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Challenge: DPChallenge User Portrait (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
Location: My Studio - Hutton, Essex, UK
Date: May 9, 2010
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 10, 2010

 This is the man, the legend, Mr simms

I've had the pleasure of being friends with Mark through working together on weddings and even started a company (PhotoTeach) with him over the last two years.

I met him through DPC and when this challenge came up I invited him for a shoot at my studio. It was good fun and I like this shot, both for the lighting and the expression which I think is a very honest expression with real connection to the viewer.

Hope it does ok!

Thanks


Post Challenge: Thanks for all the votes, was really hoping for a top ten but never mind!

Lighting info:

Bowens 100 softbox to camera left, very close into Mark to get the big catchlights in the eyes and keep the lighting nice and soft.
Snoot from camera left roughly next to Mark pointing at the UltraBlack background paper roll.

That's it!




Statistics
Place: 11 out of 83
Avg (all users): 6.6592
Avg (commenters): 7.2222
Avg (participants): 6.6600
Avg (non-participants): 6.6590
Views since voting: 1956
Views during voting: 530
Votes: 223
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 05/19/2010 07:54:14 PM
I like the portrait. And the lighting. Nice work.
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 05/19/2010 04:06:01 AM
Great work!
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 05/19/2010 12:08:26 AM
Oh I know that face.....top bloke...shame about the accent though...hehehehehe! Ask Simms about that one!
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 05/19/2010 12:05:34 AM
VERY cool that the two you placed back to back with your portraits!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/17/2010 11:37:27 PM
So that's him, huh? Ruggedly handsome fellow he is :) And a very nice job photographing him!!
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 05/16/2010 08:39:47 PM
Fantastic shot.
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 05/16/2010 12:25:53 PM
so you grow a beard and then disappear out of my life! lovely, just lovely! 9. is this Mak?
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 05/14/2010 11:35:33 AM
This one has great DOF, part of me wants to say that you shouldn't have cropped his head so tight at the top, but the more I look at it, the more I like it... If I HAD to come up with one thing to say it would be that the light on the backdrop should be the same brightness on both his left and right... it's a little too bright on one side as thought you lit it with a light from the side... try placing the light reight behind him so that lighting is even on left and right... but STILL I really think this shot is AMAZING!
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 05/14/2010 11:13:06 AM
Excellent portrait !! it is good to know what this guy looks like, it will now be even more enjoyable to read his sarcastic comments. (not voting)
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 05/13/2010 08:59:00 AM
The eyes are nice and sharp and use of lighting was good. Subject feels too centered but just off center... I'm not sure if it bugs me or not and if I think that then it probably does
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 05/13/2010 08:53:18 AM
it is a good picture but i think it is alittle wide. 6
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 05/13/2010 12:52:31 AM
nice lighting and shallow dof works well in this. i like the wide crop but not the black borders on this. normally i do like the black but i think this shot would be best without. :)
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 05/12/2010 06:57:31 PM
very professional portrait. (not voting)
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 05/12/2010 03:56:57 AM
Looks like you pulled him out of a tv ad trying to push insurance or something haha.
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 05/12/2010 03:37:25 AM
He really does look like an a-hole! :P Just kidding! I love that guy. I mean that in a platonic way - not like love-love. ...not that there's anything wrong with that. Haha. Just funnin. This is a fantastic portrait! an easy 10 from me.
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 05/12/2010 03:03:36 AM
Lovely portrait of Simms, the lighting is spot on. Looks like he has lost some weight!
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