This was a lovely and fun photo shoot on a gloriously sunny afternoon. Lee Jaedong agreed to do the whole shoot using English and it was a nice change to communicate with him like this. I explained to him that the foreign communities fans like his 'tough' and 'masculine.' image in opposition to the 'cuter' style of his team mates Backho and Lomo.

Our concept was to make it as stylised as possible - very clean and with the idea of a 'fighter' in mind. Jaedong was as always a joy to work with. (When I told him about how the foreign fans view him he said 'I'm cute!' and I assured him that it is the case as well.)

Forthcoming will be the fan meeting photos and also a special treat for Hwaseung OZ fans which requires a little more time to complete, but should hopefully be ready by tonight or tomorrow.

Bonus:

Just to prove that Jaedong is indeed cute;

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Harem

United States11390 Posts

June 27 2009 07:27 GMT

Wow, awesome photo shoot.

Last pic is :3 and can't wait for the special treat~

Dgtl

Canada889 Posts

June 27 2009 07:29 GMT

Nice picks, keep up the good work ^^

Julmust

Sweden4867 Posts

June 27 2009 07:30 GMT

From my POV, as I said on IRC, this is some of your best work. Really like the poses and the lighting is awesome, did you modify it much in PS or is it all natural?

nataziel

Australia1455 Posts

June 27 2009 07:32 GMT

Ahh, what a cutie. Thanks so much neverGG, you're amazing.

Atrioc

United States1865 Posts

June 27 2009 07:34 GMT

Holy shit these are some awesome JD pics.
Lighting/poses are excellent and they seem to be of really high quality.

*Edit*

I'd like to say the fact that this guy gets up fucking 2 hours before the rest of his teammates to go to English lessons (and is clearly getting somewhere with it since you were able to converse) and still manages to be the best goddamn SC player on earth is pretty impressive.

seppolevne

Canada1681 Posts

June 27 2009 07:34 GMT

These pics are great! Thanks NeverGG ^^

iceburn

United States303 Posts

June 27 2009 07:38 GMT

Great pics, not to knock on your lighting, but have you considered a flash for some extra fill.

Fr33t

United States1128 Posts

June 27 2009 07:39 GMT

I love your pics, especially when they are of the man JD! Thanks!

BookTwo

1985 Posts

June 27 2009 07:41 GMT

#10

great work!!!

Niton

United States2395 Posts

June 27 2009 07:42 GMT

#11

Amazing as always, NeverGG.

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

June 27 2009 07:43 GMT

#12

On June 27 2009 16:38 iceburn wrote:
Great pics, not to knock on your lighting, but have you considered a flash for some extra fill.

@SnowFalling - yes they're PSed - mainly skin tone and some contrast work because my camera doesn't like to do smooth skin like Canon cameras do.

This is using flash lol - I don't have an external flash though and my body is only a Nikon D40X.

hazelynut

United States2195 Posts

June 27 2009 07:55 GMT

#13

Great photos! I think JD is trying a little too hard to look like a fighter, though, because there's nothing tougher and more masculine than Jaedong's natural game face. The last photo really is adorable.

motbob

United States12546 Posts

June 27 2009 07:55 GMT

#14

Once you save up most of the $$$ you need for the new camera you'd talked about before, you should run a donation drive at TL for the last $100 or so... I'm sure people would help you out since we heart your photos.

Also you can link to this post to prove it wasn't your idea