Self portraits by Marko and Carmy - 2009

**kat** · 05-22-2009, 12:59 PM

Hope you don't mind. Just a quick color change. One could do this way better than me..

..it reminds me so much of my youth and seeing these prayer cards for the saints laying around the house...memories...

**Marko** · 05-22-2009, 01:12 PM

Interesting take kat - I think I prefer the darkness of my treatment, but it's good to get a fresh eyes take.

here's the set in B/w - and a set to follow in sepia - comments? thx - M

**Marko** · 05-22-2009, 01:14 PM

sepia-ish set - comments? thx - marko

**kat** · 05-22-2009, 01:16 PM

Yah..see to me that is better than the colored. But to me. Yah..the dark is better. I did the color change and that was it - dont' really have much time to play. Looking forward to your sepia ones too!

And they were posted before I did..lol. I'm not liking the first pose in sepia-ish. But liking the second. I guess it all comes down to preference and what you want out of it

In the end..great series.

To your wife..she did a great job!

**Mad Aussie** · 05-22-2009, 03:58 PM

Hairstyle? I thought that was a smudge on your sensor? You are definitely a bit short for that hairstyle Marko

You certainly go out of your way there Marko.

I like the lighting in these ... perhaps a tad too bright for the biological solar panel you got going there, but love the black background blending with the robe.

The tears are a nice touch ... what ... did the wife tell you shes not really a woman? Scratched your car? Hid the TV remote?

**AntZ** · 05-22-2009, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Mad Aussie

Hairstyle? I thought that was a smudge on your sensor? You are definitely a bit short for that hairstyle Marko

You certainly go out of your way there Marko.

I like the lighting in these ... perhaps a tad too bright for the biological solar panel you got going there, but love the black background blending with the robe.

The tears are a nice touch ... what ... did the wife tell you shes not really a woman? Scratched your car? Hid the TV remote?

I like these shot too.

The Sepiaish ones are the pick for me. I think the reason the colour ones don't quite work for me is that for some reason I feel that monks' cloaks should be brown.

**Marko** · 05-22-2009, 11:58 PM

Thanks for the comments! Yeah brown robe would definitely have been better, but ya take what you can get. These were fun to do and great fun for the family/friends to see. I may post a few more random shots as outakes.

**Duane** · 05-23-2009, 11:00 AM

My favorites were the french guy

. That last set would be my second favorite. I am torn to which ones though. I really like the colored versions but maybe the sepia ones tell a better story. The image quality of all these shots are just excellent though.

Nice work!