{"id":93384,"date":"2017-08-30T13:24:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=93384"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:48:08","slug":"you-dont-need-expensive-equipment-to-take-breathtaking-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/you-dont-need-expensive-equipment-to-take-breathtaking-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"You don&#8217;t need Expensive Equipment to take Breathtaking Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come on admit it. You\u2019ve at least one project that you\u2019re <strong>putting off because you haven\u2019t got the right equipment<\/strong> to do it properly. What is It for you? For me, I\u2019ve been putting of getting back into running because I need me some new Nikes to run in. Celebrity photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philippe-echaroux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philippe Echaroux<\/a>, however, <strong>does not hold this attitude<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Although Echaroux normally works with <strong>high-end photography equipment<\/strong> and snaps some of the most <strong>famous people on the planet<\/strong> he recently took up a challenge to show people that <strong>you don\u2019t need expensive equipment to do a job well<\/strong>. So what was the name of this challenge? It was the <strong>Big Mac Portrait Challenge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lWGkw-eOOX4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not Phillipe Echaroux took it upon himself to take some\u00a0portrait photos using only a used <strong>Big Mac box, a torch, a straw and an iPhone<\/strong>. The results will blow you away.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Epic-Portraits-Shot-with-an-iPhone-and-a-Big-Mac-59a65b950b8ad__880.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"578\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via: Bored Panda &#8211; Echaroux used a Lighting rig made out of a used Big Mac box to take some amazing portraits. YOU can do the same.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Epic-Portraits-Shot-with-an-iPhone-and-a-Big-Mac-59a65b8c10699__880.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"538\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via: Bored Panda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Epic-Portraits-Shot-with-an-iPhone-and-a-Big-Mac-59a54f2641195__880.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"1173\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via: Bored Panda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Epic-Portraits-Shot-with-an-iPhone-and-a-Big-Mac-59a65b9205115__880.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"597\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via: Bored Panda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Epic-Portraits-Shot-with-an-iPhone-and-a-Big-Mac-59a54f13d236a__880.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"1173\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via: Bored Panda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Epic-Portraits-Shot-with-an-iPhone-and-a-Big-Mac-59a65b8f16213__880.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"555\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via: Bored Panda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Epic-Portraits-Shot-with-an-iPhone-and-a-Big-Mac-59a54ea5a0d81__880.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"1173\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via: Bored Panda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I\u2019m really impressed with the great results Echaroux has been able to achieve using such <strong>basic tools<\/strong>. I\u2019m definitely going to try this method out and <strong>you should too<\/strong>. The real message is that rather than looking for reasons not to do something we should spend our time <strong>trying to come up with solutions to the problems that are standing in our way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Great job Echaroux, I suppose now I\u2019ll go dig out my old sneakers and get running again rather than waiting until I can buy myself a shiny new pair.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to download any of the retouching programs mentioned in the video above, you can get them <strong>via the links below<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vsco-cam.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VSCO Cam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/vsco-cam.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(iOS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adobe-photoshop-fix.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photoshop Fix<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/adobe-photoshop-fix.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(iOS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adobe-photoshop-lightroom.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lightroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/big-mac-box-iphone-portraits-philippe-echaroux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bored Panda<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come on admit it. You\u2019ve at least one project that you\u2019re putting off because you haven\u2019t got the right equipment to do it properly. What is It for you? For me, I\u2019ve been putting of getting back into running because I need me some new Nikes to run in. Celebrity photographer Philippe Echaroux, however, does &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/you-dont-need-expensive-equipment-to-take-breathtaking-photos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You don&#8217;t need Expensive Equipment to take Breathtaking Photos&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":93385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-93384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328611,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93384\/revisions\/328611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93384"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=93384"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=93384"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=93384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}