samcrouse

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Great B/W shot... Just brilliant.....

Thanks! :)

Love this shot. Simple. Fresh. Fun. Great work.

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Fantastic portrait! Congrats

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very vibrant :) great composition

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Fabulous mono image. Congratulations.

Thanks a lot :)

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How cool is this !! Congratulations !!

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Nice, congrats on your feature!

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Congratzz on your featured photo :)

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congrats, fantastic, please check out my works

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Great nature work! love it

Excellent focus in this B&W capture with beautiful contrast.Congrats!

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Awesome composition! Congratulations on your Feature!

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great pic.....

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super , well done

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Beautiful B&W portrait with a difference. Like the silky hair spread giving graphical pattern......amazing. Nice work, congrats on the feature.

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Awesome idea...great B&W shot! Congrats on your feature!

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Choosing a lense over her mouth in stead of anything else; portraying it in black-white, with enhanced brightness and the oxymoron of radiating darkness. . . have done wonders. GREAT THOUGHT behind your composition :)

Thank you very much :)

One word: PERFECT

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Amazingly creative and skillfully done!!!

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This Rocks... Congrats!!

thanks:)!

Speechless, love your work.

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This is a very fun and creative portrait, love the B/W and the details, great lighting! Well done!

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Fantastic creative portrait image.Love the mono touch and the camera lens on the models face, it gives the portrait a twist to it.Congrats

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awesome. congrats on the award.

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Great shot and well done on your award :)

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Nice work!!

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Brilliant!

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Great creativity! Congrats!

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interesting, congrats

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Love love love! Amazing portrait

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Great shot!

congratulations :) well done a n very creative :))

Hope the lens cap was on!

cool i had the same thought!

I love it Sam...Just fabulous ..Love the sharpness.k

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I love this one so much genius and fun

Why thank you :)!

excellent use of black and white!

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Very original and wise position for the model's hair.

Beautiful picture

Love it!

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Sunrise on Rice Lake, Ontario, it was just beautiful to watch

Lovely fall colours on a dark stormy day, Bond Lake Ontario

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Modeling with long exposition by giorgiacolletti

Blooming Dancer by shannon_alicki_creative

Sprite-themed portrait by SnazzyKazzyPhotos

Patience pays off, I had to wait for some time until the sun dropped below the trees and until there was only one person in the picture heading in the by ChasingTheLight

Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo during my enrolment at Fanshawe Colllege, doing my photography course.

Time

This was taken around 5pm, but was taken inside the studio, so time was a little irrelivent to this picture

Lighting

A few lights were used for this photo. They included soft lighting from above and from the side created with different soft boxes

Equipment

Nikon D7000 camera 18-200 lens

Inspiration

During class we had an assignment called "Student Study" where we were to pick a partner and capture them and photography together. I tried many different things, thought about many different ideas, but like every other time I shoot, the magic didn't happen until we got there. I thought about my model and who she was as a photographer and told her to lie down, grabbed a brush and brushed her hair out as long as I could. I thought she is full of life and energy, and full of words and thoughts, so why not show a close up of that. I gave her the lens and asked her to hold it by her mouth as if she was speaking through the lens. This picture not only captured her but the idea I've had of her since I met her. Full of life and excitement.

Editing

Yes I did do some pos processing to this picture. I changed the photo to black and white to show the contrast and dramatization I was going for. I fixe up her skin and fixed he hair to make it look exactly like what I was going for.

In my camera bag

I always carry my Nikon D7000, my 18-200 lens, my 50mm lens some filters, a tripod mount, extra memory cards and a flash.

Feedback

My advice to capture something similar is let your imagination take you. Think of who or what the person, place or thing is that you want to photograph and capture the way you feel about it or a new a creative way to portray it. We all see things from the same point of view, head on, so why not change it up and show people a different side of your subject.

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