool dear Tina....Thanks for sharing. HUGS💖
Tina Klamert I agree completely!!!
For God sake! "Could be a photographer too" - you have *no* idea of the photography skills it takes to capture the images that were combined into those beautiful masterpieces.Go and take two or more photos that you can stitch together with the exact same light and the exact same perspective... GOOD luck! This guy is technically *amazing* in photography and any pro can tell...
instead of arguing on if it is photography or not, why cant u just enjoy this wonderful pieces of creativity. stop being narrow minded, it is 21st century!
I guess you can say it is a very modern kind of photography. But, yes, I do believe this is photography, one of many types.
arthropoda I think you are stupid
Respect him *****
"It's current year" Wow what an argument... Chronological snobbery is very annoying.
The Swenglish is strong with this one.
The minute someone puts words to what it is they create people feel the need to jump in and tell them what it is or is not. Just because it is not how you do things, how you perceive things, does not mean you are right. Irregardless of the stamp you put on it I think it is good work.
He does some fantastic work, hard for an old film guy like me to do, but I do appreciate his imagination and ability with a computer...I love his work....
Photography is a passion for many people. Its limits are boundless and it can become your profession if you put your heart and soul into it - great work!
Really glad they uploaded this VHS video for all of us to watch.
This is all about imagination, how far your imagination can go? Erik Johansson one of great Photographer + Imagination + Idea + creativity. Did you know the rainbow that we saw is just about 7 colors, but in heaven there is more colors and one of the color is not same. How can you imagine that?
Erik's work is amazing! His seamless imagery shows beautiful skill and makes your thoughts linger. I just love Ted Talks! I think a lot of the people who have made negative comments and are saying he is not a photographer should do a little research into photo history. As others have already said photographers have been manipulating their images from the very beginning, just because he's not doing it in a darkroom and is doing it digitally does not mean he is not classified as a photographer.
Being surrealism my favorite form of art, I really appreciate your work.
it's not just the imagination it's having the skill and/or skilled friends to pull it off in the first place. Anyone can have an idea, not anyone can make that idea real
great video!
i´m a fan of the imagination and the endless possibilities.
great photos and great artist!
AMAZING ! one of my favorite TED talks.
Beautiful and thought provoking work, delightfully explained. Loved it!
It is necessary to point out that he's not doing something different, as he says.
I read/viewed various photography magazines during the 1980's; they were the film days, although by '87 a digital future was being spoken about.
So, not to take anything away from those 80's film guys... they were doing the kind of work Erik is now doing, back then... and in the darkroom! (pre-photoshop).
Finally, I do really enjoy Erik Johansson's work. It's really good.
wow those are some of the most intriguing images i've seen in a while. Wish I had the technoknowledge to do something that cool.
KUDOS to Erik... a master of the unique! Well done, impressive, and creative. I've seen a lot of your 'photographic illusions' over the last few years, always incredibly impressed. Knew most were 'creations' but not necessarily HOW. Thanks for sharing your vision & logic, and creations! Best of Luck... and I hope your photos continue rocking the minds of the world!
These are the kinds of videos that makes us wish that TEDTalks were in HD.
Erik Johanssons talk here is very inspirational and I shall show this to my photography students.
Lots of MC Escher and Surrealist influences!!! What a great TED Talk! Thank you for sharing!!!
Erik Johansson is my inspiration as an Artist.
Well I don't think that the only limit is our imagination! You need to have a degre in Photoshop aswell!!
Great video, Erik! I love the beautiful picture of the week!
he is one of the best and most talented, he's an artist and is in a way promoting his work just like other artists does...
this video is mega inspirational! amazing work Erik Johansson! thanks for this vid!
Great job! Thank you for sharing
"the only thing that limits us is our imagination"
super original bro
So well said !
Fantastic subject and fantastic video, thanks.
I need to learn how to do this! I am always captivated by these type of photo's.
Fantastic, it's a mind opener and as said before: inspiring.
he is neither a photographer nor a photoshopper; he is a true artist
Oh yes the photography and creativity is what makes him really good!
really fantastic creations
an amazing vision
4:28 Paving the road to success
That was not what I expected, but really cool.
