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American Portraits: No. 9 by ~Nullermanden:iconNullermanden:

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©2007-2009 ~Nullermanden
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April 11th, 2007
Boston, Massachusetts

'Cynthia'

Roaming the streets of Boston with ~Mr-Snow, looking for innocent people to photograph, I spotted this lady on the other side of the street, just finishing off a cigarette during her break. I crossed the street, barely managed to squeeze myself through a small crowd of people, and caught her attention just before she went back inside. After a quick introduction, a click and a handshake, she went through the doors and back to work.

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~Haonavy Apr 16, 2007, 7:13:19 PM
May I ask how you get them to let you take a picture of them? I mean, do you just walk up to them and ask, "Hello, may I take your picture?"

I really am curious... This is a very very interesting series you're doing! :thumbsup:

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"The future is no place to place your better days."

The gallery grows!
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~maskedpianist Apr 16, 2007, 7:18:23 PM
I just felt like telling you are amazing. Rather than just favoriting this time, I figured you may like a comment as well.

You're incredible. :heart:

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If you weren't real, I would make you up.
-Joseph Arthur
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~ssp-xt Apr 16, 2007, 7:27:22 PM
You did it again... amazed me another time. I saw the notice and was like "this is #9... he's prolly gonna start to be repetitive and boring liek a lot of other artists..."

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then I clicked... and I smiled

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gorgeous work. I love the vignetting... dunno if it's done via lens or software... not that it matters... it's just well done, period.

Also, that lens, man... I don't know if you get the contrast/sharpness via lens or if you do any post-processing... but w/e you're doing is working!

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Integrity is key when doing anything...
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~bo0sheke Apr 16, 2007, 7:49:17 PM
those eye are piercing, amazing contrast!

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"Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal."
The Dalai Lama
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~kingphilip Apr 16, 2007, 8:01:20 PM
Yay! Another one. I always get excited whenever I see an American Portrait in my devwatch box.

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Whatcha lookin' at?
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~siriusasthma Apr 16, 2007, 8:05:39 PM
what post processing did you do cause i can easily tell theres A LOT of manipulation here.

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~Nullermanden Apr 16, 2007, 8:16:01 PM
I've never said there wasn't ;)

Curves, Channel Mixer, Dodge/Burn and vignetting!

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~Nullermanden Apr 16, 2007, 8:16:17 PM
Haha, good thing, cause there's probably gonna be a bit more :giggle:

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~Nullermanden Apr 16, 2007, 8:18:17 PM
I hope I don't get repetitive :lmao: At least I'm trying not to! (althought it is kinda hard when you're dealing with a series XD)

The vignetting and contrast is all done in Photoshop, and the final touches regarding sharpness - but without a lens that got sharp images, even Photoshop wouldn't be able to save it!

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~Nullermanden Apr 16, 2007, 8:23:36 PM
This is basically what happens after I see a person on the street and approach them:

"Excuse me? Hey, I'm from Denmark and I'm travelling around the States doing portraits of people..."

*pulls out camera and pats it*

"...and I was wondering if you would let me do one of you?"

Then what follows is either a yes, a smile and a short conversation, or a no, a stare or a slap to the face :lmao:

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Apr 11, 2007, 2:51:45 PM

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