An article on Deathfall discusses the work of Joseph Francis, a great photographer that composes his scenes entirely in software and renders them with Maxwell Renderer.
In 2006 the new Maxwell Renderer caught my eye, and I started testing it. I loved how realistic it looked, and I thought I could use it to create elaborate backgrounds without building elaborate sets. I spent a fair amount of time looking at user-created Maxwell materials, which are available to share on the company’s web site, and imagining possibilities. I really wanted to use CG in an invisible way as much as possible, rather than make obviously CG things like living mermaids or aliens. I feel as if I’m doing it right when someone writes to me assuming the set is real and asking where I shot an image.
Warning: Article contains artistic nudity.
