Oct_2020_XT35949 - a photo on Flickriver

Oct_2020_XT35949

            Over the last few days, I’ve been experimenting with these light tubes that remind me a lot of light sabers. I allowed myself to indulge in a little childhood fantasy and created a movie poster style self portrait because dammit I’ve always wanted to be a hero in a Star Wars movie. Please excuse the cheesy star field Photoshop job.

In retrospect I figure I should have shot it from below to make it look more heroic... oh well it was more of a lighting challenge than anything.

The light tube/saber is a clear T12 (fluorescent) light bulb protective cover from Home Depot lined with a Rosco diffusion gel and wrapped in a blue gel. A small 1000 lumen flashlight was inserted into the bottom of the tube to illuminate it. The red highlight is from a speed light in close behind and to my right on it's lowest power with red and neutral density gels. Flash is triggered with Pocket Wizards. Camera is triggered using the Cam Remote app from Fuji running on my phone.

Processed from raw in Capture One Pro then the star field and a smoke layer tinted red were added for atmosphere, replacing the plain black v-flat that I was up against.

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Taken on: October 14, 2020

Tags:

strobist

light sabre

fun

self portrait

selfie

auto portrait

scifi

blue red

movie poster

dramatic

portrait

man

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