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Uploaded: August 31, 2007
I shot myself in the studio today. Manual focus by trial and error. Used 3 strobes. Placed all the images together in PS CS. Hope ya'll enjoy it!
Carol Teal August 31, 2007
Very creative! I love the tie! #727578Pat Gamwell August 31, 2007
EXTREMELY well done, Mario! Excellent PS work, very creative and wonderfully presented. #4730394Mario Aguilar September 01, 2007
Thank you ladies! #4730425Autum Rhoades September 21, 2007
Super cool, Mario! Congrats on your finalist! #4820839Vikram Jamwal September 21, 2007
Wonderful image Mario that you have created here!!! Congratulations - Everything you have done to it makes it wonderful image!!! A Winner! Best wishes! -vikram #4822159Crossroad Photography September 21, 2007
Clever and creative! Congrats on your finalist! #4824010Mario Aguilar September 21, 2007
Thank you everyone... I appreciate your comments. There is a much better version of this image in my gallery if you care to take a quick look. #4825119Lisa J. Boulden September 21, 2007
Love the fun and creativity, Mario!Colleen Farrell September 21, 2007
I love this, Mario! Beautifully done--congratulations on your finalist! #4825430Dominick M. Dimacale September 21, 2007
Congratulations Mario on your Finalist...Dominick #4825555Casey A. Hanson September 22, 2007
I love this Mario...very well done! Love the Yankees hats... :0) #4826925Kay E. Mahoney September 23, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4832868Meghan Gonski September 24, 2007
This is an amazing photo. A lot of thought and time was put into this. Great job, it's so unique and funny. #4835928Mario Aguilar September 24, 2007
Thank you again everyone. I had fun making this image and putting it together. #4836154Susan T. Evans September 24, 2007
Congrats Mario on this awesome first place win and wow so creative. #4837875Evy Johansen September 24, 2007
Big congratulations on your first place win, Mario!! #4837877Cyn Valentine September 24, 2007
Awesome image.. congratulations!!! #4838127Shawn Jennings September 24, 2007
Great work, Mario! Congratulations on your win! #4838170RC Fritz September 24, 2007
Congratulations on your WIN!! #4838242Lorri Shane September 24, 2007
Congratulations, Mario! What a fun image and very creative! A well deserved WIN! #4838279Chastity Abbott September 24, 2007
I LOOOOOOOOOOVE this!!!!!!!! it looks so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE CONGRATS and gosh at the work that went into this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up! :) #4838302Marsha S. Smith September 24, 2007
Has to be one of my favorite shots of all times. So funny and so perfect!Kate Jackson September 24, 2007
Congrats Mario on a super fun shot! #4838610anonymous September 24, 2007
Congratulations Mario on your fantastic First Place Win! B- #4839089Monika Sapek September 24, 2007
Many congratulations on your really well executed idea and your fantastic Win, Mario!Mario Aguilar September 24, 2007
Thank you everyone. I appreciate all you comments. This is my first 1st place and I'm pretty psyched. Thank you all again! #4839390Nancy (Peaches) Harker September 24, 2007
BIG congrat's on your beautiful first place win!!!Diana L. Ralph September 24, 2007
MOST EXCELLENT!!! Congratulations! #4839459Diana L. Ralph September 24, 2007
MOST EXCELLENT!!! Congratulations! #4839687Susan M. Hembree September 24, 2007
What fantastic editing, Mario! I really had thought these were different people. Congratulations on a very well deserved 1st place! #4840287Vikram Jamwal September 24, 2007
Congrats on your win Mario! #4840845Kay E. Mahoney September 24, 2007
Mario, Congratulations on your first place winner. #4840876James Quantz Jr. September 24, 2007
Congrats, Mario! JQ #4840924Jill Odice September 25, 2007
Don't know where my comment went about this, but I knew when I saw it that it should get 1st place! trhis is great! #4841700Esra Belgin September 25, 2007
Excellent shot, Mario. Congratulations on your win. #4843641Jill Flynn September 25, 2007
Kudos for putting this together Mario! Great job and congratulations on your FIRST PLACE win! #4843994Terry L. Ellis September 25, 2007
Brilliant work and idea, Mario! Congratulations on your magnificent First Place win! #4844171Wendy Stevenson September 25, 2007
Fantastic image and post work Mario!! Love the fun and colour in this very creative well done FIRST PLACE WIN!!! CONGRATULATIONS!! #4844730Cora Miller September 25, 2007
What a fun image. Congratulations on your win. #4846780Cliff & Patti Smith September 26, 2007
A big congratulations on your well deserved 1st place win Mario! Your images are awesome and, I predict you will go far in your career! I could spend all day looking at your gallery! #4848040Vicki Zoller September 26, 2007
I love photos that make me smile and this made me smile BIG TIME!!! Excellent work both in the studio and in the digital darkroom!! Now I must go see the rest of your gallery!Bill Houghton September 28, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful win Mario. You deserve it. BillMy Photo Gallery:
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Craig J. C. September 28, 2007
classic! #4858228Janine Russell September 29, 2007
Mario, excellent colors, detail, clarity, exposure, lighting and PS work; big congratulations on your First Place Win! #4861603Kristi A. Howson September 30, 2007
Mario, congratulations on your First Place Winner!!! Great shot and funny too!!! #4865257Mario Aguilar September 30, 2007
Thank you again everyone. I'm glad to see that you all have a sense of humor. #4867092Dominick M. Dimacale October 01, 2007
Congratulations Mario on your First place win!!!
