SMOKING KILLS - The story of my custom tobacco box
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THE PROBLEM
As an authentic hipster that I was 2 years ago, I enjoyed puffing a pipe every now and then, but one thing that I hated back then was the anti-smoking campaigns, regulated by EU, that use cancer-related pictures on the cigarette boxes and tobacco packs that use some horrible imagery. <- only click that link if you want to see gory stuff
And to be fair I do think that every smoker knows it is not a healthy habit but we chose to smoke for a reason. For me it was depression, puffing on my pipe helped me relax a bit and forget about my problems.
MY SOLUTION
Organize a photo shoot and design a new pack myself.
I wanted something that still reminds me daily that I should eventually quit smoking but looked artsy and minimalistic.
On the left a behind the scene image and on the right the final image unedited
My model and friend had this idea to do skull-face portraits for a while now, so I decided to combine those 2 into one. She asked one of her friends to do the face painting since I am not as great with a brush as I am with photoshop and we had quite a great session that day. More photos from that day coming soon.
FINAL IMAGE & TABACCO BOX
And this is the short story of how I created my custom tobacco box for my pipe. That eventually turned in a limited edition set of stickers that most of my friends have on their laptops.
Category | #portraitphotography |
Camera | Nikon D7000 |
Lens | Nikon 50mm |
Light | 2 speedlights |
Location | bedroom studio |
I was a social smoker for a few years and I can confirm that inhaling smoke into your lungs is not a good idea on the long term. I quit smoking a few years ago, after several attempts. most effective method for me was reading the book by Allen Carr - Easyway to stop smoking. (în sfârşit nefumător) I did not completely quit, I still have an electronic pipe that I use in case of need to feel social around other smokers. Otherwise I don't like the smell of the smoke anymore and I avoid closed spaces where people are smoking cigarettes.
Image source: Pixabay
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personalized and everything, I left the cigarette a long time ago ... now natural smoke hahahahahaha
I moved on to vaping for now and I am keeping my pipes mostly for photoshoots
vaping is fine !!! people do not complain
Love it. The gore imagery doesn't move be, but this photograph is creepy and more likely to make me turn away. To me it says, "Cigarettes are a seductive killer."
That would make for a great title for this photo.
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COOL IDEA! love this.
Though honestly, smoking DOES kill and you should quit. maybe roll your own if you hate the imagery...
I like this idea but for smoking it just makes it look damn cool and I'm all against this romanticiziation of smoking. do it for tequila and I'm all in :P
right now I moved to vaping, its a temporal fix and I will probably quit as for the tequila hmmm i might one day do something around that idea
That a better choice, probably the best there is, if you must absolutely have to smoke..
The irony of having my significant other working for the Tobacco Industry.
I enjoy the pack though :) Keep it up, I see very good posts from you!
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