Portrait of a friend of mine

CA_ · Jun 18, 2012

Shot with a Nikon D5100, and a DIY broken shop light converted into a ring light lol!

CA_ · Jun 18, 2012

oops, didn't mean to upload the full res, but you get the idea from the thumbnail I suppose.

Trever1t · Jun 18, 2012

you know, it's kinda cool! Not so sure I really like the processing so much but the lighting is pretty good!

CA_ · Jun 18, 2012

Haha yeah, it's kinda trippy right? I'm a graphic artist venturing into a photographer's world, so I'd like to find a really wild / surreal look to my style (still trying to find it). This was kind of an impromptu experiment to see if I could manufacture most of the lighting, as 90% of the wrapping of the light around his skin is done in post. My short term goal is to do fully composite images and do some really really wild stuff. But this was just a little stepping stone in that direction. The post processing is not quite right, you're right, but it's cool to play around sometimes.

amandamartin · Jun 19, 2012

I love it--and I love the precessing, too. Nice thinking on the improvision with the light. Why didn't I think of that?

CA_ · Jun 20, 2012

Well, I remembered seeing something similiar in a tutorial on YouTube a few weeks back, and as soon as I saw the light I guess it jarr'd that memory! So, not my own original idea, but whosever it was, it was definitley a good one.

DiskoJoe · Jun 20, 2012

CA_ said:
Haha yeah, it's kinda trippy right? I'm a graphic artist venturing into a photographer's world, so I'd like to find a really wild / surreal look to my style (still trying to find it). This was kind of an impromptu experiment to see if I could manufacture most of the lighting, as 90% of the wrapping of the light around his skin is done in post. My short term goal is to do fully composite images and do some really really wild stuff. But this was just a little stepping stone in that direction. The post processing is not quite right, you're right, but it's cool to play around sometimes.

When I first started doing photography I would go overboard a lot. Then gradually learned how to tone it down but still get the same feel I was looking for. But it is all a stepping stone. Just have fun with it and go from there.