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32 Comments | Report
MikeW Platinum
 
MikeW June 21, 2013
Great capture, tones, creativity & sinister/sadness of clown 'behind bars'; love it - well done!
kasper Ultimate
 
kasper June 18, 2014
Congratulations on the feature. A very creative shot. Very sad, too.
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta June 18, 2014
Superb mono image. Congratulations on being Featured.
catini
 
catini June 18, 2014
Great idea and execution, congrats on your feature!
PhilipCarnevale
 
PhilipCarnevale June 18, 2014
Very creative!
iceman2
 
iceman2 June 18, 2014
Very creative shot in B&W with excellent contrast.Congrats!
VHiggins
 
VHiggins June 18, 2014
congratulations!
rturnbow Ultimate
 
rturnbow June 18, 2014
Well done, nice setup, lighting, the whole thing.
helenn
 
helenn June 18, 2014
Interesting.
jeffreydavis PRO
 
jeffreydavis June 18, 2014
erotically sexy....
SusiStroud Platinum
 
SusiStroud June 18, 2014
Well done, I love it! Congratulations on your Feature.
Defleron
 
Defleron June 18, 2014
Awesome Capture. Great Emotion !
WileKyK
 
WileKyK June 19, 2014
Amazing capture. Great light, composition and subject matter. Congratulations on a well-deserved Feature!
RolandRuttenPhotography
 
RolandRuttenPhotography June 20, 2014
Incredible shot!
HelenRea
 
HelenRea June 21, 2014
Stunning image...very nice work! :)))
abrovarnik
 
abrovarnik June 23, 2014
Very nice!
PyleStyle
 
PyleStyle July 01, 2014
Cool idea!
Great execution
ShutterBug76
 
ShutterBug76 July 05, 2014
excellent capture
SueD
 
SueD July 24, 2014
Really like this, creative and thought provoking
NickBPhotoUK
 
NickBPhotoUK September 14, 2014
Excellent.

Nick
BlackBalance PRO
 
BlackBalance October 08, 2014
Thanks for all the comments, likes & peer awards everyone!
faithless
 
faithless October 08, 2014
excellent work
jeffsinnock
 
jeffsinnock October 08, 2014
This is very cool
Sheri_Stanley
 
Sheri_Stanley December 04, 2014
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
Sheri_Stanley
 
Sheri_Stanley December 04, 2014
This is beautifully disturbing! lol Awesome photo!
MuscularSaint
 
MuscularSaint January 30, 2015
I'm not sure why this is but I'm not comfortable with clowns yet I've played a clown go figure
really like this in B/W really works here the clown behind bars he has to hold is perfect.
Inspire4More
 
Inspire4More January 30, 2015
Brilliant work!
kodadog
 
kodadog April 13, 2015
love it
BeautifulFreakshow
 
BeautifulFreakshow April 28, 2015
I know him from Denver :) Great person great photo! :)
mtarmour Platinum
 
mtarmour August 29, 2015
What an amazing phototure. I think clowns are creepy but this one - not so much. There is something vulnerable in his face. Just a great phototure overall!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots September 20, 2016
Great creativity! Congrats.
MichaelEckerdtPhotography
 
MichaelEckerdtPhotography November 03, 2016
Freaky, but very well done! Although this photo was taken a few years ago, it has particular relevance in 2016 with all the weird clown sightings in cities around the U.S.
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Behind The Lens

Location

In my homemade studio inside my garage... I call it Detached Garage Studio

Time

Evening, kind of irrelevant since it was in a controlled environment

Lighting

I used two AlienBee 800s, one with a 24x36 soft box off to the right of the camera (maybe 30 degrees) angled down (maybe 40degrees), the other just had a small reflector dish on it and was maybe two feet off the ground aimed up towards the backdrop (maybe 45 degrees). I don't remember what the power of each was set to.

Equipment

Canon 5D mark3, Tamron SP 24-70mm Di VC USD, two AlienBee 800 watt lights

Inspiration

I wanted to do a clown shoot with Chaz,he wanted head shots, so we did both.... Chaz always had a certain kind of sadness behind the makeup and I wanted to capture that. I just happened to notice the window bars sitting against the wall in my garage and decided to see what we could get with it. It helped capture something about the man behind the clown that I wanted to capture and none of the other images from that shoot were able to.

Editing

SilverFX Pro

In my camera bag

Canon 5D mark3, Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD, Canon 50mm f/1.8, Canon 430ex speedlite, other random photo knick knacks

Feedback

Take your time and things can and will happen, do not rush. It helps to have an idea of what you are aiming for, but be flexible and open to whatever comes to you... you never know what an old (seemingly) worthless window bar thingy can turn into given the right circumstances.

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