Tutorials and Resources - Take self-portraits: [link] - Natural lighting (for silhouettes): [link] - Warm/vintage edit: [link]
Materials and Methods Nikon D80 + 18-55mm Nikkor + IR remote. Light blue Chinese parasol in front of a large window. Halloween kimono costume. Post editing on GIMP using the warm/vintage edit. Curves to darken the silhouette.
Additional Comments I've wanted to try this ever since I saw ~kedralynn 's work I don't really like the long landscape composition but I wanted to crop out my face above and table below I'll probably try it again later
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