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The next installment in my series is an image of Justin Current, an athlete and model based in Phoenix. I wanted to create a very athletic image with a doomsday, "escape from New York" kind of theme. We chose my favorite Grunge location, but a different section - this row of concrete pillars was perfect to create the height and illustrate his athleticism. Here is the final result:
Here is the Original image, Straight from the camera. Photographers will notice something very different about this image than most every other on the site. This is an entirely natural light exposure. I used a 4x8 v-card as fill, which you can see camera left, but no other supplemental lighting was used. I shot a couple of images with a rim light but it really detracted from the impact of this image, so I decided to go existing light! I am laying on the ground shooting up with a fisheye lens to create the illusion of extreme height.
The second image in this composite was shot a few minutes later from the same location with a short telephoto lens. This dark OD military ops helicopter is one of a number of cool choppers that take off from Pinal Airpark, an old CIA Air Command Center and military training base for Apache helicopter pilots and Special Ops paratroopers. The area is also rich in Border Patrol helicopters. I had hoped for an Apache to fly by, but this Army Bell 206 chopper was perfect for the paramilitary theme.
This sky from an outtake of a shoot in Elgin, AZ was used - overlayed on the background and toned down to look like a night sky.
Together, these separate photographs make a powerful image. If you are interested in a step-by-step how-to, send me an email. If I get enough interest, I will pour it all out for everyone to see.