These doodes have always interested me, covering stuff up and all that jazz.
I didn't like the Will Smith movie(s) though.
After challenge: The fog is from my fog machine, and the long exposure gives it that cool effect, thanks for the votes, comments and ribbon everyone. :-)
I'd like to now point out that im wearing no shoes- the pants are covering my socks, those are actually jeans, the breifcase is a screwdriver set, that's my neighbours suit jacket... And my hair is too long for a slick-back! Annnnd, this is the ONLY tie my family owns! Hah, you can see it repeat in all my brothers grade 8 graduation pictures.
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Place: 1 out of 114 Avg (all users): 7.0858 Avg (commenters): 8.0286 Avg (participants): 6.5570 Avg (non-participants): 7.3069 Views since voting: 19950 Views during voting: 623 Votes: 268 Comments: 101 Favorites: 29 (view)
this has been in my favorites for awhile. i just love it. wonderful lighting on your face. and the foggy effects are great. really well done. and nice work with using all that you had available to make this shot happen!
Initial Impression: I'm not qualified to critique this shot.
Detailed analysis: Joey, you have to know this is a spectacular shot and a well deserved ribbon. Your talent stretches well above and beyond my own and I'm twice your age! Your comments just further prove your creativity and ability to make the most of a situation.
Since this is supposed to be a critique, I'll give it my best shot... here goes.
The composition is spot on and I love the dramatic lighting. Your light position helps draw attention to the fog and casts very strong shadows on your profile to give a very dark and mysterious feel. There were comments on the patch of green grass, but personally I like it. It adds to the MIB realism... On a surreal, mysterious case in a very real environment. The polka dots on the tie don't exactly fit, but it's a detail that becomes lost in the otherwise flawless execution.
Overall Impression: Excellent shot, well thought out and executed. Well deserved ribbon!
I normally end my critiques here, but I wanted to add a side note in your case. When I first became more active in DPC, there was much talk about this young prodigy with a very "grunge" look. After a while your "style" became very obvious and I also noticed that many were trying to mimic the style. It's nice to see that lately you seem to have evolved to shoot images that are "outside" of your proverbial box. This image, although dark, contains none of the trademark "Joey grunge" and your destinations ribbon winner is incredibly colorful. I'm not sure if this is the beginning of some type of transition in your life, but it is very refreshing to see you evolve and develop as a very talented artist. As you continue to develop and grow as a photographer and videographer, I wish you great success.
Your pic is awesome. Your after thought comments are hilarious and they totally make it so I see your pic in a different light (not a bad thing, just shows what a great photographer you are to work with what you have).
Once again Joey Lawrence you go beyond your years and means to show that you truly have a gift and talent...
*cheers*
Just remember "The Saj" when you become a famous movie producer. I have a few ideas and it's near impossible to every get a foot in the door. So when you become famous I hope to be able to email you and run those ideas by ya...
Seriously though, I found reading your photographers notes on the image almost more enjoyable than the actual photo; not that the photo isn't great, your comments are just hilarious. Rock on!
I wonder after reading all of the comments if anyone else noticed the face in the fog. Kind of amazing. Fog is really hard to control. I should know. I've never done it.
I wrote my comments on this entry in Notepad and forgot to paste them in when I voted on this, so I'll paste them in now:
Originally posted by (Kens Notepad comments from, uh... a few days ago):
Lighting and composition are good, but it looks like the guy is barefoot and are those jeans he's wearing? Also, the briefcase actually looks like some sort of toolset, the jacket looks borrowed and I'm not making any value judgements, but that is probably the only tie his family owns - looks like I've seen it on some 8th grade graduation pictures or something.
My son thinks it looks like that Joey guy. "Joey Who??!" I asked him.
In spite of all that I gave it a 7 out of pity.
Muwahahaa. Just yankin yer chain Joey. Congrats on a job well done. That ribbon winner will help me justify to my wife the cost of purchasing a fog machine- especially when I tell her it is much cheaper than moving to Iceland. :P
I thought this might have been your entry. Congrats on a creative and well done shot (in such a short period of time no less). Excellent job as always.
how can anyone vote below 6 on this good a shot which clearly meets the challenge? what do you call it when a bunch of people get together and plot something nefarious?... great shot Joey.
Very nice photo, good lighting and very nice smoke. Especially interesting how the model scans the darkness, recieving message at the same time. I find it a bit distracting to see the grass in the left corner and only half of his face. On the other hand, the lighting on the lit part of the face could have suffered if another lightsource added. Very nice job.
Pretty cool, I love the lighting and the "feel" of the picture. Only qualms I have with the shot is that I would have preferred it the green grass had been something else, like pavement or... I dunno... Anyway, I wouldn´t be surprised to see this close to the top, 8 from me.
very X-files... well done, the only thing that bugs me is the patch of grass in the lower left corner of the picture. Makes the whole thing a little too real IMHO.
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