For the love of their art - Photographers going the distance

[packman]

Hey, you're on fire for Christ's sake




Clever use of miniatures


13 more photos of photographers at work:

http://www.boredpanda.com/photography-behind-the-scenes/

[Solly Mack]

1. I've done several of those to get a shot.

[Marie Marie]

2. Amazing and gorgeous.

[edbermac]

3. I love the M&M's and the broken mirror lake.

[Mosby]

4. I love this guy's work

http://www.democraticunderground.com/103628095

[sl8]

5. Backstory on lava shoot

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/07/19/Photographer-admits-to-faking-viral-lava-photographer-on-fire-photo

Photographer admits to faking “lava photographer on fire” image that went viral

Over the last few weeks, a seemingly incredible image of a photographer standing on a lava flow with his feet and tripod in flames has gone viral. It quickly spread around the Internet as evidence of a photographer's apparent extreme dedication to his craft, but also because many accused it of being a fraud or faked with Photoshop. Now the photographer behind the image has admitted it's not a case of spontaneous combustion, but says his intent was never to deceive.

The image was taken by photographer Kawika Singson of Hawaii, posing on top of a lava flow. The viral image made the rounds insanely quickly, first through social media, and then on to major news networks. A big part of the image's popularity was the debate about if the image was faked or not — because while lava can get hot enough to cause spontaneous combustion, the photo certainly doesn't look like it's in a hot enough state for that. Not to mention, Singson isn't wearing gear appropriate for dealing with that sort of heat in the shot.

Now, in telephone interviews with the likes of CNN and CBS, Singson has confessed that the image was staged. While the flames were very real, it wasn't a case of his tripod and shoes spontaneously combusting because of the intense heat. In truth, Singson used accelerant on both and got a friend to take the photo, simply because he thought it would look interesting and "It's just something I wanted for my Facebook cover photo."

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[shenmue]

6. Dude in the second picture - ouch!