This is the first of three new pieces I wanted to share along with some before pics to illustrate a little bit of the process.  I am still undecided on a title for this photograph and am open to suggestions.  It came to me more as a vision but not so much as a clear cut story or specific concept in my mind which makes titling more difficult. 

So this image is a combination of five different photos, four of the originals are in the below collage.  I used two background photos to make the room I am in.  The photo on top was taken at the public schools auditorium in Gary, Indiana, or what is left of it and it made the floor and brick part of my image.  The bottom image provided the window in the upper right corner of the final.  Then there is a photo of me with the bison skull taken in my living room on black under the close supervision of one fine tabby cat.  Last but not least, I obtained the horns for my head from the pronghorn antelope, which was taken on my travels last summer.  The final bison skull to my left was an extra shot on black that I added in.  

To make the room I first selected wall to one side of the door opening, made a layer by copying and used the transform tool in photoshop to flip it over to cover the doorway.  I then masked out the edges with a super soft brush.  I added the window in the upper left.  It was easy enough to put me in the room as it was dark and I was already on black.  I changed my dress color and I added an extra bison skull.  Once everything was together I merged the visible photos and the rest was playing with color, light and textures.

Skull originals

I hope you enjoyed this small peek into my process.