Week 7 – The Mirror

View it LARGE!

This post is dedicated to my Week 7 self-portrait, feel free to comment and share your ideas.

As I mentioned in the Info, I had a completely different idea for today’s photo. Actually I have prepared it last week, but this one is way more interesting.

Trivia

• The ripple effect is obviously inspired by the Matrix.
• The idea popped into my head after the actual shooting. I was opting for “agent looking for evidence” look, but I took a few photos of me inspecting the mirror as well. Turned out to be a good choice.
• 83 photos taken, it was pain to get my face in focus, after few tries with auto focus I decided to focus manually.
• The lighting was achieved in camera. Besides the fx on my hand and mirror there was almost no post done.

Fringe

I’m a huge fan of sci-fi, horror and crime series, but only those that are really well made when it comes to lighting, the props and have strong characters. The plot is usually not so important although crappy plot equals a bipping warning sign.

As I can recommend Lie to Me to all crime stories fans, I can also fully recommend the Fringe. If you liked The X-Files, you should like Fringe too, even though it isn’t so dark. Below a trailer:

If you are interested try this sneak-peek. It is a bit dark thou;)

Hope to see you guys soon on the next In Search for Style article on Friday. Take care!