This is a Christmas photo I did with one of my clients. Some of us looked better in one photo and some looked better in another, so I had to patch them together. The background also does not exist in this clients office, so I had to paint it in.

1. I started with a stock photo background.
2. Then placed most of us in and painted in of one of the women.
3. I then painted the fifth person into the background "behind" us.
4. Next I "tweaked" the lighting, added shadows and basically made us sit "into" the photo.
5. Finally I added a border and text.