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Husband & Wife
Husband & Wife
nstevens85


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Challenge: Things That Go Together II (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
Location: Arlington Heights, IL
Date: Dec 22, 2011
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Wedding
Date Uploaded: Dec 22, 2011

 Captured in a dark room with 2 light sources. One external flash hand held in the upper left and one on body flash with thin paper in front to diffuse the light.

The dolls were made by my grandma and were actually the cake toppers at my wedding last year. The room and clothes were made by my grandma's sisters. The doll clothes are replicas of our wedding attire. The pictures on the right wall are me and my wife.

I was kind of going for more of an institutional/societal norm message in the image.

Edits:
- Resize in Adobe PS
- Export in Adobe LR
- Vignette in Adobe LR
- Cloned out reflection on lip in Adobe PS

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Thanks for the comments. I just got my camera a couple weeks ago and this is my second challenge entry. I appreciate all the feed back.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/29/2011 12:06:51 PM
Strange but true.
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 12/29/2011 07:20:43 AM
I apologise, I am new to this and you are "stuck" with my comments. Pls. realise that this is *my* learning curve more than yours!
I think the interpretation of the theme is good. I like that you used dolls rather than real people and still could get the "husband&wife" theme across. My eyes are drawn a lot to the background though. Especially the little boys pictures on the wall. the blue in those pics is very strong and draws my eye. Perhaps a brighter attire of the H&W or a shallower DOF would have emphasised the main charaters more. I do like the way you used the lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2011 01:32:58 AM
I like the family snaps on the walls.
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 12/28/2011 05:20:25 PM
This one is amusing; I love the little figurines, their wee outfits and the miniature furniture. I find the vignette a bit distracting though, my eye wants to go to the darkened bottom corners.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2011 12:49:38 PM
creepy.
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 12/26/2011 10:48:22 PM
Spooky shot. Where have you hidden the real people?!?!
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 12/26/2011 03:56:18 AM
Lol. I was going to do a hubbie & wife shot.... man and woman the way it's meant to be.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/25/2011 09:17:38 PM
I like the humour. It would have been even funnier (and more work of course) to have doll photos in the picture frames as well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/23/2011 12:48:03 PM
This is cute, very interesting composition.
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 12/23/2011 11:33:30 AM
How very Stepford Love the portraits on the wall. Great detail
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