making of "Inspired by...Tiffany"
First I've build the background scenery of New York 60's within a 3D software (Bryce).

Here is a so-called "wireframe view" with the outlines of the background buildings (which are some cubic shapes put together), streetlamp, the Tiffany shop window and two 3D car models.
Same scene rendered with all attached 3D Textures and some lights providing some shadows and depth.
The same scene in black & white - de-saturated with Photoshop.

Next step is a virtual airbrushing with Photoshop to make the textures appear more natural and less computer generated (adding some "dirt" to the walls and pavement, blurring some textures, painting people into the background).
The result.

I also changed the midtones to a more blue-gray which often appears in old movies

This is Loek modelling as Leather-man, complete with croissant and coffee.

The prop which was most difficult to find was the 60s sunglasses (I finally had succes at the Amsterdam fleemarket :-)
Loek cut and pasted into the b/w photo.

But he is still in color and too small.
That's much better.

Because every part of the photo is on a separate "layer" in Photoshop, I can easily change those objects without changing the rest of the composition.
This is the shop window of "Mr.B." in the Amsterdam Warmoesstreet (thanks to them for allowing me to take that photo!)
same photo, de-saturated and given more contrast in Photoshop.

Next step is selecting only the glass stuff at the bottom of the photo and pasting it into my "Tiffany" photo.
Done!

I've also blurred the transition between the background layer and the glass objects to avoid a visible edge.

Last step is the placing of the big "Tiffany" shop lamps.
Because I don't have a photo of the lamps, I build them again in 3D.

This is again the wireframe construction where you can see all those tiny little elements which build the lamp (must be some hundred geometrical shapes).
The same scene rendered with the right textures (mostly crystal and glass materials)
Lamps pasted on an extra layer into the composition.

Last missing element of the photo is a very subtle reflexion of the lamps in the shop window.

For this I copy the layer with the lamps, make it a little smaller and re-position it.

Finally I erase all medium or dark grays of this layer, to make only the highlights visible as a reflexion.
That's it!

To compare my scene with the original,

please click here (I cannot place the original photo here due to copyright restrictions).