Title: "I See Me 4"
Shot data: 1/250s f/4.0 at 50.0mm iso200
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Strobist: 1 Vivitar 285HV, 1/4 power on light stand slightly camera left pointed down, 1 Canon 430EX background light on light stand all triggered with Pocket Wizards and using an intervalometer to take a series of timed shots
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin
Title: "I See Me 5"
Shot data: 1/250s f/4.0 at 50.0mm iso200
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Strobist: 1 Vivitar 285HV, 1/4 power on light stand slightly camera left pointed down, 1 Canon 430EX background light on light stand all triggered with Pocket Wizards and using an intervalometer to take a series of timed shots
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin
Title: "I See Me 6"
Shot data: 1/250s f/4.0 at 50.0mm iso200
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Strobist: 1 Vivitar 285HV, 1/4 power on light stand slightly camera left pointed down, 1 Canon 430EX background light on light stand all triggered with Pocket Wizards and using an intervalometer to take a series of timed shots
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin
Title: "I See Me 7"
Shot data: 1/250s f/4.0 at 50.0mm iso200
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Strobist: 1 Vivitar 285HV, 1/4 power on light stand slightly camera left pointed down, 1 Canon 430EX background light on light stand all triggered with Pocket Wizards and using an intervalometer to take a series of timed shots
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin
6 comments:
After looking at your pictures today...I had to smile. You picked what I hate to do. After reviewing I have decided to keep my own technique. You are very right, all a personal thing. Years ago after getting off the night shift to keep from disturbing my wife I got pretty good at doing this in the dark all by feel.
Interesting, yes, B/W good, lighting good. All well done. You caught me off gaurd.
David A.
Interesting series. The more I see, the more I like. Think I prefer the ones where you're looking straight at the camera -- kind of a mirror perspective. Would be interesting to fog up the edges and really make it mirror-like. Good potential for a body of work - all the routine things we do during the course of a day.
Thanks David and Steve!
David - I couldn't imagine having to save in the dark...I'd probably cut my throat! :-)
Steve - I agree with you that the shots looking straight at the camera are better. I didn't have a mirror set up for this projcet so my focus was kind of scattered around the room. Next time I'll have a mirror near the camera lens so I'll be looking straight at the lens. I like the fog idea too and I could try that easily enough with a white vignette.
Cheers!
Barry
Great series, and a really interesting idea for a body of work --- you are a brave man! I like your compositions a lot, how your arms lead the eyes from the edge of the frames into your face. I think the last one posted here is my favorite, all the elements combine perfectly, but I also like the top one a lot. Black and white will really help to tie all the different images together. I am really looking forward to more in this series.
It is amazing how simple, everyday actions can be so interesting. Really nice series of photos.
Thanks Cindi and Patrick!
For the next series I'm going to comb my hair! :-)
Cheers!
Barry
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