Yesterday morning I popped out for breakfast and to meet up with a friend, Steve.

After a great bite to eat at one of my favourite haunts, Town Mill Bakery (Lyme Regis) I sprung it on him that I had an idea for a picture I wanted to put together and that I needed him to be the subject.

The idea was to create a portrait of a Fisherman and to do this with a combination of Photography, Lightroom, Photoshop and AI, to test out a new workflow.

So, here’s the resulting image, and below is a breakdown of the steps involved using Lightroom, Photoshop, Google Gemini AI and Magnific (Upscaler)

Bearded fisherman in yellow oilskins holding fish in front of piles of fishing nets

The Process

Taking the portrait of Steve with the desired background

Behind the scenes of a man in a green jacket photographed against fishing nets, beside the final portrait

Initial Edits in Lightroom

Portrait of a bearded man in a green jacket and jeans standing in front of piled fishing nets

Export into Google Gemini AI and add Stock Photographs of Fisherman’s clothing onto Steve. Create image in 4K and then Upscale 2x

Yellow sou'wester, yellow dungarees and a grey jumper with an arrow to the composite of a fisherman wearing them

Create aging, weathering on the Overalls and Hat using Gemini AI and then selectively paint this onto Steve using Masks in Photoshop

Before and after composite of a fisherman in yellow oilskins in front of fishing nets

In Gemini AI generate the fish and Steve’s new arm position, then mask this into the main image in Photoshop

Before and after composite of a fisherman in yellow oilskins, with fish added to his hands

Extend Background in Photoshop and add finishing touches in Lightroom including Colour Grading, Adjusting Lighting, Lens Blur, Adding Grain etc …

Final composite of a bearded fisherman in yellow oilskins holding fish in front of piled nets

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