A portrait of The Quiet Might. Kurdistan, Iraq.
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A year of 50 posed portraits with only one light; a project designed to improve my camera work while blessing the people I encounter. You can see older portraits here, read the rules of the project here, or leave a comment below with your feedback.
The leaf means redeemed. It's compensation for all my deficiencies. The leaf means shameless. Not naked or trendy, simply covered. And there's no need to force fitting-in when you're wearing a giant leaf. The leaf means balance. Safe to be dangerous, loved to be loving, an advocate of both justice and mercy. This leaf is lasting - it won't fall off or fade. A holy veneer, it always protects and guards. Represented and taken care of. The leaf is Christ, my perfect covering.
Nicely done… :)
You don’t think it’s over-edited? I’ve been on the fence about this one…
No, no. This photo is amazing. Well done. Though I thought one of the rules was you couldn’t do any post-prod on it, which was why I was coming here to leave a comment and ask how you did it, but then I re-read the rules and realized it’s not there. Is the glow behind him natural?
Thanks, Ryan. I put a light behind him and then set up a tea tray behind his head so that the light would spill around it and onto his face. The wrinkled-looking thing is a while bed sheet. So there was a light, then a tea tray, then the bed sheet and then his head. The main edits: bumped the clarity, added a vignette, and messed with blacks/highlights a bit.