Martin Schoeller

No....it's not a guy named Martin Schoeller. It's actually myself... Schoeller is actually a professional photographer that has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Us, The New York Times Magazine, Spin, Interview, Premiere, Worth, Newsweek, and i'm sure you get the point by now. He shoots amazing close up portraits. So here's my attempt at shooting something like Mr. Schoeller. I actually took this a few weeks ago when I was working on Angie's shot that appeared in the montage. I didn't use any flash, only the light that was in the room. I had to use a tripod of course and ended up shooting around 800 ISO. So the grain lost the detail I was wanting. I couldn't get those glowing eyes without a flash either.... And yes, I needed a haircut and a shave.

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You've made me want to try something like this now, I haven't tried any self portraits yet, so this morning you have motivated me to have a go. Great shot by the way, you haven't lost to much detail with the high iso, nice work.
Dan @ 2006-07-21 03:40:13
It's not exactly like Schoeller, but that doesn't matter, because it's one hell of a self-portrait! The narrow dof and the colors are outstanding!
Kris @ 2006-07-21 03:44:34
Nice shot...

Like Dan, I want to try something like this. Colors are great, and you managed to get the focus right.

Why this image doesn't have exif infos?

Boris @ 2006-07-21 04:00:42
Nice and sharp. I hear the "Beatles" look is popular these days so the hair could stay. But I think the Beatles look requires a shave :)
[ PIXEL VIKING ] @ 2006-07-21 07:44:24
You need to shave. Hair is ok.
And you also know how to photograph ;)
alfred @ 2006-07-21 13:45:12
Dan and Boris: I want to see what you guys come up with....

Boris: it was at f5.6 with a 50mm 1.8, 800ISO, shutter speed was 1/40

Thanks for the comments! It's quite humbling putting something like this up...

Ash @ 2006-07-21 16:20:34
I like this shot a lot. I like the scruff on ya, makes for great detail. Self portraits are hard. I always end up editing myself a lot, you are amazing to want more detail in yours - in mine I am always hitting delete because there is too much lol.
faustina @ 2006-07-21 18:10:18
Self-portraits are difficult, and, yes, can be very humbling. I think every photographer should experiments with SP's every now and then. Despite the high ISO, the detail is excellent.

And don't worry about the shave and haircut...you're cute just like that.

This is fantastic.
Feeling motivated now.........
chantal @ 2006-07-21 18:17:46
The link to Schoeller's site was interesting. .. He's obviously doing some photoshop processing on his images to change the skin tones, but the biggest difference between his images and yours is the lighting on the backdrops.

I looked at everything in his portfolio, and it looks just "good" to me. I can't see why he would be featured in national magazines and not someone else.
Michael Czeiszperger @ 2006-07-21 22:38:35
Michael: That portfolio they have on the site is pretty weak...He's actually got some really impressive portraits in my opinion.
Ash @ 2006-07-22 01:43:15
Very nice shot, very "in your face"
Andre @ 2006-07-22 03:07:34
SP's are not easy, but yours is good. You want to try some Neat Image for the 800 ASA stuble about your face :)
@ 2006-07-22 15:27:11