Learn how to create this beautiful and emotional photo manipulation! This tutorial will show you photo manipulation techniques, photo retouching, how to work with layer masks, and apply lighting effects.

Preview of Final Results

Mystical Father and Son Scene Photoshop Tutorial

Tutorial Resources

• Father and Son I - IQuitCountingStock
• Field - sxc.hu
• Sea bird 99 - EquineStockImages
• Sea bird 29 - EquineStockImages
• Sea bird 100 - EquineStockImages
• desert sunset -night-fate-stock
• soft bokeh - night-fate-stock
• Cape May Lighthouse 8 - Dracoart-Stock
• paper windmill -angeltouch1
• plane - angeltouch1

Step 1: Create a New Image File

Create a new file with a width of 3500 px and a height of 3500 px at 300 dpi (Dots per Inch). Background Contents should be White.

Step 2: Create the Background

First off, let's open the field in Photoshop. We will be using field from this stock image so we will need to transfer it to our main canvas.

Step 3

Now, go to select and click color range

Step 4

Next, open color range and pick the color sample from highlighted area as shown below:

The result should be similar to this:

Step 5

Now activate the magic pen tool (R):

Fill these settings :

Press Shift and click on the highlighted area to make them selected :

The result should be similar to this.

Step 6

Press V to activate the Move Tool. Left-click the image and drag the image to the main canvas and change layer name to "Ground". The result should be similar to this:

Step 7

Activate transform tool (Ctrl+t) as see below:

The result should be similar to this:

Step 8

Once again activate Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd+T) and rotate the encircled squares in the direction of the red arrow.

The result should be similar to this:

Step 9

Now activate transform tool as see below:

The result should be similar to this:

Step 10: Fix Sky

Now, let's open the desert sunset stock in Photoshop. We will be using the sky from this stock image so we will need to transfer it to our main canvas.

Step 11

Click the desert sunset and press M to Rectangular marquee tool and then make a selection around the sky and then click V to activate the Move Tool. Left-click the image and drag the image to the main canvas

The result should be similar to this:

Step 12

Now activate transform tool by using activate transform tool fixed sky properly as see below:

Step 13

Again Activate transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd+T) and rotate the encircled square in the direction of the red arrow .

The result should be similar to this:

Step 14

Now create a new color balance adjustment layer from the bottom of layers palette .

Fill values see as below :