Laurie Sutton

Elvis Colorized 1 of 2 - The majority of the original Elvis images are black and white and with permission from Graceland colorizing was a solution for images to pick from for colorful packaging. Following is the black an white images used.

Elvis Colorized 2 of 2 - The majority of the original Elvis images are black and white and with permission from Graceland colorizing was a solution for images to pick from for colorful packaging. These are the black and white images I used to complete the packaging images.

Bluebonnet Gift Wrap 1 of 2 - This is an existing image of bluebonnets that required a Texas flair to be applied to gift wrap. The hats, rope and sunshine were added in Photoshop to complete the feel. This gift wrap is printed on metallic film with different areas backed by white to give a 3D look.

Bluebonnet Gift Wrap 2 of 2 - This is the original image before adding the embellishments. The bluebonnet gift wrap required a Texas flair so the hats, rope and sunshine were added.

Heart Box Composite 1 of 3 - 1 of 3. I noticed the heart box had two types of textures that caught the light differently in the studio while I was stylizing the photo. So in order to capture the intent of the design I had the heart box shot twice picking up on different textures. Then I merged the best of the two images in Photoshop.

Heart Box Composite 2 of 3 - 2 of 2. I noticed the heart box had two types of textures that caught the light differently in the studio while I was stylizing the photo. So in order to capture the intent of the design I had the heart box shot twice picking up on different textures. Then I merged the best of the two images in Photoshop.

Heart Box Composite 3 of 3 - 3 of 3. I merged the best of the two images in Photoshop in order to represent the textures on the heart box. Then the image was placed in a catalog as seen above. Although I strived to have the photo taken at its best to start with sometimes lighting shiny objects needed to be shot twice in order to represent what the eye really sees.