Heart of Winter

© Sybille Sterk 

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A picture I took a while ago to try out a lens. It wasn't quite right so I went to town on it. Now it's probably one of my favourite images from this year. :D

Edited with textures and overlays and lots of curve adjustments and other lovely stuff in Photoshop. 

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the view from the tower

© Sybille Sterk

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Image taken at Hedingham Castle. I've changed the view through the window, added the water, the mist, the crow and the necklace... and changed the colours and played around with it quite considerably. LOL I like the fairytale atmosphere. :-) I think this would make the perfect book cover.

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My Happy Ever After

© Sybille Sterk

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Another of my posters, this time with a fairy tale theme. Hand drawn on paper, then photographed and coloured in on the computer. Mostly my own patterns with a couple from Pixels & Icecream thrown in.

All other images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

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Poison Apple

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A poison apple must be a special treasure to keep safe and secret until you use it. I wondered how you would store it. Another image in my 1/52 series (week 14).

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Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.

Ida's Flowers

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Another illustration in my new fairy tale series. This one is about Little Ida's Flowers, another of Andersen's fairy tales. The flowers are freesias and anemones.

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The Little Match Stick Girl

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I've always loved Andersen fairy tales, and this one is no exception, although it's one of the saddest ones (amongst a whole lot of tragedies). The Little Match Stick Girl is about the preventable death of a little girl and still as valid today as it probably was then, what with all the runaways and homeless people on the streets everywhere. I tried to tell the story with the minimal amount of symbols, using nothing but a box of matches in front of a grubby wall and a picture of snow I took a while ago. It's one of my favourite images I took this year so far. I love the simplicity and singular message in it.

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Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.

Cinderella

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From my very first photo shoot. The model is the beautiful Francesca.

I always felt ambiguous about Cinderella; on the one hand I love the romance of it and the hope, on the other I detest the fact that her happiness relies on others - the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming... I've always preferred the Czech film version, Three Wishes for Cinderella, I watched as a child. In this Cinderella takes and active role and is the driving force in getting her life sorted and getting what she wants, and the prince isn't it, at least not in the beginning. LOL :-)

This shot depicts that one perfect moment we all hope for....

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Mermaid

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Model: the beautiful Francesca again. :-)

From my very first photoshoot.

I've always loved Andersen fairy tales, although, most of them are very sad much more so than most of the other ones you find from this time. The Mermaid is one of the most tragic ones. The mermaid is so brave to leave her world behind for love and it makes it so much more tragic when she's then betrayed by her love and returns to the sea. I am not sure what the message is... I think it depends on your experiences what you take away from it. I tried to show the dual nature of the mermaid as a woman and her nature as a fantastical being, her sadness and her 'other'-ness.

Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.

Snow White

 

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From my very first photo shoot. The model is the beautiful Francesca.

Snow White in her coffin. It's always been one of my favourite fairytales, despite the fact that I was always annoyed that she just didn't learn from her experience, but maybe that's why it's such a good example?

Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.

Dreaming of Camelot - Photo Manipulation

I was playing with my textures/brushes to create a background... Of course I had to try out if it worked... This is what came about.

Inspired by my love of all things King Arthur. :-)

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CREDITS

Model 

Ana25 by faestock
Castle

We Shall Have Spring Again by Elandria

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