Taking Pictures [Contest Winner Pool August 2007 ]
Uploaded: August 31, 2007 21:56:32
I shot myself in the studio today. Manual focus by trial and error. Used 3 strobes. Placed all the images together in PS CS. Hope ya'll enjoy it!
Carol Teal August 31, 2007
Very creative! I love the tie! #727578Pat Gamwell August 31, 2007
EXTREMELY well done, Mario! Excellent PS work, very creative and wonderfully presented. #4730394Mario Aguilar September 01, 2007
Thank you ladies! #4730425Autum Rhoades September 21, 2007
Super cool, Mario! Congrats on your finalist! #4820839Vikram Jamwal September 21, 2007
Wonderful image Mario that you have created here!!! Congratulations - Everything you have done to it makes it wonderful image!!! A Winner! Best wishes! -vikram #4822159Crossroad Photography September 21, 2007
Clever and creative! Congrats on your finalist! #4824010Mario Aguilar September 21, 2007
Thank you everyone... I appreciate your comments. There is a much better version of this image in my gallery if you care to take a quick look. #4825119
Lisa J. Boulden
September 21, 2007
Colleen Farrell September 21, 2007
I love this, Mario! Beautifully done--congratulations on your finalist! #4825430
Dominick M. Dimacale
September 21, 2007
Casey A. Hanson September 22, 2007
I love this Mario...very well done! Love the Yankees hats... :0) #4826925
Kay E. Mahoney
September 23, 2007
Meghan Gonski September 24, 2007
This is an amazing photo. A lot of thought and time was put into this. Great job, it's so unique and funny. #4835928Mario Aguilar September 24, 2007
Thank you again everyone. I had fun making this image and putting it together. #4836154
Susan T. Evans
September 24, 2007
Evy Johansen
September 24, 2007
Cyn Valentine September 24, 2007
Awesome image.. congratulations!!! #4838127Shawn Jennings September 24, 2007
Great work, Mario! Congratulations on your win! #4838170RC Fritz September 24, 2007
Congratulations on your WIN!! #4838242Lorri Shane September 24, 2007
Congratulations, Mario! What a fun image and very creative! A well deserved WIN! #4838279Chastity Abbott September 24, 2007
I LOOOOOOOOOOVE this!!!!!!!! it looks so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE CONGRATS and gosh at the work that went into this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up! :) #4838302Marsha S. Smith September 24, 2007
Has to be one of my favorite shots of all times. So funny and so perfect!Kate Jackson September 24, 2007
Congrats Mario on a super fun shot! #4838610anonymous September 24, 2007
Congratulations Mario on your fantastic First Place Win! B- #4839089Monika Sapek September 24, 2007
Many congratulations on your really well executed idea and your fantastic Win, Mario!Mario Aguilar September 24, 2007
Thank you everyone. I appreciate all you comments. This is my first 1st place and I'm pretty psyched. Thank you all again! #4839390Nancy (Peaches) Harker September 24, 2007
BIG congrat's on your beautiful first place win!!!Diana L. Ralph September 24, 2007
MOST EXCELLENT!!! Congratulations! #4839459Diana L. Ralph September 24, 2007
MOST EXCELLENT!!! Congratulations! #4839687Susan M. Hembree September 24, 2007
What fantastic editing, Mario! I really had thought these were different people. Congratulations on a very well deserved 1st place! #4840287Vikram Jamwal September 24, 2007
Congrats on your win Mario! #4840845
Kay E. Mahoney
September 24, 2007
James Quantz Jr. September 24, 2007
Congrats, Mario! JQ #4840924
Jill Odice
September 25, 2007
Esra Belgin September 25, 2007
Excellent shot, Mario. Congratulations on your win. #4843641Jill Flynn September 25, 2007
Kudos for putting this together Mario! Great job and congratulations on your FIRST PLACE win! #4843994
Terry L. Ellis
September 25, 2007
Wendy Stevenson September 25, 2007
Fantastic image and post work Mario!! Love the fun and colour in this very creative well done FIRST PLACE WIN!!! CONGRATULATIONS!! #4844730
Cora Miller
September 25, 2007
Cliff & Patti Smith
September 26, 2007
Vicki Zoller September 26, 2007
I love photos that make me smile and this made me smile BIG TIME!!! Excellent work both in the studio and in the digital darkroom!! Now I must go see the rest of your gallery!Bill Houghton September 28, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful win Mario. You deserve it. BillMy Photo Gallery:
Bill Houghton Photography #4855809
Craig J. C. September 28, 2007
classic! #4858228
Janine Russell
