When I read about this challenge, I immediately thought about my inspiration photo. When I called my sister and told her about the challenge, she indicated that she thought of the same photo. My parents have had this photo up in their house since 1985. I have always called it the “Hmph” photo since my sister and I look so uninterested in the photo. My uncle shot the original in 1985 at our old house in Huntington Beach, CA. Now we didn’t go to quite the same extreme as the “Modern Family” episode and sneak back into our old house, but we did try to match our clothing to the original – down to the jelly bracelets, barrette black socks and hiked up shorts.
This challenge was difficult for me in that I was part of the shot. Many people offered to take the photo but I felt that I needed to hit the button since this is my entry into the challenge. In the end, I am a little disappointed in the look of the photo as it has too hard to get a similar background.
Anyways, I hope you all like it.
Tech info:
Canon EOS REBEL T1i on tripod
Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
1/400
f.3,5
18 mm
ISO 250
0 EV
– Matthew Johnson
The inspiration for this challenge was a photo of my wife when she was a kid doing what every 5 year does, pretending to be an alien (and abducting a baby I presume). We both just really loved the pic because the outfit is just so random, but she looked so serious! So my wife (the model in the pic) and I tried to replicated the picture by using anything we had lying around the house; pillow around the head (a must), blanket cape, scarf belt, holding a baby doll (in this case a dancing monkey). Then just took some shots randomly around the apartment, and this one we liked the best! It was a lot of fun recreating this picture, and was very interesting to recreate a photo of my wife when she was a kid and then when she is all grown up! We used a panasonic Lumix G2 with a 14-42 lens with the “my color” retro setting, then just played with the brightness, contrast, and color a bit.
– Jeffrey Groom
When trying to recreate a past photo, it helps to have the participants willing to help, but that is part of the fun of teenagers.
The photo I choose to try to recreate is one taken of my sons after we brought the youngest home. He is with is older brother (older by almost 5 years). The recreation is the two, now 12 and almost 17.
Dates
Taken on June 5, 2011 at 9.55pm MST
Posted to Flickr June 5, 2011 at 10.05PM MST
Exif data
Camera Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure 0.2 sec (1/5)
Aperture f/4.5
Focal Length 30 mm
ISO Speed 1600
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
X-Resolution 72 dpi
Y-Resolution 72 dpi
Orientation Horizontal (normal)
Software Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer 6.1.7600.16385
Date and Time (Modified) 2011:06:05 21:49:59
Artist John Hays
YCbCr Positioning Co-sited
Copyright Copyright by John E. Hays, 2011
XPKeywords JohnHaysPastWallpaper
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Date and Time (Original) 2011:06:05 21:55:57
Date and Time (Digitized) 2011:06:05 21:55:57
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Self Timer Off
Quality Fine
Canon Flash Mode Off
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Focus Mode AI Focus AF
Record Mode JPEG
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Easy Mode Manual
Digital Zoom None
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Metering Mode Evaluative
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Lens Type Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Short Focal 18 mm
Focal Units 1/mm
Max Aperture 4.4
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Flash Activity 0
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Camera Type EOS High-end
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Owner Name John Hays
Serial Number 0722331245
Highlight Tone Priority Off
Flash Metering Mode Off
Camera Temperature 30 C
Camera Orientation Rotate 270 CW
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Live View Shooting Off
Flash Exposure Lock Off
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White Balance Blue 0
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WBShift GM 0
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Color Space sRGB
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Sensor Height 3516 (56-3511 used)
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Exposure Level Increments 1/3 Stop
ISOExpansion Off
Flash Sync Speed Av Auto
High ISONoise Reduction Standard
Highlight Tone Priority Disable
AFAssist Beam Emits
Mirror Lockup Disable
Shutter- AELock AF/AE lock
Set Button When Shooting Normal (disabled)
LCDDisplay At Power On Display
Add Original Decision Data Off
Compression JPEG (old-style)
About uuid:faf5bdd5-ba3d-11da-ad31-d33d75182f1b
Date Acquired 2011:06:05 21:49:31.753
– John Hays
This was a recreation of a picture of my fiance when she was younger. This was shot in our apartment with the same feel as the original photo. Similar color walls, natural light, a couch and a lamp shade in the background. I shot it on my tripod mounted Canon XSi with ISO 100, 1/8, f/4.0. This will make a perfect fathers day gift (the original photographer).
– Seth Porter
I looked through my old pictures and many of them were kinda hard to replicate. Either no clothing that matched or wrong settings since i now live in USA and the pics were from PR. But i did find a pic of myself and told my oldest son to pose and replicate. I am not good at editing pictures, so i did what i could.
– Felix Garcia
