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Part II of: [link]

Part of the Concept List Challenge: [link]
14. No Girls Aloud/Allowed – zipper mouth
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Tutorials and Resources
- Take self-portraits: [link]
- Warm/vintage edit: [link]
- Concept list: [link]

Materials and Methods
Nikon D80 + Tamron 90mm F2.8 + IR remote. Exp +1.0. ISO 400. GIMP for post editing. Added a magenta and yellow layer in post editing at 80% opacity for color balancing. Generally followed the warm/vintage edit tutorial. Curves in post editing to brighten the photo. Some minor vignetting.

Additional Comments
University's been sucking up all of my time lately so I haven't been on dev for awhile Particularly for this shot I wanted something with a vintage feel. Focus is on the hands to place for emphasis on the pulling open of the zipper than the opening of the mouth. In my opinion, it's the means by which we attain our freedom of speech that captures more interest than whatever we may have to say I wanted my hands to convey force and movement though I don't know if I've achieved that since every time I tried to pull on the zipper it would fall from my mouth. Oh well that's my rant.

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