[Tutorial] Create Levitation Toy-Photography

Levitation photography (or floating object photography) can be simple and fun to do. You don't need a lot of gadgets to create your own mind-blowing levitation photos.
Today I'll share how I create a photo of a swinging Web-Slinger in my house by just applying some of the simple Photoshop tricks.

Step 1

Prepare the necessary tools. You'll need at least the following:

• The subject (in my case, it's my S.H.F. Spider-Man)
• A supporting stand to fix your subject in place
• A camera
• A tripod 

Preparation & Setup

Step 2

With the camera fixed in position, take 2 photos:

First one with the subject:

And second one without the subject, i..e the background:

My advice is, before you take the second picture, first focus on your subject, then remove the subject before clicking the snap-button. This will ensure the same amount of bokeh in the background and save you a lot of troubles later on when you want to have a consistent background to work on.

Step 3

Load the 2 photos into Photoshop, with the first photo on top of the second photo:

Step 4

Create layer mask for the first photo:

In case you're unfamiliar with Layer Mask, I've talked about it HERE.

Step 5

Select your Brush tool (by clicking the  button on your tool panel or press B button on your keyboard), and start painting your Mask to hide the stand:

And... You're done!