Boba Fett Pensive Portrait
Sometimes you have to break the “rules.” Typically I’d make a portrait where the subject looks into the empty frame. It’s more comfortable and the eye likes to have a place to go. Here, I want to create tension and dissonance. Because of that I have Boba looking out of the short side of the frame. There’s a tank trooper in the background. Is he friend or foe? That is for you to decide. I am merely the storyteller. My job is to get your mind churning on the possibilities.
The lifelike sculpt in the Hot Toys 1:6 scale Book of Boba Fett figure is amongst the best I’ve seen. I can work with this guy any time I want. He’s probably my favorite character to photograph. And he always does exactly what I tell him to do.
This is mostly SOOC from my Fuji X100V using a Hoya +4 Closeup Filter. Photographed against a printed background from Printique.com. See the BTS photo for more info.
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