mattjphotography
FollowTaken while testing out my beauty dish and newest prop, an old book that cost me 50p :)
Taken while testing out my beauty dish and newest prop, an old book that cost me 50p :)
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AddieStrozier
February 11, 2015
Absolutely amazing... looking forward to seeing your photos pop up on viewbug!! Welcome!!!
danielmartin
February 11, 2015
This is GREAT!!!! Welcome to Viewbug my friend and I really love work work!!! Bravo!!
Dunner
February 11, 2015
I love LOVE your work! Every shot. You are an artist! This is tremendous composition!
SB
February 11, 2015
Es impresionante la elaboración de esta fotografÃa. Felicidades por un trabajo tan bueno.
mattjphotography
February 11, 2015
Thanks everyone for the kind words and the welcome messages to viewbug :)
MichaelJAlsup
February 11, 2015
unique work, I can see that your work will be admired the world over, congrats on joining view bug
sarahallegra
February 11, 2015
Fabulous! Very cinematic; I can just imagine all the different stories that might fit with this character!
Christofa
April 06, 2015
Stunning portraiture, perfectly lit and dramatically exposed, your 50p buy as simple as it is adds so much to the scene. Technically and artistically wonderful. Bravo!
danielatodescu
May 14, 2015
oh, that"s gorgeous ! :) I mean is like in the fairy tales, you can expect something magic to happen when read ! such a nice wibe in your work Sir! Thanks for sharing it! and SUCCESS FORWARD! A LOT!
adavies
October 13, 2016
Great image...really well done! If you haven't done so already, please consider joining my Spooky-ooky challenge:)
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aleksanderrotner
November 03, 2016
What a beautiful storytelling image. It's a movie, a theater, a dream composition
thierryvouillamoz
February 20, 2018
Hello.
A challenge for you.
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A challenge for you.
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Location
The photo of Bob was taken at my local camera club. My beauty dish had just arrived so I took it along to test out while setting the studio heads up. This way it gave everyone at the club a chance see the difference between the normal soft boxes that we use.Time
It was taken between 7pm-9pm on a Friday night.Lighting
I used a beauty dish at the front of the subject and a softbox to the side. The beauty dish is a sliver rather than white as I really like the contrast it gives, but just to tone it down placed a cap over the front. Pretty much a straight lighting setup other than that.Equipment
2 x Elinchrom 400 d-lite heads, one with a beauty dish and the other used a softbox. Panasonic GH3 body & Lumix G Vario 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.Inspiration
There were two things that inspired this shoot, one was a an old rather worn book that I managed to buy from the princely sum of 50p and the other was Bob’s outfit that he had started putting together.Editing
The background I shot some time before, there are loads of forests and wooden areas where I live so it’s an easy background to find and shoot. I cut Bob out from the black backdrop and blended it the forest image. The colour was mostly from an adjustment layer, colour lookup using the Smokey option in device link.In my camera bag
Shooting micro four thirds means you can fit a lot into a small-ish bag but still have a lot of choices at hand. I will take different equipment depending if I’m shooting landscapes or people, but as a rule I take my GH3 a 14-140mm, 100-300mm, 14-45mm, 45mm macro and a 7.5mm fish eye. This covers me for just about anything I need. For landscapes I’d grab my grads, a 10 stopper and a wireless remote, my main 3 lenses have screw in polarisers on all the time (I find this quicker than adding them to lenses whist out and about). If I’m shooting people speedlights, a battery pack and triggers are added to the bag.Feedback
Take time over cutting out, it’s worth it in the long run. Think about the image, does it tell a story or make you think, images that do are more interesting and try to keep it simple, don't over complicate it.