Tea Time at Martha Stewart's
by hokie

Comment by jimmsp:
Well done! I am still trying to figure out how you did it. In my top 4.

Tea Time at Martha Stewart's
by hokie

Comment by Tiggarroo:
very creative

Tea Time at Martha Stewart's
by hokie

Comment by Daniel:
It's cluttered...it would have been better if the upside down subject were easier to find at first glance. good idea though.

Tea Time at Martha Stewart's
by hokie

Comment by albright1:
WAY clever! The trick with the tea is really nifty, but I especially love the knobby candles and the lurking dagger!

Tea Time at Martha Stewart's
by hokie

Comment by BAMartin:
I would recommend this photograph for the "How did they do that" section.

Tea Time at Martha Stewart's
by hokie

Comment by justine:
Well that is KOOL!
Very creative and a good shot too.
Nice work!!

Tea Time at Martha Stewart's
by hokie

Comment by bramscolnick:
cool

Tea Time at Martha Stewart's
by hokie

Comment by lennier:
I have got to know how you pulled this off!

Tea Time at Martha Stewart's
by hokie

Comment by lisae:
Hehe, the implications of this photo are interesting, if I'm not reading too much into it. Is she really a witch? That makes so much sense.

It's beautifully lit and photographed, but kinda busy for me.

An Eye For Detail
by hokie

Comment by hokie:
O.K....the background on this photo and stuff is a lot more interesting than the photo. And if any of you have ever worked in advertising you know this is more the rule than the exception
:-)

I have a female friend in Baltimore who runs a strip club. The strip club owners face is in the bottle. Her eyes are stunning and I took a photo of her, pasted it to the back of the bottle and really hard lit the side of the bottle to get the photo to be clear enough. I used the tie to obscure the eye a bit with reflections and curves that followed the face in the bottle...an old trick.

The "ear" rings are actually nipple rings, and the black background is a a velvet mini-dress used by one of the "working" girls..

The aftershave was a gift from about 10 years ago ( I don't even wear aftershave ) and I had to put some water in it becasue it was so old the fragrance has started to evaporate. If you look real careful you can see the water and the alcohol fighting each other to mix.

When I worked in the graphics art department at Va Tech we used to hide all kinds of stuff in ad's. I was actually surprised no one else did any "sublimanal" stuff because subliminal messages are in so many national ad's.