Our assignment was to put a self portrait of ourselves, into a movie poster..

Awesome! I choose Tomb Raider.

This was my reference, I needed six lights to imitate this shot.So I noticed the red gel on her back, a hair light, accent lights, a main and a fill.

Luckily I brought my husband to stand in my place while I positioned the lights.

Here is some behind the scenes. 

At the time of this project, only one movie poster came out, So I didn't have much more to choose from. Although I have played the Tomb Raider games, and know how she acts / moves / weapons. 

After the shoot, I intensified the lighting and enhanced the red gel. 

Hands down the hardest part of this project was trying to imitate the background. I spent at least 3 hours trying different brushes on photoshop. 

I couldn't just stop there. I image this would be the giant cardboard cut out that are at the movies.