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Domestic Bliss
Ann


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Challenge: Personification II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Home
Date: Feb 4, 2007
Aperture: f/6.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1.250
Galleries: Humorous, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Feb 4, 2007

 The whole neighborhood got involved in this one...

Allex (my sometimes model and always amazing assistant) did a great job shopping for props and building the models. She even dyed her bathrobe pink for the challenge. Our neighbors Mark and Paul loaned the suit, shirt, tie, and newspaper. The American Cancer Society unknowingly loaned the wig, and Rachel and Lauryn loaned their curlers.

This was taken in my kitchen, which is barely big enough for the task. Besides the set, we had two people, a tripod, three lights, and an assortment of diffusers and reflectors. Besides the model building, the hardest part was to light the space evenly, and I had to use my D70's kit lens at 18mm to get everything in.

Besides spending an hour cloning out fishing line, the only post processing was the usual cropping and curves, and some dodging and burning to brighten up the suit and the back wall, and darken the bathrobe and table.

Post challenge:

Thanks everybody for the great comments! I knew this was on the verge of DNMC before I took the shot, but when I realized this, there were several of people who had already loaned props, so I went on with the shoot. Once I did the shoot, it was so funny I had to enter it, regardless of how I thought it was going to score.

The family portrait is here:


Statistics
Place: 24 out of 218
Avg (all users): 6.2408
Avg (commenters): 7.5714
Avg (participants): 5.8085
Avg (non-participants): 6.6598
Views since voting: 1613
Views during voting: 407
Votes: 191
Comments: 29
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 02/12/2007 06:31:52 AM
Thanks for sharing the setup and story beind this one in the comments section... always fun to come back and find out how these creative shots are created! Great job!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/11/2007 11:00:53 PM
Amazing effort. Technically good. But this seems like it's de-personifying people by making them frying pan heads, rather than personifying objects. You'd get 11/10 points from me in a surreal challenge. By the way, Mom is eating someone's eyeballs for breakfast, and I don't think that post-it notes and a ballpoint pen are a healthy way to start your busy day, no matter how you fry 'em. Incidentally, you are really bonkers and I appreciate that.
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 02/11/2007 09:11:18 PM
I love the photo in the corder - awesome touch....back with a bump
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 02/11/2007 06:13:21 PM
amazing set-up and really funny faces. 8
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 02/11/2007 05:59:56 PM
wow...how long did it take you to set this up?...nice touch with the picture in the background...high score from me
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 02/11/2007 05:18:32 PM
This is so funny. The picture on the wall is a good touch. You went to a lot of trouble and it shows. Good.
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 02/11/2007 02:04:18 PM
Oh my! you went to a great length to set this up - complete with a pic on the wall! Hilarious!
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 02/11/2007 08:31:19 AM
My goodness, how long did this setup take!? And to even have their portrait in the frame on the wall. I hope you at least got to eat the yummy breakfast before getting to work on this shot. Very creative!
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 02/10/2007 06:11:42 PM
very clever to put a copy of the family photo on the wall!. I like the homey feel of this photo. The only improvement would be in the contrast.
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 02/10/2007 10:58:28 AM
Looks like a lot of effort went into this! Very creative and funny! Well photographed too! The picture on the wall is a nice touch. I hope it does well.
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 02/10/2007 07:32:56 AM
You obviously had fun staging this shot. Very funny.
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 02/09/2007 01:53:02 PM
What an amazing amount of detail. Love the family pic lol. Cannot wait to read how long this took to set up.
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 02/08/2007 09:23:35 AM
that must have taken forever! lucky for you that it ended up good :P 7
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 02/07/2007 10:20:38 PM
Funny and creative! 8
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 02/07/2007 12:02:26 PM
Wow, that had to take some time to set up.
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 02/06/2007 10:07:59 PM
Looks like you put a lot of time into this challange. Great Job! I love the picture hanging on the wall. :)
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 02/06/2007 05:23:19 PM
ROFL!!! EXCELLENT you must have FAR too much spare time! 10
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 02/06/2007 09:44:28 AM
this is amazing, you obviously spent some time on this. Hope you do well. 10
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 02/05/2007 10:31:48 PM
It's the Frying Pan People! And they appear to be cannibals if those are eggs on the plate ... or they eat their own eyeballs. Yuck. I like Dad's office supply face and the family picture in the background. You went to a lot of trouble for this one!
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 02/05/2007 09:30:17 PM
You deserve a medal for going to this much work. I mean, you even made a family portrait of this frying pan family. Other people took photos of a shrub in the back yard, and your made a whole tableau. Wow.
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 02/05/2007 07:04:02 PM
wow.. You really did a fantastic job with this challenge. I love the picture in the background.
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 02/05/2007 03:47:44 PM
Very, very cute, and I'm sure time consuming, but you've just created people - isn't that the opposite of "non-human-looking"?
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 02/05/2007 12:33:55 PM
I know this took a LOT of work....
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 02/05/2007 11:29:06 AM
lots of hard work went into this and the end result is truly funny - 8
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 02/05/2007 09:30:44 AM
Where's her cigarette? ;~p

CUTE IDEA!!!
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 02/05/2007 05:31:00 AM
A bit chaotic but you went through a lot of trouble for this, the family portrait on the wall and everything! I cannot but score this highly!
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 02/05/2007 04:53:10 AM
You clearly have a lot of time on your hands! Great creativity - Well done.
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 02/05/2007 12:50:51 AM
you went to a lot of trouble here...only a couple of minor issues: the chair could have been in anothe rposition as it looks a bit distracting...lighting is a lottle flat...perhaps a little levels adjustment would have worked. Apart from that, I love the picture on the wall and the whole concept 8
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 02/05/2007 12:43:40 AM
A++ for effort!!
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