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Anyone who knows me knows I'm always drinking tea and eating biscuits. Imagine if I tripped and dropped them all!!! Nooooooo!!!!...
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Anyone who knows me knows I'm always drinking tea and eating biscuits. Imagine if I tripped and dropped them all!!! Nooooooo!!!!
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cameraNIKON D7000

settings Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100 Shutter 4/10 Focal Length 100/10 

upload_dateMar, 2015

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5 Comments |
Emerald_Wake
 
Emerald_Wake March 07, 2015
top class
carl_doghouse
 
carl_doghouse April 08, 2015
great photo
VanderblackStudios Platinum
 
VanderblackStudios March 27, 2016
This is one of my favorite photos on Viewbug. Was this a single shot?
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mattiasam February 08, 2019
funny
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Fame_Bright_Photography July 16, 2022
Awesome - that must have taken a lot of work to produce!

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#composite #portrait #photoshop #retouch #tea #biscuits #superman #zappa #falling #trip #fall
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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo was taken in my kitchen and the photo of me was taken in my living room.

Time

I started to shoot this photo around 1pm in the afternoon. I was bored and there wasn't much to do so out came the camera and away I went!

Lighting

As I shot the background using natural light and me in a different room of the house using flash I just had to mimic the angle of the light with the flash. I did this using 1 Nikon SB-900 speed light through a 32" white shoot through umbrella to soften the shadows.

Equipment

This was shot on a Nikon D7000 using a Tokina 10-17mm fisheye mounted on a tripod. Lighting was a Nikon SB-900 speed light mounted to a 32" shoot through umbrella.

Inspiration

This was an image that popped into my head a while back whilst holding more than I could carry from the kitchen. I thought to myself "imagine if I tripped". That gave me the idea for this shot.

Editing

As this is a composite photo it did have a fair bit of post processing in Photoshop. I photographed me, the biscuits, the mug of tea and the plate all separately then cut each item out in Photoshop and added them to their own layer and positioned them. I used dodge and burn techniques to retouch the skin a little and some adjustment layers to give the image it's look and feel.

In my camera bag

Usually in my bag I take my D7000, Sigma 18-50mm, Nikon 85mm 1.8 and a fisheye. Always have my tripod with me and at least one flash.

Feedback

Plan your image. Think about each element in it that you need to photograph. Think about the angle of light that's in the background image and how you would go about mimicking that with flash. Pay attention to the camera angle and height and make sure you have the same age etc when photographing the other elements. This will help them all fit together and then sell your image that bit more.

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