Anxiety Attack
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Location
I took this photo in one of my favorite places....My forest :) It's not really mine, but its literally steps from my house. It's my go to place for most of my photos. I love shooting in the forest because its sooo peaceful and no one else ever goes in there so I know I won't be bothered.Time
I shot this photo around golden hour. Not because I wanted the beautiful golden light, but because thats the time where the forest has NO sun shinning or peaking through. I get nothing but beautiful flat light (which is what I prefer so I can change the light later).Lighting
I wanted this image to be a bit darker then most of my images. I imagined almost a night scene in my head. I would of tried to do this at night time, but the BUGS would of taken all the fun out! (I learned the hard way a couple years ago). I wanted it dark because anxiety can sometimes cause darkness in your life. It can stop you from enjoying those things you used to love, it can stop you from being YOU!Equipment
Since this was a self portrait, I ended up having to use my tripod and remote for this. No flash was used, just all natural light.Inspiration
My anxiety. I have really bad anxiety, so bad that it interferes a lot with my everyday life. Sometimes I don't even know why. Photography helps a lot with my anxiety, but it also creates a lot of anxiety too. I wanted to create this photo to show people what anxiety can feel like sometimes. For me, I get a lot of anxiety attacks that seem to be 'out of the blue' or for no reason at all. Sometimes everything can be perfect and then just like that, the anxiety comes flying back and hits you like a thousand planes.Editing
I did a bit of post-processing with this. A lot of my composites are done using the Brenizer method, especially if I'm in locations like forests! After I expanded my image all I did was darken it (to make it look more like night time), and then added in the planes and smoke. Then I usually play around with a bit of color. For this photo, since I wanted it to look like it was night, I wanted the photo to be more 'cool', hopefully giving the appearance that it was night.In my camera bag
I usually just keep things simple now and only carry what I need. I just carry my one camera (D600), one lens, 50mm, my remote, my tripod and bugspray lol! The only other things that I will have will be simple props for whatever shoot I'm doing. Since I do a lot of walking (and sometimes in not so fun locations), I found carrying less stuff was easier (especially on my shoulders and back). I do swap out lenses from time to time, but my 50mm is my 'go to' lens for composites.Feedback
Try try try! A lot of people think that composites are hard to do. I always get messages from people asking how photos like these are done. They also tell me they are usually afraid to try out a photo like this because it seems too hard. I always tell them the same things.....composites aren't always hard to do! They can be, but they are more time consuming then hard. Once you understand the basics (light, shadows, angles, perspective etc) the rest will come easy. Be patient, be ready to fail once or twice, but learn from those failures and eventually you will be able to make great composites too :). Find someone that you really look up too, study their photos, look at their before and afters (I learn a lot just from looking at before and afters). Try asking questions! Some photographers don't mind sharing tips with other photographers. Don't be afraid to try! Don't be afraid to fail! If it doesn't work the first time, try to figure out what you did wrong (was it the lighting that was wrong, where your perspectives way off!) and just keep trying until you get it right. Don't worry about other people and what they may or may not say about it. Its your art, your vision.......Be you!
