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    The Ringbearer from Hell

    He had each ring on its own blade.



    This is an old friend of mine, his sister got married today, she was dressed as an angel, the groom as a devil, all the guests were in costume. Coolest wedding I've been to yet.
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Very cool photo Sebastian !!!!

    I was at a wedding yesterday .. nothing as cool as that ... usual black and white bs ....

    I think when the happy couple make it fun like that the whole group in attendance has a much better time ... much more of a party than just a wedding ....

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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Yikes! Scary! Very cool photo, though!

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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    That would have been an awsome wedding to go to!

    My friend is getting married next month- I should talk him into a thanksgiving themed wedding at the last minute
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    Thanks guys.

    A Thanksgiving wedding would rock! Cornucopias, pilgrim hats, men in tights...
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Quote Originally Posted by Sebastian
    men in tights...
    You're scaring me.

    Never heard of a Halloween wedding. Must have been a blast! Excellent shot too. And I thought that kayakers in costume today on the Rock River was different... I gotta get out more.

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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Wow that's great! My friends got married on Halloween 2 years ago, and the bride's borther got ordained over the 'net and married them dressed as Pinhead from Hellraiser. He's 6'5" - Halloween weddings are a blast!

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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    The wedding sounds like an awesome time. Photo is way cool also. Love the lighting with the fog(?).
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Quote Originally Posted by Sebastian
    men in tights...
    "We're men- We're men in tight TIGHT tights.

    We're roaming through the forests looking for fights!"
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    No singing in my threads.
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Way cool picture Seb. That had to be one fun wedding.
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Sounds like my kind of wedding.
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Ummmm.... Peachy.
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    AWESOME picture Sebastian!!!
    Be nice to se it in my Halloween thread

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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    I got married on halloween two years ago (todays my anniversary :-) ), we had a magician, balloon animal maker, fortune teller, carnival games, good times..no one came in costumes, but we did have our wedding pics taken by lomo action sampler and another lomo "trick" camera...they all came out great.

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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Seb...... You are invited to my wedding when(and if) I get married!!! Your style is great and you always seem to get some great images too!
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Awesome is a great way to describe this pic! Looks like a frame from a movie.
    I would love details about this shot.
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    Awwwww Paul, you're such a softie.

    Mark, what sort of details?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sebastian
    He had each ring on its own blade.



    This is an old friend of mine, his sister got married today, she was dressed as an angel, the groom as a devil, all the guests were in costume. Coolest wedding I've been to yet.
    Kinda freaky, but very neat at the same time!

    GREAT photo budyy!!!
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    softy, now that's funny to here

    Shhhh, you're right though.
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Mark, what sort of details?
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    The location: Was this at the place of the wedding?
    The smoke: A smoke machine?
    The lighting: What was the source?
    Metering: Did you use in cmera meter or hand held?
    Exposure: What was it, and did you bracket or use histogram?

    All this may seem mundane or obvious to you, but it's not to me.
    It's a great shot and I would like to know how it came about.
    I would love to see a few more from this Hollwwedding.
    Mark.
    BTW, my screen shows slightly high contrast I think,
    but I can still just make out the left eye and nose.
    Creepy good.

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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Mark,

    The most important detail here is the exposure. I did not use the histogram, I did use the built-in meter. I exposed much earlier for a group of people standing near the porch with the light off to their side. I framed the shot to get the light out of the frame, and I exposed about two thirds of a stop under what the camera was telling me. (It was dark, the camera reading would have made all the blacks grey.) This gave me a base exposure I used any time I was in that spot. When it came time to shoot Freddy, I knew I wanted a silhouette. So I stopped down one stop, put the light almost directly behind him, waited for the smoke from the fog machine to billow, and started shooting. The tough part was timing it when the smoke was BEHIND him. As soon as it was between him and me it would totally get washed out from the light and you could barely make him out.

    The location: Was this at the place of the wedding? Their backyardis where all of it happened.

    The smoke: A smoke machine? Yes.

    The lighting: What was the source? Porch light.

    Metering: Did you use in cmera meter or hand held? Camera, explained above.

    Exposure: What was it, and did you bracket or use histogram? I did not bracket, and I'm not going to give you the numbers. Partially, beause I don't feel like opening the file up, and partially because the numbers are useless, you will never face this exact scene, and they ONLY apply to this one, particular moment. What really matters is to know that I wanted to underexpose him. That was the only thing on my mind. I knew from the earlier reading what I needed to do to get a good exposure for detail in the faces when the light was to their side. From there I knew how much I had to underexpose to lose that detail and get the silhouette I wanted.

    All this may seem mundane or obvious to you, but it's not to me. It's not mundane or obvious, you weren't there. But, it's too easy to get caught up in settings and apertures and shutter speeds. Knowing those doesn't help anything. Understanding how to put light where you want it is much more important. When I see a scene I don't start thinking of shutter speeds or apertures or ISOs. I start thinking about how I want the final image to look. Do I want deep DOF? Do I want blur? Do I care if the lights are blown out in favor of the shadows? Or do I want the shadows blocked up to preserve the highlights? All of those things come before anything is set on the camera, because these thoughts dictate the settings. Lots of DOF means I need to stop down, if I want blur it means I need a slow shutter speed. The way I shoot, numbers/settings are a product of the image I envision.

    It's a great shot and I would like to know how it came about. I hope my ranting helps to clear that up a bit.

    I would love to see a few more from this Hollwwedding.

    Here you go: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sebasti...7594353974251/

    Mark.
    BTW, my screen shows slightly high contrast I think,
    but I can still just make out the left eye and nose.
    Good, that means I got exactly what I wanted.
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Seb, Thanks for the details and the link:thumbsup:
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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    O.k. so I thought this was going to be an image of a creepy kid being a pain---holy creepola....

    Freddy still freaks me out---- going to go check out the rest of the photos....

    great shot--eww-gonna go turn the lights on...


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    Re: The Ringbearer from Hell

    Thanks Nat.
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