Alopecia

[stigmundfreud]

Cant remember if I whacked these up, suffering big time memory loss at the minute so here goes (possibly again)...

This is my mate Tony, he has alopecia which he suffered from about 6 or so years ago. Like Duncan Goodhew it as left him totally hairless (not that I checked it out...). He wanted some shots to use on Facebook and Linked-in

We took a trip out to the old abandoned railway near my home in what has been my first real venture outdoors with someone (where I had actually tried to learn how to use the speedlights or at least understand how they interact).

Something I found frstrating was the st-e2 trigger really is limited if you try to have a flash at camera left and right if taking portrait.

Anyway here are some of the pics:



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[crmcatee]

stigmundfreud said:

This one for me.. The smoke just adds to the atmosphere. (even though the top of his bonce is just a little washed out).

[trackdemon]

stigmundfreud said:

"WTFyoulookinat?"

[stigmundfreud]

[Don]

Great portraits. The B&W treatment is great. Very distinguished in his suit.

[trackdemon]

stigmundfreud said:

Excellent pics BTW

[stigmundfreud]

thanks all, I'm considering going back to BW (like in film days) because its easy to cover up mistakes

[john185k]

Crackin set, a martial arts outfit would look pretty sweet too

[stigmundfreud]

I could try that, maybe some selective boot polish and we have kungfu panda Cheers for compliments

[Mrs Fish]

Great shots, very atmospheric he looks like he should be in Snatch or Lock, Stock aka Vinnie Jones

[poah]

nice work.

I put the ST-E2 on the canon extention cord so you can point it at flashes out of its normal range

[stigmundfreud]

poah said:

nice work.

I put the ST-E2 on the canon extention cord so you can point it at flashes out of its normal range

I was thinking of getting the side unit but that makes sense, only problem is I dont tend to use my tripod when out side... but thanks for suggestion will look at it

[Scho]

Mrs Fish said:

he looks like he should be in Snatch or Lock Stock

swindon is the new east end.

i'm a big fan of these stig, the lighting is so sharp, really suits the model/wardrobe.

the ones smoking in the suit are the winners fo sho'.

who cares if you've lost highlights? doesn't bother me.

[stigmundfreud]

lost highlights? Where, its all artistically lit with that light source provided by God himself

Cheers Scho

[bob1179]

Cool piccies. He looks a right 'ard bd!

I think the B&W works very well, especially the ones with him in the suit with the brickwall background.

[stigmundfreud]

Cheers bob, I'll find out the other shots where he looks a bit more human/camp.

[absolutely]

He does look like a bruiser, is he a bouncer? If not he should be!

A couple of my friends have alopecia, a girl and a guy. The guy had thick black hair and was fraily hairy, he looks like a completely different person. The girl was teased at school because her hair was dropping out and took long periods off because of it.

[stigmundfreud]

He's actually a fairly slight guy, no hair intensifies facial expressions and expert lighting of course

[bob1179]

I'd love to have some proper piccies taken of myself. I think it would make a nice pressie for my mum (awwwww, I hear you all cry). Where would you get some nice arty ones like that done? It would be even better if I could get some with my sis in aswell.

[stigmundfreud]

bob1179 said:

I'd love to have some proper piccies taken of myself. I think it would make a nice pressie for my mum (awwwww, I hear you all cry). Where would you get some nice arty ones like that done? It would be even better if I could get some with my sis in aswell.

where you based? There are excellent PH people all over the country