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FollowNick Friess is an artist who uses his art to cathartically release his personal demons acquired and a wounded Vietnam War Medic. See his art here: http:--www.ni...
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Nick Friess is an artist who uses his art to cathartically release his personal demons acquired and a wounded Vietnam War Medic. See his art here: http:--www.nickfriessartworks.com-index.html
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Location
This photo was taken in a living room using an open window with indirect light coming through as the only light source.Time
About 4 in the afternoonLighting
All I was looking for was a directional light that was soft.Equipment
I used a Canon 50D with a Tamron 17-55 f2.8 lens, handheld.Inspiration
Nick is an artist. He is a Vietnam Veteran who uses his artistic expression to cathartically express the pain and trauma he still lives with from that time. He is very shy and gave me a rare chance to take his picture while sitting and talking with friends. The "session" only lasted about 90 seconds as I circled around him, shooting as quickly and precisely as possible.Editing
I post process using Photoshop, Lightroom, and the Google NIK Software suite. I bounce back and forth between them taking processes from each as inspired. The final image steps included Silver efex ProIn my camera bag
Canon 50D and an assortment of lenses.Feedback
When dealing with a shy or reticent subject I wait for the proper moment. With Nick, we had been talking about semi-important things, and I know he was in a "place" in his emotions where he might be willing to share some of himself. When he said, OK, I worked quickly and quietly and did not try to push too hard. Rather than trying to direct him in poses and "looks" I just asked him to continue thinking about what we had been talking about and other than looking at me while I shot, ignore me. The 3 or 4 images I got in that 90 seconds will be some of my most cherished of all time.