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The craziest thing you've done to create an image?
Just wondering what the most outrageous or craziest thing you've ever done to create an image? How far will you go for your art? Feb 28 06 06:21 pm Link VisualRamblings wrote: When doing an editorial for Flux they put a wooden chair in the middle of the woods. Feb 28 06 06:32 pm Link VisualRamblings wrote: I used a digital camera once. I know, I know... insane isn't it...? Feb 28 06 06:52 pm Link Hopped the fence at Fort Point and walked along the rocks to get a better view of the bridge. Set everything up, and just as I'm taking the shot I see a monster wave coming right at me through the viewfinder. Snapped it and turned everything away just in time to avoid getting soaked. Guy next to me wasn't so lucky and his camera was drenched. Salt water not good for cameras. Feb 28 06 07:15 pm Link I built a pond/water area in the living room of my house with drip hoses hanging from boards overhead, filled it with water, shot until after midnight, took the whole thing down without spilling a drop, got to bed around 3 or 4 am and got up and went to work by 8:30. The shots were awesome but I was one tired dude the next day.  It was worth it.Feb 28 06 07:24 pm Link Helped Dan build a pool out of plastic and 2X4's in his studio Spent 4 days making a #%@* tail in the garage our of smelly ass fiberglass Spent 1 day making a 3oo pound floating rock out of styrofoam peanuts, cement, and chicken wire (learned that if you mix cement by hand your skin will be sloughing off of your fingers for a few days) Spent good part of afternoon on my knees paintng a model blue Electrocuted self holding switch to fog machine while shin deep in water to adjust tail behind model Used a board and all the muscle power I had left to be a human wave machine All for a few shots like this one.... REMOVED- sorry to mods forgot about nudity on this forum You can see mermaid image on my portfolio Was it worth it? I think so. Can you believe it was shot here?  Feb 28 06 07:31 pm Link BodyPainter Rich wrote: That's brilliant. I was wondering what the tail was made out of. Haha fiberglass is such a joy to work with, eh? Feb 28 06 07:34 pm Link Climbed up and stood on a 10 foot concrete wall to shoot a model in a dumpster. Besides climbing into a dumpster and digging through trash, this model even climbed on top of the lid while it was open and balanced herself wearing a very thing slip (might as well have been naked) and hung her head over almost into the dumpster (while laying on her back). Also, that USED mattress in that dumpster shot was not deliberate, we were expecting pure garbage when we opened that lid. And what did we get? Trash that had been rained on in the middle of December. It was pretty cold... and insane. Stood on a bed post with one foot on the post, one foot up a foot higher on one of the edges all the while balancing on there to get the perfect composition and angle all the while holding a light in one hand and my camera in the other. Wrapped my naked self in used saran wrap that was soaked in cow's blood from a real bleeding heart. That smelled pretty bad. Stunk up the whole studio. One of the craziest things one of my models has done was actually cut her arm with pieces of a broken bottle. For me. And for the photo. And.. also for herself to be honest. And then there's your assorted starving artist examples and also "guerrilla photography" (I know I spelled that wrong). Feb 28 06 07:44 pm Link BodyPainter Rich wrote: WOW! I would say it was worth it. Minus the electrocuting self.... LOL Feb 28 06 07:52 pm Link Nerie wrote: Too cool... Feb 28 06 07:57 pm Link I don't get along well with heights. But one time we took the door off of a private plane and I hung out of the plane holding on to the wing brace to get an aerial shot. I was scared to death and had the time of my life all at once. Two of those shots hung in the hallway of my studio for several years. later, david Mar 01 06 07:42 am Link Beautiful young cowgirl who was an award winning barrel racer wanted a tight shot of her on her horse comeing fast around a barrel out at their ranch. I didn't have lenses with the distance for it so I ended up down on my knees in the dirt right where her and the horse would come around the barrel. Had to do a dozen takes to get the flying hair and everything just right. On the last take the horse went wide and I had to throw myself out of the way to avoid being trampled. Hated that horse, but damn she was pretty. Mar 01 06 08:01 am Link Waded chest deep into a swamp to photo a 12' aligater swimming six feet away, Lay on my stomach a few feet frpm a ratlesnake as my friend stood over me and used a stick to piss it off and 'strike a pose'. Had one of my models go in the mens room aat some Orlando resort motel and do a bunch of kinky stuff in front of the big mirrir. Had a heavyset model sit on my chest naked for some shots up across her into the overhead lights-she didn't seem to realize that yes, 230 kbs hurts. Mar 01 06 08:02 am Link oh gosh the craziest i have done is nothing compared to you guys gosh they sound horrific.. i stepped feet first from a very safe ladder into muslin that was hung from a beam in the ceiling naked by the way and dangled backwards. yeah thats about as crazy as i went ahemm **walks away slowly*** Mar 01 06 08:23 am Link Getting caught by a science professor shooting this image:  ...in one of the campus buildings. Everyone had a laugh though. Mar 01 06 05:15 pm Link |
