Blah! I HATE self portraits or photos of me, not that I think I look bad or anything, I know I am super handsome, it´s just the feeling of not having control and not seeing myself through the viewfinder before the camera goes "click" fills me with dread.
Thanx to Andri for helping me out. I set everything up, the lights, camera and everything but I got him to model for me while I set up the lights (I don´t have a light meter so I have to do it that way) and then pressing the shutter so this whole thing could go faster, if I have had to use a timer or a remote trigger I would never had time to enter this challenge.
Was going to try something more original but eventually ran out of time and this is a last minute submission, taken at about 22:00 pm the last day of submission.
Post processing is cropping, b/w conversion with the channel mixer, increase contrast and curves, a little bit of healing brush and dodging and finally sharpened after resizing.
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This shot ROCKS! Great lighting setup and composition. But I'm sure you know that! hehe! You are one of the masters here my friend, thank you for showing us your humorous side! Well done!
Sorry but I gave this a 3, and thought I should at least tell you why. To me this challenge is about self creativity, not just looking into your camera and making a funny face. Your image might be visual but in the over all scope, it lacks a level of imagination.
You can make as many faces as you like, grow a beard, put on a fake moustache, dark glasses, put a pacifier in ya mouth, whatever! I'll still recognise ya Larus :)
You said you were the best looking man on the site, and I haven't the will or the data to be able to disagree. Nice work, as always. Your B&W work here is contrasty without begin too dark and harsh where needed, soft where needed. You know, it's almost as though you took this shot on purpose. Good luck.
LOL :) This expression cracks me up. I like the contrasty tones and the catchlights in both your eyes. Good lighting on the face to show the texture of your beard. I like the crop too.
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