A new approach to party photography

[angry hampster]

I'm working on a huge project right now mimicking the styles of Larry Fink and Weegee adapted to a college party setting. These are the ones that I liked last night.

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...bart/092008-party8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...bart/092008-party6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...bart/092008-party4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...bart/092008-party3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...bart/092008-party2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...bart/092008-party9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...bart/092008-party7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...bart/092008-party5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...art/092008-party10.jpg


Here's some colored smoke if you're not interested in the flash photo stuff

http://img.photobucket.com/alb.../hobart/smoke3jpeg.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb.../hobart/smoke2jpeg.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb.../hobart/smoke1jpeg.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb.../hobart/smoke4jpeg.jpg

and here's how it's setup. My huge suitcase is the black backdrop, flash sitting about 100* to the left of the camera. Not pictured: computer playing smooth grooves while I inhale way too much incense smoke.
http://img.photobucket.com/alb.../hobart/smoke5jpeg.jpg


Comments and critiques encouraged.

 

[Deadtrees]

It's very, very, very, very, very and very fucking good!
fabolous works!

 

[soydios]

that is the wierdest perspective on college parties I have ever seen. maybe I'm used to seeing them through alcohol goggles, but whoa.

 

[Hyperlite]

Yeah, maybe i just don't know how to appreciate it, but being a college kid myself, that style seems to suck the life right out of the college party. IMO.

 

[OdiN]

Not liking the party shots at all.

 

[sivart]

those are kind of creepy...especially the shots where you see the hard shadow behind the subject from the direct flash.

 

[sswingle]

A couple of them made me think of ghost hunters

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: OdiN
Not liking the party shots at all.

Same here.

But the smoke is cool!

 

[Aharami]

very unique.

 

[Jawo]

Smoke shots are cool...even the Advair in the suitcase ! The party photos are just weird/misplaced, like something out of a horror movie.

 

[foghorn67]

Party shots are meh. You can't really tell they are at a party. I can see isolating the subject, but it's taken way too far.
Now the smoke, that is cool.

 

[sygyzy]

Can you explain how you did that effect? I saw your picture of your setup, but I am not sure what I am looking at.

 

[Anubis]

Did

Someone

Say

Smoke?

 

[andylawcc]

for the party pic, what kind of flash you use? how come there is a "circle of light" in the center and everything beyond it is pitch black?

 

[Kaido]

Very Cloverfield-esque