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Fighting the Red Devil


	Fighting the Red Devil Joe Jarosz

Melissa L. Zavadil

Hey Joe this is a really good shot! I love the way that the fire is lighting the pic! My sister is a firefighter and has been begging me to take some shots of her (or maybe I have been begging her) either way. Could you give me some tips on how you accomplished this?? Any advice would be greatly apprieciated! :o) Thanks!!

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0 June 24, 2005

- Terry L. Ellis

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This is a fabulous enviromental portrait, Joe! Love the title, too! Excellent job!

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0 June 24, 2005

Joe Jarosz

Thank you very much Terry and Melissa!

I put a piece of white seamless paper up on the wall, and then had a strobe lighting the paper with a red gel on it. I had another strobe with an orange gel to my left (picture right). That picture is also posted online so you can see what it originally looked like. I got the idea to add the fire in the background which I did in photoshop and added the fire as a layer, then adjusted the levels to get the final picture.

I'm really happy with how it came out.

Thanks, Joe

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0 June 24, 2005

Melissa L. Zavadil

Thats what I was wondering, I thought that you might have used gels. I saw this done somewhere else where they used them and it created this same cool effect! I like the fire it looked so real I was wondering if you had real fire! :o) Neat shot Joe! Thanks for the explaination! I am so excited to shoot my sis! :o)

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0 June 24, 2005

Joe Jarosz

Don't shoot her! take pictures of her!! :)

The fire wasn't real, but maybe I shouldn't have given away my secret! The color gels I got at a local photo supply house, they were pretty cheap. I found I had to double up on them to get a darker color that I wanted. Glad you like the picture. Have fun taking pics of your sister.

Joe

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0 June 24, 2005

- Terry L. Ellis

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Love the explanation of your technique, Joe! Thanks for sharing! Makes for a very, very cool image.

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0 June 24, 2005

Joe Jarosz

Thank you Terry. I appreciate the nice feedback.

Joe

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0 June 24, 2005

Melissa L. Zavadil

You are funny!! I guess I won't 'shoot' her.... LOL! I do apprieciate the explanation though!! :o)

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0 June 25, 2005

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Nice composition.

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0 July 23, 2005

Kerby Pfrangle

Joe

Congratulations on your second place win.

Job well done. Kerby