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cameraCanon EOS 500D

settings Aperture f/20.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/125 

upload_dateFeb, 2013

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42 Comments |
blondezee
 
blondezee February 20, 2013
great shot
foto3la11
 
foto3la11 February 26, 2013
Nice work.
Redjule Platinum
 
Redjule February 28, 2013
Terrific! Congrats :)
geeuy
 
geeuy February 28, 2013
CONGRATS!
jleiweke
 
jleiweke February 28, 2013
Congrats!
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta February 28, 2013
Excellent artistic image & very well constructed. Congratulations on being featured.
Amiqdadi
 
Amiqdadi February 28, 2013
Congrats..
lizzybeck
 
lizzybeck February 28, 2013
this is amazing. Congratulations, well deserved.
Carli
 
Carli February 28, 2013
cool shot, congrats :D
Akang_Bagja
 
Akang_Bagja February 28, 2013
wow! amazing.. is it many time shots? or one shots? congrats for your feature
catini
 
catini February 28, 2013
Nice, congrats on your feature!
mailsmc
 
mailsmc February 28, 2013
Great work, very cool shot, congrats on your feature!
safirahishami
 
safirahishami February 28, 2013
nice concept! wonderful. congrats :))
CanadianOutlaw
 
CanadianOutlaw February 28, 2013
Awesome , Congrats !
dunniteowl
 
dunniteowl February 28, 2013
Nice and cool image. The featured photos today are all pretty cool. This one stood out as more "magical" (for obvious reasons) than the others. Congrats on such creative success!
neerajpurohit
 
neerajpurohit February 28, 2013
Super shot
iceman2
 
iceman2 February 28, 2013
Congrats!
snowdon PRO
 
snowdon February 28, 2013
Sinister card sharp, very entertaining image and very well executed. Congratulations on your feature win.
MatthewHowells
 
MatthewHowells February 28, 2013
great shot!
SarahKeates
 
SarahKeates February 28, 2013
Wonderful work! Congrats!
tetvet PRO+
 
tetvet February 28, 2013
outstanding, congrats
Jewel
 
Jewel February 28, 2013
Cool photo, nice job! Congratulations on your feature!
nerophoto
 
nerophoto February 28, 2013
Super fun and creative....he has the look of a magician!!! Congrats on your feature!!!
believeit2receiveit
 
believeit2receiveit February 28, 2013
Congratulations on your Feature ... well done!!
SusiStroud Platinum
 
SusiStroud February 28, 2013
Love it, great image! Congratulations on your feature!
JoanieP PRO+
 
JoanieP February 28, 2013
Fabulous work
davidreyer
 
davidreyer February 28, 2013
great shot
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter February 28, 2013
Beautiful work. Congrats on your feature. - Jake
tsambaproductions
 
tsambaproductions March 01, 2013
congrats
doko
 
doko March 02, 2013
Nice work.
rebecamello
 
rebecamello March 02, 2013
Excellent work ! Congrats !!!
jemoore76
 
jemoore76 March 02, 2013
Very cool, congrats on the feature!!
murphey Ultimate
 
murphey March 03, 2013
Fantastic !
JMOATS
 
JMOATS March 04, 2013
Very clever! Love it...Congratulations on the feature!
cheri
 
cheri March 05, 2013
Very Nice. Love the title too.
jesusfreak3520
 
jesusfreak3520 March 05, 2013
Great shot! Congrats on the feature!
photomomma
 
photomomma March 05, 2013
very creative. nice work. I love the look on his face. congrats
derekheslop
 
derekheslop March 06, 2013
Great shot.
tlcfriendlyredhead
 
tlcfriendlyredhead March 26, 2013
the composition rocks
parisde
 
parisde April 07, 2013
creative well done
Jonocon
 
Jonocon July 21, 2013
Nice work
Frank1390
 
Frank1390 November 09, 2013
very nice work. I like this a lot. Thanks fo sharing

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo at home with just a black backdrop and studio lights. Nothing like coming up with a concept with your best mate at 1am after a beer and shooting it right there and then!

Time

This was shot at possibly 2am after a night of brainstorming

Lighting

Well this was studio lights but the key to achieving the POP effect, its In the editing, Id rather not give to much a way but it is my version of painting with light!

Equipment

I shot this (surprisingly enough) on my old Canon 500D on 18-200mm canon lens under studio lighting.

Inspiration

Quality time with a best friend, a beer or 2, and a pen and paper! (obviously the love for portraiture helped)

Editing

Im sure that this would be obvious, as mentioned earlier, the editing is kept secret but there are many sources out there where you could find out how to do this (who know, I might show this to you on a youtube lesson sometime! )

In my camera bag

Always a Canon, mostly the 5D mkii. a 90mm portrait lens, a 50mm prime and a good flash and that is me!

Feedback

Be creative, have fun with it, come up with your inspired idea and do not hesitate to ask me or anyone question, be it for lighting advice or set ups to camera settings.

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