Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Week 6 - OCF - Ghetto Greenberg

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Was talking to my buddy Myron a while back about different lighting setups we wanted to try out and stuff.  One of the types of images we wanted to try out was a setup made popular by photographer Jill Greenberg.  She's done a portrait series on crying babies and another on animals.  A couple examples of her work are:


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But her studio setup can be pretty complicated.  I think there are at least 7 light sources going on.  So its much more complicated than my little strobes setup.  But I decided to do what I could with what I had.


So here's my Jill Greenberg inspired self portrait:




What do you think?  I was going to drip some water from my eyes and nose, but decided that would get too messy.

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2 comments:

  1. LOL!!! Yes, add a spray bottle of water & you'll have it!

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  2. Love it man. What was your lighting and camera setup for this? Any post done?Great job!

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