Madison Rowley II- Champion of Beards

DanOstergren · Jul 15, 2015

Some of you may remember the shot of Madison that I posted a few months ago. I've been going through a bit of an art-block over these last few months, so editing has been very slow for me. Anyways, I recently edited a couple more from this shoot and wanted to share them. Yes, they're a bit dark, but that is how I've been feeling and is the look I was going for.

A bit of back-story: Madison is currently the champion title holder of the World Beard and Mustache Championships in the Garibaldi category. He was recently contacted by ABC and was cast in an upcoming show, and they will potentially be using my photographs for his reveal. I'm pretty freaking excited about that!

Captured in all natural light (window)
EOS 5D Mark I
135mm @f/2
1/100th sec
ISO 500

EOS 5D Mark I
135mm @f/2
1/200th sec
ISO 500

mmaria · Jul 15, 2015

of course we remember :586:

and

great for you!!! :band:

DanOstergren · Jul 15, 2015

mmaria said:
of course we remember

and

great for you!!!

Thank you! It would be pretty amazing to see my photos on television!

Bryston3bsst · Jul 15, 2015

First shot is great.

That's a major league beard. How long did it take him to get there?

waday · Jul 15, 2015

Dan, they are fantastic! And, that's awesome!! Congrats!!

kdthomas · Jul 15, 2015

DanOstergren said:
Some of you may remember the shot of Madison that I posted a few months ago. I've been going through a bit of an art-block over these last few months, so editing has been very slow for me. Anyways, I recently edited a couple more from this shoot and wanted to share them. Yes, they're a bit dark, but that is how I've been feeling and is the look I was going for.

A bit of back-story: Madison is currently the champion title holder of the World Beard and Mustache Championships in the Garibaldi category. He was recently contacted by ABC and was cast in an upcoming show, and they will potentially be using my photographs for his reveal. I'm pretty freaking excited about that!

Good for you, man ... keep us posted

terri · Jul 15, 2015

He's such a fantastic model! Fine shots. It would be cool indeed, to see your work on television - very exciting!

BrickHouse · Jul 15, 2015

Just incredible lighting and processing, especially the first shot.

Donde · Jul 15, 2015

Wonderful! Congratulations. And very impressive photos.

DanOstergren · Jul 15, 2015

Bryston3bsst said:
First shot is great.

That's a major league beard. How long did it take him to get there?

Thank you. It took him two years.

DanOstergren · Jul 15, 2015

waday said:
Dan, they are fantastic! And, that's awesome!! Congrats!!

Thank you.

kdthomas said:
DanOstergren said:

Some of you may remember the shot of Madison that I posted a few months ago. I've been going through a bit of an art-block over these last few months, so editing has been very slow for me. Anyways, I recently edited a couple more from this shoot and wanted to share them. Yes, they're a bit dark, but that is how I've been feeling and is the look I was going for.

A bit of back-story: Madison is currently the champion title holder of the World Beard and Mustache Championships in the Garibaldi category. He was recently contacted by ABC and was cast in an upcoming show, and they will potentially be using my photographs for his reveal. I'm pretty freaking excited about that!

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Good for you, man ... keep us posted