Day 146 - I accidentally the whole thing. What do?

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I usually try to stay away from imitaion of other photographers but I knew at some point I would have to give this idea a go. And since it's "copycat week" in the 52 weeks project, now is the perfect excuse.

 

The original is by ths guy, who does awesome conceptual photos. My Dad linked me to his work a couple of weeks ago because "we have a similar style".

I've since realised that lots of conceptual portraits I've seen on Flickr are copies of, or inspired by, his work.

If you look through his portfolio you'll see what I mean :)

Here's the link to the photo I copycatted

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I've made a blog post documenting how I created this, with info on photoshop tools and techniques including layer masks, curve adjustments, shadows, transforming, and lighting. So if you're interested, click here to see it: Tumblr

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:)

Done