Björn - The Evil Caretaker

[elfving73]

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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[illuminati919]

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

[elfving73]

Thank you! :thumb
Bummer that I don't know a Metal Band! :dunno :D *Haha*

Matty

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

[wxwax]

:lol3

Great imagination, as usual, Elving. Love the shots and the acting!

[truth]

Amazing post work, very cool.

[Dee]

Wow, I hope you got more shots than that, what a great atmosphere to shoot!:clap

[Nikolai]

Very spooky!
Great effects!
Glad to see you're back in a posting mood:-) :thumb

[photogmomma]

Very creepy! Love them... Awesome work.

[Cason]

Nice!

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

[DoctorIt]

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:

http://elfving73.smugmug.com/photos/103106441-Th.jpg

That is some very subtle work, Matty. :thumb
Excellent, as usual.

[mrclark321]

Cool shots. :)

Dan

[David_S85]

Matty, these are amazing!


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

http://elfving73.smugmug.com/photos/103106441-Th.jpg


I didn't until Doc mentioned it. Wow!

[elfving73]

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

:lol3

Great imagination, as usual, Elving. Love the shots and the acting!

[elfving73]

:thumb Thank you very much! :thumb

Amazing post work, very cool.

[elfving73]

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


Wow, I hope you got more shots than that, what a great atmosphere to shoot!:clap

[elfving73]

Thank you, Nikolai! :thumb It's good to be back!

Matty


Very spooky!
Great effects!
Glad to see you're back in a posting mood:-) :thumb

[elfving73]

Thank you! I hope I ruined your good night sleep! *Mohahaha!* Naa, just kidding! :wink :thumb

Matty


Very creepy! Love them... Awesome work.

[elfving73]

Thank you! Sure I can.... I'll put them in the first post.

Matty


Nice!

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

[elfving73]

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. :wink

Matty




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:

http://elfving73.smugmug.com/photos/103106441-Th.jpg

That is some very subtle work, Matty. :thumb
Excellent, as usual.

[elfving73]

Thank you, Dan! :thumb

Cool shots. :)

Dan

[elfving73]

Thank you! :bow :D



Matty, these are amazing!



I didn't until Doc mentioned it. Wow!