No, I do not refer to myself as The King, but it was a fairy tale that motivated me. Today, the Ninth of January in the year 2012, Thierry Henry played scored the match winner against Leeds United in his first match for the Arsenal since leaving in 2007. It was a Hollywood ending and it left me a bit teary-eyed. Anyhow, it was enough to inspire to make a self-portrait afterwards.
No, that was not an Instagram shot. The idea for this shot is from Jeremy Cowart's CreativeLive session a year or two ago. My version was shot with a Canon 5D Mark II through this old Kodak Duoflex II camera.
And this is how it was lit:
The key light was a White Lightning X1600 with a 36" Octa on it, located camera left. The rim light is an Alien Bees AB800 with a 10 degree grid on it. These are all Paul C. Buff products.
This is what it looked like straight out of the camera:
Since the Kodak is a Twin Lens Reflex camera, the image is reversed. There was hardly any post-processing on my final image other than reversing the photo, cropping, and I pushed up the greens a little bit.
Thank you for the taking the time to read my post. Should you be interested in more of my musings on photography and/or Arsenal, you can follow me on twitter at: @geraldgonz
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