Comments on: Shooting Victim – Mariel Zagunis http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/144 Award-winning Commercial Photographer Benjamin Reed specializes in advertising, commercial and editorial photography internationally and in the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR. Seattle, WA. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:37:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Fencing . Net http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/144/comment-page-1#comment-6344 Fencing . Net Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:29:03 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=144#comment-6344 Cool shoot. Came over here from Tim Morehouse's blog and I'll make sure to share on the Fencing.Net forums and get some more visitors over here. I like using the piste in this - it's reminiscent of a fencing game we play like "king of the hill", but it's "king/queen of the strip" - fencer stays up until defeated by a challenger. Cool shoot. Came over here from Tim Morehouse’s blog and I’ll make sure to share on the Fencing.Net forums and get some more visitors over here.

I like using the piste in this – it’s reminiscent of a fencing game we play like “king of the hill”, but it’s “king/queen of the strip” – fencer stays up until defeated by a challenger.

]]> By: adam w http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/144/comment-page-1#comment-4622 adam w Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:29:41 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=144#comment-4622 no sir. You are the badass. no sir. You are the badass.

]]> By: Matthew Brush http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/144/comment-page-1#comment-4498 Matthew Brush Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:43:09 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=144#comment-4498 Great job on this Ben! Did any of the highlife cans show up in shots? :) Great job on this Ben! Did any of the highlife cans show up in shots? :)

]]> By: Steve R http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/144/comment-page-1#comment-4465 Steve R Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=144#comment-4465 Love the idea on the second one. Love the look and feel of the pictures. Some of the bodies look awkward though. The one up front, which may be her, with the sword in her mouth in particular is hard to ignore and some others look like they are taking naps. It just takes away from the feeling of "badass" which the setup and feel of this picture conveys really well. The merging of the legs coming out of her hip and the other guy on the right feels strange too. It feels more like the "victims" fell down in mock drama than she cut through them like Uma Thurman, but its not like you want a horror movie set, so i guess there's a compromise. And is that a scar on her forehead? Looks a little like a caterpillar. Adding a small drop of blood from that would add some tension...its your picture though, so I won't say anymore. I just think its a great picture and I love the idea, feel, composition, execution, toning and I think with a few tweaks it would be really make her look like a badass. Nice work and sweet picture, sounds like a fun shoot. Love the idea on the second one. Love the look and feel of the pictures. Some of the bodies look awkward though. The one up front, which may be her, with the sword in her mouth in particular is hard to ignore and some others look like they are taking naps. It just takes away from the feeling of “badass” which the setup and feel of this picture conveys really well. The merging of the legs coming out of her hip and the other guy on the right feels strange too. It feels more like the “victims” fell down in mock drama than she cut through them like Uma Thurman, but its not like you want a horror movie set, so i guess there’s a compromise. And is that a scar on her forehead? Looks a little like a caterpillar. Adding a small drop of blood from that would add some tension…its your picture though, so I won’t say anymore. I just think its a great picture and I love the idea, feel, composition, execution, toning and I think with a few tweaks it would be really make her look like a badass. Nice work and sweet picture, sounds like a fun shoot.

]]> By: Sky http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/144/comment-page-1#comment-4439 Sky Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:25:36 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=144#comment-4439 Fantastic work my friend! Retouching and toning are top notch as well. Sky Fantastic work my friend! Retouching and toning are top notch as well.

Sky

]]> By: Chris http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/144/comment-page-1#comment-4438 Chris Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:33:47 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=144#comment-4438 freaking sweet. freaking sweet.

]]> By: Justin Kase Conder http://www.portlandmonk.com/archives/144/comment-page-1#comment-4437 Justin Kase Conder Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:38:27 +0000 http://www.portlandmonk.com/?p=144#comment-4437 That's bad ass man! Dig it. That’s bad ass man! Dig it.

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