godriguez

tears of a clown

Canon EOS 7D

settings

Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 22/1

upload_date

Feb, 2015

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Awards

Contest Finalist in Footwear Beauty Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Getting Creative Photo Contest

Staff Winter Selection 2015

Peer Award

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Outstanding Creativity

+113

Absolute Masterpiece

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Superb Composition

+14

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Genius

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That's not funny! its brilliant.

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no it's funny and brilliant

Great shot, extremely creative!

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Love it - very creative :-)!

Well done

What a fantastic and creative photograph! Excellent job!!

Incredibly sad yet creative and is steeped with symbolism. The colours are stark which punctuate the sadness and depth of despair. I would use it in a article or course on suicide.

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very original

Ha! What a fantastic and well executed concept. This is absolutely brilliant. So glad I saw it. :-)

Excellent colour and image, well captured.

Really love this one.

Love this one. Great picture. Makes you smile and feel sad at the same time

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i bought a tea light candle holder awhile back with this very shot in mind for it. it took a bit of finagling of the light to get it to halo out from

photographer-editing: me
IG: @the_godriguez

model: Angejolie Belle
IG: @angejoliebellemodel

HMUA: Priscilla Monnique Artistry
IG: @priscillamonniq

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Behind The Lens

Location

i took this shot in my garage. for the splatter i took large medical syringes full of different colored paint and squirted it on the wall...the paint is still on my walls to this very day

Time

it was night and during the summer so i was pretty sweaty inside that polyester clown costume and wig

Lighting

simple one light beauty dish on an elinchrom Brxi500 strobe

Equipment

canon 7D for the camera body and my 10-22mm at about mid zoom. shot on a tripod using a remote timer to get the shot

Inspiration

this shot was for an online photography competition called the "chrysta rae photography scavenger hunt" that is run on google+. you are given a list of words and it is up to you to interpret them the best you see fit. this particular word was "color"

Editing

i did have to expand the splatter some as i didn't get quite enough on the wall, so i cloned it in photoshop and distributed it out beyond where it ended. also, the shoes were just a normal pair of hiking boots that i then changed the color of and made to look like clown shoes also in photoshop

In my camera bag

to much to list here

Feedback

think out your shot before you ever even touch the camera. have a gameplan in place so that your setup will be minimal. and most of all, have fun with it

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