new pics after using creatine

[muscle_redhead]

my progress...

[muscle_redhead]

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[beowulf]

No doubt that creatine works. you are lookg great....good musculature and huge forarms. You could use to hit your chest and back more intensely to broaden you out..but you are definately looking good!

-Kevin

[DeezGst]

Not to Jack your picture thread. Your looking good BTW.

But I'm currently cutting after about a 2 month maintain and I've started to cycle on Creatine again for the first time in a while. I've lost decent fat (can see abs now) in the last 2-1/2 weeks but haven't lost scale weight at least not much...just thought I'd share my recent Creatine experience. It definatley helps with strength and gains.

Derek

[beowulf]

You wouldn't lose wieght on creatine, if anything you would gain it. Creatine makes your body retain water, I always get bloated off of it, hence my new pot belly of which I am oh so proud...NOT!

-Kevin

[Abdominator]

Originally posted by muscle_redhead
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...postid=2253358

Hey Muscle_Redhead.

Good progress, however I have a suggestion for that second picture of yours.

You're standing with the light above and behind you, and most of your torso is in shadow.

As a general rule of thumb, you should always position the camera between yourself and the primary light source.

You ----> <---- camera <---- light source

You'll often see guys post pictures with the light source behind them. The subject of the picture thinks he looks good in that lighting, so he decides to take the picture that way. However since the light has to bounce off the subject and strike the camera in order for an image to form, having the primary light source behind the subject gives the camera has an excellent picture of all the junk in the background but not of the subject. Here are some examples (my apologies in advance to those bb.com members who I'm using as examples):

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...&postid=939067 - rob12345

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...postid=1923055 - Nat187

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...postid=1375692 - SplinterCell

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...&postid=594040 - Ex-Rustang

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...postid=2063445 - LancerPlaya

However, you might get the camera placement right and still mess things up. You could suffer from the dreaded "$3.99 Webcam in a dark closet and a handheld flashlight" syndrome.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...&postid=560226 - BDiamond

Or you might be just dark (like I am) and forget that you need "extra" lighting:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...&postid=629482 - UltraAdonis

All of these guys have improved their photography techniques and take much better pictures now.

For example, look how much better LancerPlaya 's pictures are now:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...postid=2064953 - LancerPlaya (most muscular)
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...postid=2064969 - LancerPlaya (front lat spread)

And he's a big guy, so you hate to take the time to take photographs and not be able to see all the muscle density and definition you work so hard to get.

More lighting is better, but no lighting is really something to avoid.

Since I'm so dark, I often take my pictures outdoors, as sunlight provides the intensity I need as well as even color tones. Indoor flourescent lighting can make pale people look sickly, and without a flash, dark folks like me don't even show up.

So remember...

You ----> <---- Camera <----- Light source

U-C-Light

You see light.

Hope this helps.

Also, see if you can either use the auto-timer on your camera or have someone take the picture for you.

Or... mount a light source above your mirror like I did here:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attach...&postid=384781

- Skip

[DeezGst]

Originally posted by beowulf
You wouldn't lose wieght on creatine, if anything you would gain it. Creatine makes your body retain water, I always get bloated off of it, hence my new pot belly of which I am oh so proud...NOT!

-Kevin

I am aware of this but being on a cutting cycle and as much fast as I've lost I'm amazed at the strength and size I've kept, intitially began a re-cycle on it for this very purpose. I would almost say I've gained muscle while loosing fat..but I can't verify that...as I have no BF test that was taken right before the current cutt. I just ignore the scale now and look in the mirror.

Derek