I wish he would show even more photos like that
Fully agree mattbakerg. Just like people do not think that HDR photography is real photography. It is all about composition and capturing the right feel. I have been doing photoshop for almost 20 years and what he has done is amazing. On Erik's blog he shows a time lapse of one of his works "Cut & Fold" and I would like to challenge someone to say that it is "ONLY Photoshop". That piece of art took over 15 effective hours.
This man is well spoken and brilliant.
Inspiring! Thanks.
Having been into photography for 40 years, and semi-Pro for the last dozen... I *might* have agreed with you previously. However, even in the old days of dark rooms we *tweaked* and *post processed* our work. Changed angles, saturation, colors, temperatures, effects, made compilations, changes to what was (or wasn't) in a given photo. Even Ansel Adams post processed the heck out of his work. Just a thought... he's 'compiling his reality.' We either enjoy it or not.
What is wrong with a TEDtalk about someone who uses Photoshop to make art? Photoshop is an amazing professional tool to make photo-realistic images. Just because there is a community of kids who think they know how to you Photoshop does not mean it's a tool for kids or even novices. This man creates amazing art, what have you made today?
Editing & creativity level 100000000!
Thank you sooooooo....... much, its really really, really awesome and good job.
This was amazing! I loved it!
Interesting. Helpful to hear the artist's perspective and approach to creating interesting, surrealist images. I would add just one more thing to his ending comment on "... the only thing that limits us is our imagination", I would add "hard work", too, as an essential ingredient.
Excellent Presentation.
wow that are really awesome pictures = ) I like the idea behind it. You take a closer look at the picture and try to figure out how it was made. This way you get kind of connected to the picture, and really take a look at it. Also the compositions of the pictures are brilliant!
So he's really good at combining pictures in photoshop. Fantastic.
wow! he is such an amazing speaker. I didn't get bored while listening to him. :))
I love this kind of photography.
awesome talk
Erik is the grandmaster of image editing he rocks ....
really i have to believe he is a wonder for Aobe
Extraordinary Performance!
Good interpretation!
I agree, it is Graphic design using photography as basis. Their defined differently in qualifications. Also taking still shots is field or studio work where is Graphic design is only a desk based position and is more just a way to get artist into a digital world.
Excellent Graphic design by the way.
Some amazing Photoshop techniques!
loved it! nice pictures!
This is great!
Awesome!!!
These are great...
Amazing photos!
fantastic!
great job
the only thing that limits me is my lack of skill in photoshop and the time i need to learn it :)
+eniman123 the only thing that limits you is the fact you think you need photoshop
who wants is looking for possibilities
who doesn't want is looking for causes
now is the time to learn it out from five years
wow! awesome!
That's amazing!
Nice work!.
awesome !!! I think thats more kinda modern art.
Love it
superb video
that was great !!!
SICK! amazing work :D
Amazing
wow !! really creative
"All the tools are out their ... the only thing that limits us is your imagination" Awesome!
That's just great,i am a great photoshop artist but i never really created "realities" like these,i used to manipulate different kinds but wow
He is amazing.
Really awesome Guy!
amazing
GREAT!!!
very nice!
neverovatno dobro
brilliant idea
Amazing...
I like his creativity.
So, Surrealism with photographs.
Very nice stuff.
Inspiring.
thanks you good ideas
Excellent :)
very cool indeed
Awesome
he's willing to bring his ideas to the table and talk about them at TED international. he also does pretty good work in my opinion.
Jerry is exactly whom I first thought of when I saw this picture. For all those who say that Digital is about “post editing” hate to break it to you but many of the greats did post work in the dark room to one degree or another. Take a photography history class and you will see what I mean.
Just BRILLIANT!!!! :-)
Photographs are the primary medium. Then they are collaged. After all the definition of photography is "The art or practice of taking and processing photographs." It might not be journalistic photography but it is still photography.
Awesome stuff :)