making people look cool

June 4, 2009  |  by paul  |  BOONE, Lighting  |  BOONE, bored, lightroom, moody, Nikon D700, personal inspiration, SB-800

i get the question all the time: 

“Paul, how do I take a picture to make a person look cooler than they actually are?”

1. Find a model that isn’t cool
2. Create a dark and gloomy atmosphere by darkening out the background with a fill flash
3. Apologize to Ryan for saying that he wasn’t cool

uncool made cool

Popularity: 6% [?]

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3 Comments

1. 

   Sarah

   June 5, 2009 at 2:00 am

   Is that the intern?
2. 

   Matt Powell

   June 5, 2009 at 1:08 pm

   dude that was mean.
3. 

   shannon

   June 8, 2009 at 3:40 am

   I think Ryan’s cool.