It's all in the Mind

My first attempt at digital photo manipulation was done several years ago after I bought myself a film scanner. I had this idea for a photo for a long time but never had the courage to try it in my darkroom (I did quite a bit of photo manipulation in the darkroom using multiple exposures on the same photographic paper).
Equipped with my new digital tools (this specific image was done in Photoshop 7) I tackled the painstaking process of merging the images together. Looking back on this first attempt I can now see how little I understood of photoshop at that time, yet I managed to put it together.

I captured the photos at a local photo club practical evening photo session. (The models did not know what I was going to do with the photos but willingly posed as requested.)

I painstakingly erased (nowadays I will use masking tools!) the backgrounds of both photos, then did some surgery to make some space for the young model in the older model's head and then merge the two together.

The message I am trying to convey is: No matter how old we are, in our own minds we are still young and whenever we have the opportunity, our younger self will be released!

We are as young as we want to be!

Adobe posts additional Terms of Use

As promised, Adobe posted a revised Terms of Use in which they explain in detail the purpose of each of the previously stated rights. This is done by putting a remark in brackets after each of the rights. The following extract explains these rights:

"... Therefore, with respect to Your Content, you grant Adobe a worldwide (because the internet is global), royalty-free (meaning we do not owe you any money), nonexclusive (meaning you are free to license Your Content to others) fully sublicensable (so that we can permit our affiliates, subcontractors and agents to deliver the Service on our behalf) license to use, reproduce and modify Your Content solely for the purposes of operating the Service and enabling your use of the Service. With respect to Your Shared Content, you additionally grant Adobe the rights to distribute, publicly perform and publicly display Your Shared Content (in whole or in part) for the sole purposes of operating the Service and enabling your use of the Service and to sublicense Your Shared Content to Other Users subject to the limitations of Section 7 below. These limited licenses do not grant Adobe the right to sell or otherwise license Your Content or Your Shared Content on a stand alone basis. Further, you may terminate Adobe’s right to distribute, publicly perform and publicly display Your Shared Content by making it no longer shared. You may terminate the remainder of Adobe’s rights by removing Your Content from the Service. (Detailed instructions on how to do these things can be found at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm ?forumid=74& catid=684&threadid=1351324&enterthread=y). Upon removal of Your Content from the Service or upon making Your Shared Content no longer shared, Adobe shall have a reasonable time to cease use, distribution and/or display of Your Content. However, you acknowledge and agree that Adobe shall have the right to keep archived copies of Your Content. "

Read the full license agreement here and then decide for yourself.