I'm not usually nostalgic enough to keep the edits, but a few people have been confused by the photos so I assembled this quick step-by-step to prove they are models. Basically, all of the photos are taken by me of my personal 18th scale diecast collection and then seriously photoshop'ed. I'm not a great photographer but I am a decent designer - I also design websites and corporate identity for a living. If you have a project or a freelance job for a logo design, website design, or application design, you can check out my site at: www.innovativeidentity.com.

1:18 scale diecast 2001 Lamborghini Murcielago by Bburago. Like I said, I'm not such a great photographer. Get's the job done.

After I adjust the hue + saturation and brightness + contrast, I usually apply a "poster edges" filter to define the edges and expose the outlines. Poster edges enhances the model by popping the design. Once the filter is applied, making a selection and adjusting the background is fairly simple and quick.

A picture of my driveway.

A picture of my basement floor (notice the streaks).

I overlayed the two photos of pavement, did some more filters, did some transparencies and did some more filters. Then I created the lines in the road on a seperate layer and made them semi-transparent. Then some more filters. I rotated the pavement scene and did a selection of the triangle that is the grass. The grass required a lot of filtering and color shifting, but I kept it loose and quick to keep it natural.

Dropped the model in. Unfortunately the pavement is pretty harsh in contrast to the model. Plus, the whole scene looks a little boring and strange.

It felt like a waste, but I rotated to perfect horizontal. I blurred the pavement to create a blur that would be similarly as smooth as the model. I smoothed the model a bit and filled in the white highlights. I blurred the shadow to blend with the pavement blur.

I realized that the contrasting earlier had killed all the detail in the blacks. This makes the model appear really flat so I did a lens flare (movie prime). This worked great by giving the items inside the windshield some great alien mystery. Plus, it adds red to the yellow and gray and gives the scene a bit more depth.