I’ve had this statuette of Marvin the Martian for a long time. If you ever been to my office or been on a video hangout with me, you’ve this angry little guy standing on a small table over my shoulder. He is my favorite Martian. But I have no idea why I waited so long to shoot him for this project. Lord knows, many folks have asked me about it. Well, finally, the wait is over.
For this shot, I wanted to recreate the classic Hollywood portraits from the 1930s and 1940s. Since Marvin was born (created) in 1948, I thought it was appropriate. Using two borrowed flashes and a trigger (thanks AD!), I set a flash camera right at about 75 degrees and slightly above the subject. I set another low and to camera left to illuminate the background a touch.
And, of course, even though Marvin is normally in full technicolor, I converted this photograph to black and white. It wouldn’t be a classic Hollywood portrait otherwise, now would it?
Day 314 of my 365 photo a day project.
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