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Denise Denomy October 04, 2007
Fantastic! Whimsical! The contrast is outstanding! Congratulations on your win! #4881779Cathy M. Gromball October 07, 2007
Congratulations on your wonderful First Place win, Mario!Cathy :) #4894049
Mario Aguilar October 07, 2007
Muchas Gracias!Jojie F. Alcantara October 11, 2007
Congratulations, Mario. Love your multiplicity shot. A real winner. :-) #4910684Avril Young December 05, 2007
wow...clap, fantastically done...Cheryl Meisel December 05, 2007
I super enjoyed it laughingggggg it's a hoot! GREAT WORK! Wonderful fun shot!Cheryl Meisel December 05, 2007
I super enjoyed it laughingggggg it's a hoot! GREAT WORK! Wonderful fun shot!Cheryl Meisel December 05, 2007
I super enjoyed it laughingggggg it's a hoot! GREAT WORK! Wonderful fun shot!Karen Engelbreth December 05, 2007
Fantastic image - big congrats on your WIN and POTD, Mario! #5171090Susie Peek-Swint December 05, 2007
Very creative Mario .. many congrats on your win and POTD! #5171160Michelle Alton December 05, 2007
Mario, Congratulations on this wonderfully creative and highly amusing photo. It certainly deserves all the honors that it received. It's brilliant!Joy Rector December 05, 2007
congrats on the POTD #5171187Josselyne Klecanda December 05, 2007
Great creative work, love it. #5171365Debbi Smirnoff December 05, 2007
LOL This is GREAT!!Debbi #5171438
Cesar J. La Rosa December 05, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS on this FUNtastic Winner, Mario!!! Excellent work and very well-deserved First Place and POTD!!!Michelle N. Russell December 05, 2007
This is so fun! Thank you for sharing and Congratulations!! #5171697Cheryl Meisel December 05, 2007
Super good work on this wild and FUN shot! Great going!Susan Cliett December 05, 2007
Cool shot!!! Very creative!! #5171758Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 05, 2007
A very creative self portrait, nicely conceived. Congratulations on your potd and win Mario! #5171986Mary Clarke December 05, 2007
Fantastic image Mario, congratulations on POTD and your first place win #5172419Patricia Ronan December 05, 2007
Great image, congrats on your win and POTD:) #5172830Mario Aguilar December 05, 2007
WoW... This is my first POTD... I've gotten a lot of comments on this image. This is one of my favorites along with the image titled New York, NY. Thank you all... I appreciate all your encouragement. Enjoy! #5172885Lindley Johnson December 05, 2007
Great fun, Mario, and a terrific colorful and creative image! Congratulations on your win and POTD. #5173222Anita Bower December 07, 2007
I love photos that make me smile! Thank you for such an excellent and humorous and clever photo!!! #5178273Michelle L. Frick December 07, 2007
This is incredible Mario! Very clever and so well put together - you look like you'd be so much fun to shoot with! Makes your clients very lucky indeed!! Congratulations on your Winner and POTD! #5179492RC Fritz December 11, 2007
Congratulation again, Mario!Renee C. Bynum June 12, 2009
Congrats! Totally awesome PS work and very unique and creative idea :) #7624469Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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