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Imagining my images in a gallery

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Once I had my final images I began to think I about the way the series could be displayed, I decided to use my love for Photoshop to do something I had never done before and create some mock gallery exhibitions involving my own work. First I created mock ups of what the single images would look like in a gallery environment using royalty free images such as the example below. I then used a mixture of Topaz Labs and Photoshop to create a realistic interpretation of what my series would look like in a gallery. To create this I duplicated the main image then used a mask to separate the wall from the foreground of the image. I then placed my own images inside the existing frames in the shot. For my final gallery mock up I wanted the image to have more going on to convince the viewer they are seeing an actual image of my work in a gallery. I think the reflections off the marble floor helps to sell the illusion. In the future I hope to have my work exhibite