May 28, 2004
Black & White ~ Photo Friday Image for 05.28.04
Soldier of the Empire
The dreaded Imperial Stormtrooper in his black and white helmet and armor is feared throughout the Star Wars universe. They form the long reaching arm of the Emperor and do his bidding to crush resistance and neutralize opposition to his will. They are totally loyal and cannot be bribed, seduced or blackmailed into betraying the New Order. To them all orders of the Emperor and issues of Imperial law are black and white. There are no shades of gray. You are either a loyal member of the Empire or an enemy.
Instead of presenting a black and white (or monochrome) image I thought it would be fun to shoot a color image of a black and white subject. The helmet in the above image is a scale mini-helmet made by Riddell, Inc. It is one small piece of my huge Star Wars memorabilia collection. The image was shot in color with my Minolta Dimage 7i and is presented full frame. The only work done in Photoshop was the removal of some dust from the eye. I side lit it using a desk lamp with a 100-watt bulb. I used my black Jedi Knight cloak as a background. I am such a SciFi and Fantasy geek!
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Had to look a few times what it was but it's cool. very clear picture.
Have a great weekend.
Great idea and image.. May the force be with you.
Posted by: Tudy on May 29, 2004 10:17 AMMy inner-third grader just fled to his happy place. Thanks for the memory.
Posted by: Randy on May 29, 2004 12:45 PMTerrific lighting. I knew we could count on you for a great black and white!
Posted by: Robin on May 29, 2004 04:16 PMheck, that looks more menecing in your photo than it did in the movie!
Posted by: Lynn on May 29, 2004 05:05 PMah, thats a great shot :-)
love the composition and the memories it brought back lol
well done
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I had to look twice. At first I thought you had bought a new Alien computer! Enjoy your week end!
Posted by: Joe on May 30, 2004 09:45 AMNice shot Will. I am often surprised and amazed at how some of the best shots are cobbled together with far less equipment, lights and drapes than used by the pros.
My shot this week (405) used a piece of white poster board sitting on the kitchen counter leaning up against the backsplash, and was lit by a small desk lamp. The camera was resting on top of a box of dominos with a single domino propping up the front of the lens. I used a highly precise triggering device to set the dominos in motion (my finger) and a not so precise shutter release (my other finger) 42 times to get the timing right. I'm sure there's a better way ... but simple often works.
Have a good weekend.
Posted by: Digital Quixote on May 30, 2004 06:19 PMHello will my wild the american fiend,
again you is to scare the habid. is this the imperialist star trooper a commie pig. is they to come and imprision the habid . They are to crush the resistance. you are not to know the resistance movement as the habid is a the part of a opposition. is the will a member of much the opposition. is this the plan of the attack. habid is very the much knofusedment at the time of now. do habid is to fear.
It is getting dark the side out now, habid force to be with you in this the opposition.
pleae to will tell me all will be alright.
habid
Posted by: habid el sharif on May 30, 2004 08:12 PMHabid my wild fiend of the hill country, The tiny American flag is to be the waved with the vigor, and all will be the well. Do not to have the fear of trooper of storm, but of the devil Bush! Once again... always to be the waving of the tiny American flag!
Peace,
--Will
Very nice. That reminds me, I need to pre-order my DVD box of the original trilogy.
Posted by: David on May 30, 2004 10:28 PMOK, How come that super looking Imperial Armor never protected any StormTrooper. It was about as good as the armor in Starship Troopers. Why even bother wearing it?
Posted by: Dave on June 1, 2004 07:58 AMActually I saw a bumper sticker that I think you'd have loved: Metaphors be with you.
Great capture, is this (ahem) your costume?
I remember that black Jedi cloak...
Posted by: Thomas Atkinson on June 3, 2004 01:52 PMHi Thomas,
I'm sure you do ;-) It's in the tops of the best, most useful and most thoughtful gifts I have ever received. Thanks for making it and giving it to me so many years ago. I cherish it for so many reasons.
By the way... what do you think of the photo?
Peace,
--Will