Balloon Lift Conceptual Frame

Creative composite

A reclining pose held up by a chair in a dark studio is rebuilt as a high-key scene, with the body carried in a white fabric sling beneath gold balloons.

Conceptual
High key
Support removal

Service: Advanced Creative Photo Editing & Manipulation

Start a Project Order Now

Retouched high-key composite of the same pose carried in a white fabric sling beneath a cluster of gold balloons — Drag anywhere on the image, or focus the handle and use the arrow keys, to compare before and after.

Original capture of a reclining pose supported by a chair in a dark studio, with a softbox on a stand beside it — Drag anywhere on the image, or focus the handle and use the arrow keys, to compare before and after.

Project overview

The chair holding the body up is in frame, along with a softbox on its stand and the studio wall. The illusion the concept needs is precisely what the capture cannot hide.

Transformation details

The chair was removed and the body edge rebuilt where the seat had overlapped it; a floating figure is only believable if nothing is touching it.
A white fabric sling was built to carry the weight in the places the chair had been carrying it, so the pose still looks supported by something.
Gold balloons were added above, gathered with a bow, with the strings following the sling's tension line.
The frame was taken high-key with only a faint shadow far below, which completes the lift.