Björn - The Evil Caretaker

elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
edited October 17, 2006 in People
Howdy friends!

I've been keeping my eyes open for "trashy" inviroments to photograph in, and yesterday by a coincident my friend and neighbour Björn told be about these creepy subterranean places he has to visit time to time in is job as an caretaker. It got me curious and we went there to check it out. Boy, it was really creepy down there, almost more than I could have asked for. Perfect!
I snapped a few pictures and on a couple of them, Björn got in the frame. I said "Look scary" and BOY did he NOT! So, I gaved him a little help with that...... mohahahaha! These should be seen against black background.
Oh, be warned - this pic conatins nudity - hehe, it's me! *Giggle*

Regards / Matty


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And just for the fun of it - here's Before/After-versions:



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  • illuminati919illuminati919 Registered Users Posts: 713 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2006
    That place looks awesome to take photos, prolly somewhere a Metal band would have a photoshoot. I like the photos, just the whole feeling and all. Nice job, definitely digging them. thumb.gif
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  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2006
    Thank you! thumb.gif
    Bummer that I don't know a Metal Band! ne_nau.gif:D *Haha*

    Matty
    illuminati919 wrote:
    That place looks awesome to take photos, prolly somewhere a Metal band would have a photoshoot. I like the photos, just the whole feeling and all. Nice job, definitely digging them. thumb.gif
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2006
    lol3.gif

    Great imagination, as usual, Elving. Love the shots and the acting!
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited October 16, 2006
    Amazing post work, very cool.
  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2006
    Way cool...
    Wow, I hope you got more shots than that, what a great atmosphere to shoot!clap.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2006
    Matty,
    Very spooky!
    Great effects!
    Glad to see you're back in a posting mood:-) thumb.gif
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  • photogmommaphotogmomma Registered Users Posts: 1,644 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2006
    Very creepy! Love them... Awesome work.
    Andi

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  • CasonCason Registered Users Posts: 414 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2006
    Nice!

    Can you post the photo before post-processed it? I'm curious to see the difference.
    Cason

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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited October 16, 2006
    Matty, you have an endless imagination. It's not only the actual post work you do which impresses me, but rather the foresight you must have in framing the shots to accomodate the later work. I'm guessing that in the back of your head, you already know what you're going to do in post, so you leave yourself room. Kinda like a seasoned magazine cover shooter - you can't get a cover if there's no room for the headline!

    I wonder how many people noticed the woman at the top of this image:

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    That is some very subtle work, Matty. thumb.gif
    Excellent, as usual.
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited October 17, 2006
    Cool shots. :)

    Dan
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,260 moderator
    edited October 17, 2006
    Matty, these are amazing!
    DoctorIt wrote:
    I wonder how many people noticed the woman at the top of this image:

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    I didn't until Doc mentioned it. Wow!
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  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2006
    Thank you! Hehe! I'll tell ya, Björn didn't have a clue what I had in store for him.... in pp. :D He haven't seen them yet, can't wait to see his reaction! *Giggle*

    Matty
    wxwax wrote:
    lol3.gif

    Great imagination, as usual, Elving. Love the shots and the acting!
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2006
    thumb.gif Thank you very much! thumb.gif
    truth wrote:
    Amazing post work, very cool.
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2006
    Thank you! Well, I snapped a few, but this trip was primarely a check up on the location. I have plans to lure down unsuspecting models down there.... mohahahaha! Just kidding! But seriosly, I have plans to go back there with models.....

    Matty

    Dee wrote:
    Wow, I hope you got more shots than that, what a great atmosphere to shoot!clap.gif
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2006
    Thank you, Nikolai! thumb.gif It's good to be back!

    Matty

    Nikolai wrote:
    Very spooky!
    Great effects!
    Glad to see you're back in a posting mood:-) thumb.gif
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2006
    Thank you! I hope I ruined your good night sleep! *Mohahaha!* Naa, just kidding! mwink.gifthumb.gif

    Matty

    photogmomma wrote:
    Very creepy! Love them... Awesome work.
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2006
    Thank you! Sure I can.... I'll put them in the first post.

    Matty

    RTP wrote:
    Nice!

    Can you post the photo before post-processed it? I'm curious to see the difference.
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2006
    Thank you! Well, in general, I do try to visualize the image before I hoist the camera, and again before I hit the shutter. Before, I was the "It-doesn't-cost-me-extra-to-shoot-a-hell-of-a-lot-of-pictures-then-I-get-many-to-choose-from-and-hopefully-some-turnes-out-good"-kind of photographer. But evenutally, I've started to see the benefits of the "Think First, Shoot Later"-way. You save time, both when shooting and when pp, but you also indirectly prolong the lifetime of your camera. Perhaps that sounds a bit silly, but imagine, if you have shoot, and casually and rapidly snap let's say 150-200 frames, using my own statistics, that'll oftenly leave me with ca 20-30 pics that's ok, 10-15 that are good, and 5-10 that I'm really happy with. The rest could just go straight to the bin (and my problem on top of that is that I have problems to throw away images. So irrational and very HD consuming.)
    If I keep working that way, when the camera finaly jams on me, it'll haunt me forever that 2/3 of the exposures was just straight-to-the-bin-material.

    This has been, and still is an ongoing process. I still fire of many frames, but I TRY to think first - atleast a little. mwink.gif

    Matty



    DoctorIt wrote:
    Matty, you have an endless imagination. It's not only the actual post work you do which impresses me, but rather the foresight you must have in framing the shots to accomodate the later work. I'm guessing that in the back of your head, you already know what you're going to do in post, so you leave yourself room. Kinda like a seasoned magazine cover shooter - you can't get a cover if there's no room for the headline!

    I wonder how many people noticed the woman at the top of this image:

    103106441-Th.jpg

    That is some very subtle work, Matty. thumb.gif
    Excellent, as usual.
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2006
    Thank you, Dan! thumb.gif
    mrclark321 wrote:
    Cool shots. :)

    Dan
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2006
    Thank you! bowdown.gif:D


    David_S85 wrote:
    Matty, these are amazing!



    I didn't until Doc mentioned it. Wow!
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