September 29, 2007
Kristi A. Howson September 30, 2007
Mario, congratulations on your First Place Winner!!! Great shot and funny too!!! #4865257Mario Aguilar September 30, 2007
Thank you again everyone. I'm glad to see that you all have a sense of humor. #4867092
Dominick M. Dimacale
October 01, 2007
Dominick #4871059
Denise Denomy October 04, 2007
Fantastic! Whimsical! The contrast is outstanding! Congratulations on your win! #4881779Cathy M. Gromball October 07, 2007
Congratulations on your wonderful First Place win, Mario!Cathy :) #4894049
Mario Aguilar October 07, 2007
Muchas Gracias!Jojie F. Alcantara October 11, 2007
Congratulations, Mario. Love your multiplicity shot. A real winner. :-) #4910684Avril Young December 05, 2007
wow...clap, fantastically done...Cheryl Meisel December 05, 2007
I super enjoyed it laughingggggg it's a hoot! GREAT WORK! Wonderful fun shot!Cheryl Meisel December 05, 2007
I super enjoyed it laughingggggg it's a hoot! GREAT WORK! Wonderful fun shot!Cheryl Meisel December 05, 2007
I super enjoyed it laughingggggg it's a hoot! GREAT WORK! Wonderful fun shot!Karen Engelbreth December 05, 2007
Fantastic image - big congrats on your WIN and POTD, Mario! #5171090Susie Peek-Swint December 05, 2007
Very creative Mario .. many congrats on your win and POTD! #5171160Michelle Alton December 05, 2007
Mario, Congratulations on this wonderfully creative and highly amusing photo. It certainly deserves all the honors that it received. It's brilliant!Joy Rector December 05, 2007
congrats on the POTD #5171187Josselyne Klecanda December 05, 2007
Great creative work, love it. #5171365Debbi Smirnoff December 05, 2007
LOL This is GREAT!!Debbi #5171438
Cesar J. La Rosa December 05, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS on this FUNtastic Winner, Mario!!! Excellent work and very well-deserved First Place and POTD!!!Michelle N. Russell December 05, 2007
This is so fun! Thank you for sharing and Congratulations!! #5171697Cheryl Meisel December 05, 2007
Super good work on this wild and FUN shot! Great going!Susan Cliett December 05, 2007
Cool shot!!! Very creative!! #5171758Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 05, 2007
A very creative self portrait, nicely conceived. Congratulations on your potd and win Mario! #5171986Mary Clarke December 05, 2007
Fantastic image Mario, congratulations on POTD and your first place win #5172419Patricia Ronan December 05, 2007
Great image, congrats on your win and POTD:) #5172830Mario Aguilar December 05, 2007
WoW... This is my first POTD... I've gotten a lot of comments on this image. This is one of my favorites along with the image titled New York, NY. Thank you all... I appreciate all your encouragement. Enjoy! #5172885
Lindley Johnson
December 05, 2007
Anita Bower December 07, 2007
I love photos that make me smile! Thank you for such an excellent and humorous and clever photo!!! #5178273Michelle L. Frick December 07, 2007
This is incredible Mario! Very clever and so well put together - you look like you'd be so much fun to shoot with! Makes your clients very lucky indeed!! Congratulations on your Winner and POTD! #5179492RC Fritz December 11, 2007
Congratulation again, Mario!Renee C. Bynum June 12, 2009
Congrats! Totally awesome PS work and very unique and creative idea :) #7624469Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
Discussions by Category: You can view photo discussions on various themes in the Community > Photo Discussions section of the site.
BetterPhoto Websites: If you see an orange website link directly under the photographer's name, it's totally okay. It's not spam. The reason: BetterPhoto is the one that offers these personal photography websites. We are supporting our clients with those links.
Unavailable EXIF: If there is no other information but 'Unavailable' in the EXIF (meaning no EXIF data exists with the photo), the 'Unavailable' blurb is not displayed. If there is any info, it shows. Many photos have the EXIF stripped out when people modify the image and resave it, before uploading.
The following truth is one of the core philosophies of BetterPhoto:
I hear, I forget.
I see, I remember.
I do, I understand.
You learn by doing. Take your next online photography class.
Copyright for this photo belongs solely to Mario Aguilar.
Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.
Log in to follow or message this photographer or report this photo.
I already have an account!