Barber Shop... Barber shop of terror?

The technique is really quite simple, at least for this photo. I marquee selected the area where the reflection was then extended it by about 15%, copied and pasted it to another screen with a transparent background, added a curve layer and carefully worked the bottom (the foot) of the curve, point by point until I had that part of the image where I wanted it, reselected, pasted back to the original and did a luminosity blend at 100% with a 2.5 pixel feather on the blend as well as a soft brush layer mask to kill the edge created by the copy/paste.

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The technique is really quite simple, at least for this photo. I marquee selected the area where the reflection was then extended it by about 15%, copied and pasted it to another screen with a transparent background, added a curve layer and carefully worked the bottom (the foot) of the curve, point by point until I had that part of the image where I wanted it, reselected, pasted back to the original and did a luminosity blend at 100% with a 2.5 pixel feather on the blend as well as a soft brush layer mask to kill the edge created by the copy/paste.

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Wow. Never would have thought of that. Clever. Thanks for sharing.
 
The filthiness of the place adds to the terror factor =)

Hahaha...

I kinda like it even with the reflection. I can't help but see a missed moment in time (decisive moment if you will) with the barber turned around cutting his customer's hair rather than facing the mirror with his back turned to the customer. Documenting people interacting with each other....

Sometimes, I will back out a bit... capture the same scene through the window but actually incorporate the window itself into the composition... framing the scene. It defines the reflection (as people immediately know its a window) as well as give purpose to the window.

Of course, in street photography there's a bit of luck involved as well... thanks for sharing.

Actually the first shot I got was with the guy actually cutting his hair, but I was so nervous about them yelling at me for taking the shot that I guessed at the exposure settings and stuff and guessed way wrong so I missed it. Had i known they couldn't have cared less I could have setup better.

Using the window as part of the composition is such a great idea... Totally didn't think of that. -whacks head- thanks for mentioning that and thanks for the comments.

The glare is part of the editorial license of the shot....I think it fits the scene.

Thanks mully!
 

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