1st Annual Rainman Member Appreciation Photo Contest

[uscmhicks]

Thanks guys. Glad to hear this should be a yearly competition.

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Lol
Thanks dude. Still not all of my Tyler's but I had to try and balance the shot somehow. The Hustler top is a custom a very good friend of mine made for me. Honestly his stitching is as good as Kato's! He is a professional costume designer for theatre! Don't want to go into too much detail in this thread but these may become available for the freaks if there is enough interest. Have also changed his trousers to be more screen accurate now too.

Awesome pics! Definitely interested in one of those HUSTLER Mesh shirts if a run happens! Lmk

 

[Raymond F.]

First off I wanted to comment on some of the cool entries instead of searching through quoted posts I'll address a few here:

Darth Magnus: Love the set p with the "table" ttuely amazing looking and captures Alex so well

Chilipep66: That diorama is literally insane even if the contest is not one you have the best Bill the butcher accessory out of anyone.

David Bernard /Blondie It's all ours: amazing shots and diorama, incredible.

TheMadButchure: Classy set up here, very nice!

Snakey: Love the concept here with the life size knife and drink


Finally got my entries up! Unfortunately I was only able to take two new ones due to my time tomorrow I'm booked all day so I had to submit everything today.

I really had wanted to create new moments that captured the essence of the film but felt like something new and never before seen and not just a basic regurgitation/recreation of a specific scene.

Bill The Butcher I shot months ago but I still liked the image, I had something cool planned for him but looking at the complexity of the other two images I think this is a nice balance to it.

Shot digitally, I enhanced the saturation about 30% in Photoshop.

Fight Club, shot digitally, check out my behind the scenes shot to see how I did it. This was pretty ambitious and I couldn't get Tyler in the shot when Edward was focused in the foreground and the non-reflection shot. So I shot the same angle on tripod and super imposed the focuses reversed. Other than that the color and contrast is enhanced and I used a very high ISO so that it had a graininess that felt like Fight Club. I also extended the tiles a bit below the mirror because the black area bugged me. Tha'ts really the extent of the photoshop I took time to set this one up right.

Alex, This is my favorite shot I've ever done and surprisingly very little photoshop. You can see my setup and the Beethoven mural I designed myself. I shot it on a tripod but with a slow shutter speed and low light. Thats what gives it the ghosting effect. Then i just desaturated the film as it looked better in B+W. I thought it looked like a Polaroid so I added just a bit of grain to give it more girt.

I wish I had more time I'd love to spend more time getting everything perfect but I'm glad I had the time to put the effort I did in it.

 

[karamazov80]

Funny, one of my potential submissions also uses a mirror. I'm having a tough time narrowing down my final choices.

Nice pics Raymond.

 

[Raymond F.]

Funny, one of my potential submissions also uses a mirror. I'm having a tough time narrowing down my final choices.

Nice pics Raymond.

Cool man, can't wait to see mirrors are great in photography!

 

[karamazov80]

Here is the one I took using a mirror. I was thinking of those fancy liquor commercials when I took it (like the scene with Bill Murray from Lost in Translation). In my mind, the Dude doing that kind of commercial cracks me up. I really used the mirror because I wanted to get some of the back of that great sweater in the pic, and the more Rainman figure in the picture the better.

 

[chilipep66]

as usual, Ray's pics are amazing. that tyler shot is just craziness.

 

[karamazov80]

Yeah, that Fight Club shot is really great. So elaborate. And the way it looks like a full room in the picture is nifty.

 

[Bernard2002]

Man, these submissions are amazing!! Really fun putting this one together..

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Ray, That Fight Club shot wins! Hands down.

 

[JefftheCollector]

Ray, That Fight Club shot wins! Hands down.

Agreed!! The fight club scene is very ingenious Ray.

 

[karamazov80]

I submitted mine, as well. Went with these three. No Photoshopping, and they weren't very elaborately staged. I chose shots that captured the essence of the characters in some way.

 

[jimmie_dimmick]

The picture of the Dude is GREAT!

 

[Raymond F.]

Thanks guys!

Karamazov80 looks good I love the bottom Butchur one!

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Ray, Sam.... BEAUTIFUL work!

Especially like the silhouettes butcher Sam and the fight club one ray is simply astonishing.

 

[mystolle]

Hi Freaks,

Here are mine, having fun with this contest. Loving everyone's pics.

1. Boys Hanging Out

2. Oppa Rainman Style!

3. "A few crusty b****es and a hand full of rag tags?"

 

[Cap'n Cook]

LOVE that bill one!

 

[uscmhicks]

Amazing job everyone , some of the best collectible photo's I've ever seen in this thread and I've seen too many.

 

[DarthMagnus]

WOWOWOWOWOW!!!! Just woke up to these beautiful new entries! RAY!!!! I knew you were gonna come the hardest! (no ****) That Fight Club shot!!!! Ingenious and perfect in every way! You have my vote for sure! Kara and Mystolle excellent entries as well! I dont envy the judges at all. The competition is FIERCE! (no ****) Love em all guys! Keep em coming only one more day left!

 

[Reinhardt]

Absolutely blown away by these entries, in particular Ray's Fight Club one!

Here are my feeble entries. I suck at Photoshop (I love that web series)