Meet Tim. I call him “the man who stands still” (I’m still looking for a short version of that ). He’s been performing this act for 14 years and he absolutely loves it. Painting your whole body ain’t no joke like I said in one of my previous posts and standing still for a long time is a totally different ball game. Guys like this, really take it seriously.

One thing that sets Tim apart from his pairs is the fact that he was hired 3 years ago by both the New Orleans Saints football team and Hornets basket ball team to do this at every home game. He’s got some amazing talent of standing ABSOLUTELY still for a long period of time. I had fun talking with him before shooting of-course. These guys are way too cool!

Techincal Stuff (beware) :

A lot of people might think there was some “photoshopping” involved in creating this image but I can honestly say you are wrong It was all done in full manual mode on my 40D camera.

When I first saw him, I knew I wanted a different feel to the images I was going to shoot. He was already standing still so there was no point in freezing him and everybody else using a high shutter speed. I saw the way people reacted to him and figured I should show some motion going on while he’s freezing himself for my benefit

I shot this @ ISO 100 – 1/5sec, F18, 28mm. As I saw people coming from behind him, I shot a couple of bursts and there you have it. Using a slow shutter speed created the motion blur I needed and also kept my main subject frozen. NO “PHOTOSHOPPING” REQUIRED. I’ve learnt that the best way to shoot is to get it right in camera without thinking of “photoshopping” any part of the image. I added a soft vignette, some contrast and sharpened it before exporting as a JPEG. Pretty simple.