I found out I needed a notebook for karate class, so I bought a new Moleskine and then stenciled the kanji for "karate" on the cover (kara=empty, te=hand) with a silver Sharpie.
I thought it would be cool to get a picture of it for the Moleskine group and to show it off to some of my Moleskine-loving friends, and decided to go for a whole karate collage. I set it up in a slash of sunlight streaming through the living room window and snapped it.
I may try this again with a wider beam of sunlight and/or the new camera when I get it, but I was generally happy with this one. I thought about playing with the shadows some in post, but I'm generally not very good with that stuff yet.
karate-online, koalazymonkey, and 15 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Kristie1966 64 months ago | reply
this is a great shot, I would say just the right amount of light, gives loads of shadows.
The only thing I would change is to move your badge into the light stream so we could see it more easily.
MikeOliveri 64 months ago | reply
Thanks, Kristie! Glad you dig the shot.
espressoDOM 64 months ago | reply
neat idea... it came out really nice
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O M A R P H O T O G R A P H Y 62 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called قروب مصورين الدمام والخبر, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
elgyn_francisco 56 months ago | reply
hello....I'm elgyn from de la salle shidokan here in the philippines.
Your notebook is nice...where did you buy that notebook?
MikeOliveri 56 months ago | reply
I didn't buy it as is, I purchased a Moleskine sketchbook and then used this image as a template. I cut out the kanji with a razor, taped it to the notebook as a stencil, and then used a silver Sharpie marker to print it onto the notebook.
Lin Shukla 54 months ago | reply
Wonderful shot!
Very inspirational.
OSS!
.Rumpelstiltskin. 54 months ago | reply
Beautiful capture.
I love the diary and the gi.
Somehow they seem to have a meaningful connection.
All 5 stars.
Ossu,
Rumpelstiltskin
MikeOliveri 54 months ago | reply
Thanks for the comments! Glad you guys like the photo.
daydreamer☼ [deleted] 54 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Moleskine Covers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
utterly_consumed 50 months ago | reply
I love this! Wow!
MikeOliveri 50 months ago | reply
Thanks! This one's been a consistent favorite.
samuel1580 4 months ago | reply
thanks i search a photo of karate for a presentacion of powepoint