Beware the shadows

[marlunn]

We had a shoot night in my photography club - one of our members shoots Comi-Con characters, he was able to get a few of his contact to visit us to do a shoot session while they were en-route to a convention, the cost to the club was we provided the people with images they can use on social media - they do it for fun in the main - and so do we !

As previously stated I dont normally shoot people but decided it would be a bit of fun, my mental brief for my images was Comic Book, so instead of using the studio flash setup available I pushed the iso hard to get grain with a view to convert to B & W and shot hand help on a long lens inbetween the other people shooting. This guy is a Ninja - hence the title, I think it works as a 'comic book' style of image

[Shadowman]

Cosplay is a good subject to undertake; especially when you can add a fantasy element to the background. Nicely captured.

[Manfred M]

The biggest challenge in shooting dark subjects against dark backgrounds is getting decent separation between the subject and the background. That is the main issue I see with this image. That's what rim and kicker lighting is all about.

[marlunn]

Thanks John, appreciated.

Manfred , was not the idea - was to have a shadow figure, in effect the intent is a cartoon look for a comicon persona as a Ninja, they dont want to be seperate from the background the intent is to blur into the background

[IzzieK]

I like the pose and the grains. You have achieved what you aimed for.

When I was with a Meet Up group here in St. Louis, when we have models, we pay $25 at the door and for however many we have in attendance, I think the models divide the money amongst themselves.

[marlunn]

Thanks Izzie, pretty sure I would not pay that much to shoot people :-) not really my subject matter at all.