The silly faces project

this one rules.

!!!!!

i dont think he can BE any cuter

this one is friggin awesome

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eye of einstein says:

yes it was...

well done
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

woolennium says:

what a fun family...strange, but fun...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

szeing says:

hee. that's adorable.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

arkworld says:

awesome!! :D
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

romaniashots says:

What a day brightener!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

notcatherinezeta says:

you should frame this and... hang it in the guest bedroom.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

arkworld says:

YES! guest bedroom...great idea christine! :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

pfong says:

charming.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

SurfDaddy says:

Homerun!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

嘉莉-咖哩 says:

haha your family's so much fun! if i ever asked my family to do this...they would be like o_O
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

awesomedia says:

My favs: A5,C8,F5 and F8 (now guess ;-)
Great series.

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Giandomenico Ricci says:

its a really fun photo i think. and more than that i think the lighting was great too!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Bobbi C says:

this is great!
every family should do this!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

ChrissyCream says:

cool
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

No BaBY MaMa DRaMa " Q8 group BMX " says:

v.nice shoot @_@

el90ra wayed 7elwa #_#
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

fd says:

@notcatherinezeta: Brilliant! Definitely going to do that.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

ukaaa says:

Haha, this is very interesting! :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

idle a while says:

adorable!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

*Rosemea says:

LOL!!!
I might do copy this....
Wayyyyyyyyy cool!!
Have a great weekend!
XOXOXOOX
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

gregw says:

Great idea. Nice choice of colors. Well done!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Great fun project! I love it!

Can you please describe the setup for this? like what did you use for the blue backdrop and the light looks like a wall bounced flash.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

fd says:

@imfaraz Thanks! I used two flashes. An on camera SB-800 with diffusion dome pointed up and back and an off-camera SB-600 bounced into an umbrella to the right of the camera. Both flashes were fired in manual at 1/8th power. Exposure bias +0.3 EV.

I shot these quickly in JPG and I shot exactly 16 for each person. I made three test shots to setup the lighting then set the camera to manual exposure and focus to churn out the shots. Each model was on stage for about 60 seconds. No post-processing was done at all except cropping. I shot my own with the help of a tripod and remote shutter.

Building the montage was done using ImageMagick. Specifically, the final image was built with the montage command ("montage -tile 8x8 -geometry 400x400+10+10 *.jpg ~/Desktop/silly_faces_project.jpg").

The blue background is a wall in my home.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

fd says:

Thanks, everybody!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

yolilin says:

wow~ fantastic!!!! love it!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

aarjen - back a bit says:

Great concept and hilarious result!! Well done u all.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

seannyK says:

Awesome, you guys are so adorable!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

The Little Lady says:

great lighting and you and your family are very expressive/creative! maybe a future performing on stage . . . :)

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Daniel Montesinos says:

This is so great. You make my day, thanks!!! :oD
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

are you my rik? says:

i soooo need this for my family. seriously. thanks, john, for some (not so) seriously inspiring stuff. =]
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

luvi says:

Lovely composit! :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

madswisscow says:

Exactly what I needed to perk me up after today ! Thank you very much !
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

JimmyOKelly says:

This just looks like so much fun...so cool!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Tracy777 says:

Love this..what a fun idea!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

brown-dog says:

Thats one crazy family you have there
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

MatthewGordon says:

amazing.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Lady Strathconn says:

Love it!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

guynameddave says:

really cool.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

DIgital DI says:

your kids cannot be any cuter. i love that the personality of the entire family shines through.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

T.P.Q. says:

how fun!!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

kloh says:

Great idea, John. Looks like your family had a great time doing it too!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

toyfoto says:

This is stunning. STUNNING!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

fd says:

@toyfoto, in a *good* way, I hope. ;-)

Thanks again everybody.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Rami Mohsen says:

i love it , this is great
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

VIR22 says:

awesome!!

this is great!!!!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Michael in San Diego, California says:

That's a great idea. A very interesting montage. Your description of how you did it was very well written. I saw it on photodoto.com.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

photolensrental.com says:

How Fun!! I think I might have to bribe my kids to do something like this :)

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trey'sgrasshopper says:

Wow! Amazing. What a wonderful gift to your family. I would love to do something like this with my husband. But, I don't have such a cool blue wall as you do.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris Hernandez says:

awesome, this made my day!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

toyfoto says:

Of course in a good way. this right here is genius.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

horizontal.integration says:

Thanks for the info on how you did this just great to understand your workflow. Love the final result and how fast you were able to achieve it. Pro stuff!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

~Isra~ [deleted] says:

Your family is adorable
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

diceliving says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called A to Z and all things flickr, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Gabi Butcher says:

This is AMAZING and so much FUN!!!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

travelling.steve says:

Thanks for the great photo and the technical details of how you achieved this. It's certainly inspired me to think about some set piece photography more.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

ρrakaz says:

lol!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

robwoods20 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Your Favorite Goofy Pictures, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Jade M. Sheldon says:

Simply fantastic...
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

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The silly faces project

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