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SP2-Day-7-Poker Party
SP2-Day-7-Poker Party
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Collection: Self
Galleries: Portraiture, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2006

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Comments: 40
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 My office is opposite my dining room, so I've been looking and noodling on this for days. I even wrote down what each person would be doing. Spent 20 minutes setting the scene, includin thinking about what each person would hold. Tucked all the 'hold' items out of site & shot a 'neutral'. Then shot first person (in front) - 3 takes. 2nd person (the dealer) - 3 takes. The rest of them were one take each. Changed the hair and shirt for each. PS time was 35 minutes. Total work - ~3 hours.


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 11/16/2007 11:24:17 PM
This rocks! I got to do one of these inside my house.
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 05/25/2007 01:02:21 AM
Wow, what a dream ... hehe ;-)
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 05/07/2007 01:53:52 PM
I like it that finally someone thought of the novel idea to change their clothes when shooting this kind of shot...really like it.
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 04/17/2007 05:02:08 AM
Would be better if they were playing strip poker -- and you'd only have to convince one of them! ;-)
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 12/13/2006 08:29:28 PM
This is adorable and very creative. Great PS work!
You da bombdiggidy!!
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 10/13/2006 10:02:29 AM
wicked !!!!
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 09/13/2006 12:23:54 PM
Wow!! This is pretty cool!!
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 09/13/2006 09:49:23 AM
I think the person on the left is about to fold.... ;-)

Great composite!
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 09/13/2006 01:48:11 AM
looks like fun. say, can I join the party? :p
do I need to bring along all my personalities or can I just bring one of myself? hehe

nice work Cindi... I hope I can do one of these someday. Is it hard?
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 09/13/2006 01:19:39 AM
Wow... love the different outfits and the different expressions and how everyone is doing something and how it all just "fits together". IMPRESSIVE!!!
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 09/12/2006 10:15:44 PM
Looks like a lot of thought went into this and it has worked out awesome! Very well done!
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 09/12/2006 03:48:22 PM
You did a great job with this, Cindi. Love all the different clothing, hair styles and expressions. The more of these I see here, the more tempted I am to do one of my own. Excellent!
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 09/12/2006 12:23:04 AM
wow! good job! that's a ton of work but it looks great!
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 09/12/2006 12:10:34 AM
Aren't you just the cutest!!!?
Well done!
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 09/11/2006 08:52:19 PM
SO cool! This is absolutely stunning. Execution is superb, and the idea is fabulous for this type of photo. Holy crap! Well done!
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 09/11/2006 08:48:05 PM
Good one cindi, love all of the different expressions. You made it look convincing.
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 09/11/2006 08:46:57 PM
Oiy cindi, you've set the bar very very high with this! Extra well done ma'am, from lighting to editing to dealing yourself a straight flush!

You have very good posture, that will go a long way later in life :)
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 09/11/2006 07:41:27 PM
So you drank beer, wine, coke and water... I bet your tummy don't feel so well does it? ;-)

Awesome work Cindi.
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 09/11/2006 06:52:54 PM
the editing is flawless. this is beyond excellent!
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 09/11/2006 06:38:17 PM
My favorite composite so far!!

Great result and interesting colors.
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 09/11/2006 05:17:56 PM
This is great! I was thinking about doing something like this (and I will) but watching yours discourage me cause I know I wont be able to do it this good... Great job!
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 09/11/2006 04:03:24 PM
Now this is great. I love all the different expressions.
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 09/11/2006 04:03:19 PM
Like the world already doesn't have enough Cindi's?

Great job. Looking forward to you beating this shot as it is awesome.
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 09/11/2006 03:54:28 PM
EXCELLENT!!! This is great. Superb editing job here Cindi. Great work!
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 09/11/2006 01:39:12 PM
Put away the money...strip poker is more fun. This is awesome. Great proccessing here. I have really got to try this.
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 09/11/2006 12:43:49 PM
Really Really Cool! Did you win? :-P

If you ever need a 6th I am there!
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 09/11/2006 12:36:09 PM
Excellent!
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 09/11/2006 10:36:05 AM
Originally posted by Melethia:
Now I'm kinda embarrassed that I even tried it. (Sheepish grin icon goes here...) This is amazing! If there are errors, I sure as heck can't find them. How did you put it all together, by the way? Mask and erase? I like how you can even see the feet under the table from the Cindi in the back. Every Cindi is perfectly lit and in focus - did you re-focus each shot, and if so, how did you do that without disturbing the camera position?

I'll go back to snapshots of my feet, I think.... :-)


:D Deb, thanks for the compliment. I'm pretty proud of this one. I did use mask/erase to pull the layers together. Once I figured out what I was doing it went amazingly fast. I didn't refocus for each exposure though. I had the camera set with a deep enough DOF to include the whole table (Cindi back left is a bit soft). Each time all I had to do was to click the remote release to get the timer going and dash into position. Light was the celing fixture over the table plus my flash with Gary Fong pointed at the celing.
 09/11/2006 09:18:50 AM
Now I'm kinda embarrassed that I even tried it. (Sheepish grin icon goes here...) This is amazing! If there are errors, I sure as heck can't find them. How did you put it all together, by the way? Mask and erase? I like how you can even see the feet under the table from the Cindi in the back. Every Cindi is perfectly lit and in focus - did you re-focus each shot, and if so, how did you do that without disturbing the camera position?

I'll go back to snapshots of my feet, I think.... :-)
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 09/11/2006 07:50:10 AM
This is great Cindi. At first, I thought it was a couple of different people, not just you. But I did just wake up.
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 09/11/2006 07:23:41 AM
This looks great. I really like the story line and choice of processing.
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 09/11/2006 06:32:31 AM
great job. very well done. I like the colors too nicely muted. interesting almost 70's feel.
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 09/11/2006 04:50:00 AM
You've done a really good job on this..Obviously thought out very well!
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 09/11/2006 04:41:09 AM
great details in this, I like how each drink kind of goes with each outfit. Poor cindi on the far left though, she has no drink and looks alittle sad :P. excellent multi exposure.
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 09/11/2006 02:04:45 AM
Really good job. If I did that kind of thing in Photoshop, I'd probably take 3 and a half days...
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 09/11/2006 01:13:27 AM
This is fabulous - really excellent processing and love the series of expressions/positions
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 09/11/2006 12:59:32 AM
*edited photographer's comments*

Message edited by author 2006-09-11 01:10:42.
 09/11/2006 12:55:12 AM
This is an absolutely perfect achievement of the multiple exposure technique! VERY well done cindi! What is the elapsed time of the shoot with all the clothes changing?

I gots to do me one of these! :)
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 09/11/2006 12:44:14 AM
These are getting better and better. Great job!

And nice hand, to boot. ;)
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 09/11/2006 12:41:47 AM
AWESOME!!!!!!
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