Gee, I guess I should have given my answers as well.
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Originally Posted by Violentfix
What kind of tools and such do you incorporate into your photography?
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Well, I just got a new camera a couple of weeks ago so I'm going to just talk about what I've used for Rapier only and not the new stuff.
I've always like photography. My Mother was a Pro photographer in her youth and always maintained a certain amount of equipment. Equipment I was never allowed to touch. I did however pickup some things in theory and her constantly forbidding me to touch anything got me very interested. My Camera all throughout Rapier was a Olympus Stylus 400. This camera was bought specificly for Rapier. I was working ghetto style through most of the DIO, using anything I could for a tripod, books, cassettes, mic stands my forearm. I suffered a lot because of my ignorance and would usually take 5 to 6 shots of each scene to make sure I had the shot I wanted. It's funny because "An Eye for An Eye" taught me how to do Rapier and "Operation Rapier" will have been my teacher for the next Dio.
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Originally Posted by Violentfix
Do you create actual effects in the real world? Or maybe Photoshop is your forte?
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All of my sets are real world and sometimes modified with Photoshop but not by much. I use a combination of Stage Par Cans and lighting Gels to acheive many of the colors and textures seen in Rapier. This is most noticable in "Killing Game" and the "Epilogue" (Coming out this week). I'm trying to learn more about camera tricks and I hope to even take some classes in the near future.
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Originally Posted by Violentfix
Do you consider yourself an amateur (maybe semi-pro or pro) photographer or do you only pick up the camera to create your Dio-stories?
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I do a lot of Photography outside of Dios but I use a film camera. One shot in Rapier that this camera was used on is the header shot of the title page. I used a scanner to get it into the computer. I would consider my self an amateur but very willing to learn.
I love shooting nature, below is an example
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Originally Posted by Violentfix
What's the strangest (or Hardest) thing you've ever done to capture a perfect shot?
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The Air duct shot in "Silent Entry" of Operation Rapier. Filming Hit N Run rappelling down the air duct was accomplished by constructing a frame to hold the duct in place with me slid under that frame aiming up into the duct. A spot with a light tent positioned at the top and the rope he's holding out the top and into my other hand holding it tight.
http://www.violentfix.com/cobra/dio-stories/dio2k31.jpg