I’m not very good at all with photography so I don’t know if this is common knowledge or not but does anyone know how exactly to get pictures to look like this? It looks very similar to whatever it is that mdf effects does with his pictures. It blows my mind that these pictures are the same mask
Use a really high quality camera and lens.
I imagined that was definitely a part of it but I wasn’t sure if it was like a contrast adjustment or something like that. Just the way the black details come out so much in that first picture I figured it was some kind of image adjustment
I could be wrong, but it looks to me like he’s either shooting in a room with really low lighting, or he has the brightness setting on his photo turned down low.
The first pic looks like one of James Carter’s photos, although it’s difficult to be certain because if it is, his watermark has been cropped out.
Photos like these are taken with a high quality camera and studio quality artificial lighting. I’ve never been much of a studio lighting photographer, just because I have neither the room for a studio, nor the color scheme in my home to produce good, neutral white balanced photos like these. These are not photos you can simply create with an instagram filter and a phone. Getting those kinds of photos takes practice, time, and patience.
I am absolutely horrible at photographing these masks lol. It’s crazy how different they can all look in different light settings. MDF’s rehauls are starting to look in the same ballpark as JC in my opinion. He and Jc really know how to work a camera though
Looks to be a Rodney Parm photo, yeah i have trouble taking good photos myself. Its not easy by any means
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Yes, I did this rehual and no it’s not a high end DSLR
$300 camera with a $100 50mm lens, no edits.
100iso with low shutter with daylight coming through the window.
Most people forget that original film was all about lighting.
I can do a mask up that will look insane in the bright daylight but as soon as it hits any low light the mask will just stand as the shape and the paint job. I stay away from editing unless I’m asked or after the customer has been shown what it looks like in broad daylight. MOST cellphones are a no go with good quality colors and pixels unless it’s a iPhone . Plus not understanding iso, shutter speed, distance, natural light, un natural light, angles etc etc…
Here’s a better example of daylight in the shade.
Which camera model, if you don’t mind?
Cannon rebel t5, which isn’t really a good camera. It’s okay for beginners, but if you get into $4,000. camera is where things start to look very unnatural. Understand and learn the way and basics of photography before you spend a lot of money 
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Anything with a 50mm will be good because of the focal length.
Thanks for the info, man. You do a great job with your pics.
Oh hey no problem at all.
Thank you!
Pretty much everything Rodney said applies to my photos too. I use a 50 mm lens in 90% of my pictures. If you nail the iso, shutter speed, and aperture, that pretty much does all the work for you. I wish I had a bunch of nice LED lights. I have one pure white LED that I use occaisionally, but most of the time I’m just taking desk lights, flashlights, lamps, etc… and just doing whatever I have to do with them and getting the mask at the right height and angle. The most important thing that helped me is just taking tons of pictures. Don’t be afraid of messing up or trying things. Take a lot of pics and keep the best ones. And the 50mm 1.8 lens goes along way… especially in low light. You can a ton of detail with the right settings.