Self Portrait Thread - Post pics!

i tried doing that to my ears one year. haha. they bled so freaking bad.

kgander wrote in post #5151339
Good 'ol camera phones.
Can't go wrong with a shaved head and stretched ears though.

I'm bursting with originality.

I should start attempting some real portraiture...

your ears should never even hurt when stretching

if done correctly you should wait about 2 months between lower gauges and many more for higher ones.

yeah, i changed gagues every other day.
got up to a zero, but never again.
made my ears look too manly. haha

and i also thought about what they would look like on my wedding day lol

did u get a blowout? If not im sure there is alot of scar tissue right?

nope. lol. i guess i was just lucky. one day one ear got an infection and i had to take them out. my friend has a lot of scar tissue and i feel so bad for him.

Here's me; I set up the lights, my kid pressed the shutter:

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me! ...sunset light rocks!

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shaiangelz wrote in post #5159824
me! ...sunset light rocks!

they are the magic words....

robsk8ter247 wrote in post #5157282
kgander you are my hero for saying stretched not gauged thank you for being great.

haha, you're very welcome. i love my ears to death and body modification is such a big part of who I am.

Oh dear. At least you were fortunate in sustaining only minor injuries.

I suppose some people simply don't realize that the process takes years and years to do right... It's not simply pierce and pull.

its me thats all i can say

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justisnmnz wrote in post #5161464
I suppose some people simply don't realize that the process takes years and years to do right... It's not simply pierce and pull.

You are ever so right on that account, sir.

Unless, of course, you decide to scalpel. [Which I actually plan on doing down the road.]

Im a bodybuilder in my local town in PA, I use to do regular Lifting Meets, now I do the Bodybuilding Competitions... pretty much a lifting meet, but divided in half as far as judging. 50% strength, 50% looks.

On the application for the evnt, a photo has to be attached to portray yourself as a model of some sort. being i found this out the nigh prio... i simply made due.

How i took this... haha, quite funny and good use of brainstorming for lighting. -I hung a brown beadsheet from drop ceiling in bedroom.
-through a flash in a tissue box on my boook case on the right.
-turned on some incodescent lights over my desk, turned them around to face me. dimmed them down (track lights)
-checked proper exposure and was to dark.
-added one more dresser light.. set on floor by tripod aiming up at me.
-metered, blown out.
-taped paper over light, simulating an umbrella, and bounced off floor.
-metered, exposure looked good.
-self timer, took pic. walla.
-lighting is original, no post work except bummbed the curves ever so slightly to bumped up contrast, and bumb up blacks very little bit to make brown sheet appear a bit darker, and to allow myself to stand out crisp.

please feel free to crit.

kgander wrote in post #5161591
You are ever so right on that account, sir.

Unless, of course, you decide to scalpel. [Which I actually plan on doing down the road.]

Ouch, If I were to stretch, I'd probably dermal punch, then go as long as I could between sizes.

I don't really see myself doing that anytime soon though.

howbrightthechris wrote in post #3816285
30 dollar light setup and me being bored

Dude, you got ripped off!