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Convinced that beautiful editorial photos always require phenomenal sets, elaborate lighting, and a full crew of people? Let Geo Leon prove you wrong. The talented LA-based photographer has amassed an audience of more than 300K followers on Instagram by posting his glamorous final-result shots together with the behind-the-scenes ones. The latter show how creativity is way more important than fancy props. 

In the images below, you’ll find the latest work by Geo. Also, don’t forget to check out the previous Bored Panda post about the photographer.

More info: Instagram | geoleon.gumroad.com

Geo has been linked with photography for over 10 years: “It all started back in 2011 when I was on a competitive martial arts team. One of my teammates' mom happened to be a photojournalist working for the Kansas City Newspaper! She used to photograph all of the teams in competitions and I was very intrigued by it. She recommended that I pick up and try it out. My wife gifted me a camera and the rest was history.”

Geo says that nowadays there are many creators that are trying to replicate one another’s style: “You have to develop such a unique style to stand out from others. It is very difficult to do so just because there is so much talent out there!”

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As for future endeavors, Geo says: “I have yet to scratch the surface with what I want to accomplish. As an artist, we all have goals that we want to achieve. Since my photography style is so different, I’d like to push the boundaries of today's media and be able to have photography like mine in big-time magazines/websites.”

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Matheus Oliveira
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The concept it pretty interesting. But, seriously, though, how does he achieve such a nice background contrast? Is it ISO trickery or post-production?

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Geo's advice for young creators would be to “shoot, shoot, and shoot! Do research, find a photographer that inspires you! Ask questions, lots of them! In today's day and age, there is plenty of information that I wish I had when I first started! If you’re starting out, photograph a friend or a family member and come up with ideas to improve after every shoot.”

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is crazy to me how the picture of him taking the picture just seems so regular and people have typical facial features, but then the results are so vivid and have such beautiful colors and depths. I feel like it's almost a double meaning about how beautiful the art of photography can be but in the flip side how deceiving a picture can be in terms of how something/ someone looks in reality.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

don't mind me, just casually sitting in the middle of a highway... no big deal

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this from Naruto? Sorry if I’m wrong I’ve never watched the show before 😂

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how he’s using his foot to hold up the light

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WHY do so many of these photos emphasize the nose? Noses are bigger, brighter, darker, shinier than real life.

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