I've been on twitter now for almost 2 years now, and I've never actually used my real face as my avatar. I rarely update my profile picture on facebook either, but yesterday I found a good reason to change both of those.
An idea I had turned into an experiment. That test turned into a project, and that project turned into my favorite self-portrait ever.
I set up my Alien Bee B800 with a large softbox directly behind me in the bathroom of our hotel room. That light provided the white background, bounced off the walls, ceiling and mirror in front of me and lit my face. I had the camera sitting on the counter with a 24mm f/2.8 pointed at me. I dunked my head in water, looked in the camera, and pushed the shutter release button.
One shot, one light, one kill.
The fact that I have sweet new glasses really helps as well.
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Dude, sweet shot.
ReplyDeleteI like your glasses man. Woot
ReplyDeletethis is so very cool in a very spiderman-y way.
ReplyDeleteHa! Thanks Jessica. I can see the spiderman thing.
ReplyDeleteAt least you didn't say it looked like I sneezed in my glasses.
My wife says it looks like a FOX TV Show.
"Allergic - All Four Seasons" now on DVD and Blu-Ray.
I can't stop staring at you...staring at me!
ReplyDeleteCan TOTALLY see the spider man thing... don't know why. just can.
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