Welcome, one and all, to the first tutorial by the author of Stuck In Frames. It’s involves a series of rather simple steps, well not quite but I’ll make it that way, which can give a rather stunning surreal/dreamy effect to your photos. Before we begin I’d like to make a list of the things that you are going to need oh and by the way, here are the resultant images that we will be obtaining!

Shanghai: Black & White; original by Trey Ratcliffe (here).

Shanghai: Surreal; original by Trey Ratcliffe (here).

This is the source image which will be treated to Photoshop, by Trey Ratcliffe (here).

Now, a list of things that you are going to need before you can starting ‘awesomifying’ your photos! Did I just create a word ? Nah, someone’s already invented it before. Anyways, here is a list of stuff you are going to need.

Adobe Photoshop (CS and above, I use CS4).

An image to be ‘awesomifyied’.

Enough hand-eye co-ordination to control the mouse or your finger on the trackpad.

Properly functioning eyes are a must, blindness is a major hindrance!

Some time on your hands (there might be a ton of tweaking to be done to get the perfect level that you desire).