>>4395982
You made this thread already. Use a flash and fuck off and die.

I own a Casio P&S that ONLY takes photos like this. Everything is cosplay... food, pets, even landscapes all come out looking like the world is one big cosplay convention.
It's maddening.
Last wedding I shot was so bad that the bride accused me of pedofiling and refused to pay. No worries, I sold the pics to a r*dd*t'r for twice the price.

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>>4395982
OP's reference photo isn't that good to begin with, harsh light and a distracting background. I use 500W and feather with a 140cm softbox to get inky blacks albeit indoors.

>>4395998
>harsh light
lmao
>distracting background
He's outside
>albeit indoors
Lol you are doing the most basic of flash photography. Maybe learn to work with the lighting you have instead of just using high powered flash to overpower ambient lighting and crush everything to black.

>>4395998
>trying to shit on someone
>post the most boring photos possible (And out of focuse)

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Flash with a diffuser and a camera with a CCD sensor.

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>>4395985
???