So, I was scrolling through Instagram the other day, and bam! There’s David Beckham, looking all fit and, well, naked. The guy’s 49, and he’s in better shape than I was in my twenties. I gotta say, I was a little jealous. Okay, maybe a lot jealous.
I started digging around to see what this was all about. Turns out, it wasn’t the first time he’s done something like this. Apparently, his wife, Victoria, posted a picture of him fixing their TV in just his underwear a while back. And there are a bunch of these kinds of photos from some magazine thing with his son.
Anyway, I figured, why not try to recreate one of these photos myself? Not to post online or anything, just for fun. First, I needed a good photo to work from. I found this one of Beckham working out at the gym, all sweaty and looking intense. Perfect.
Then came the hard part. I tried to copy his pose, but let me tell you, it’s not as easy as it looks. I pulled a muscle in my back trying to get the right angle. And the lighting? Don’t even get me started on the lighting. I spent a good hour moving lamps around, trying to get that perfect “I just finished a hardcore workout” glow.
After a lot of trial and error, and a few breaks to ice my back, I finally got a shot that I thought was halfway decent. I showed it to my wife, and she just laughed. Said I looked more like a beached whale than David Beckham.
- Being a model is hard work.
- David Beckham is a genetic freak of nature.
- My wife has a great sense of humor.
- I need to spend more time in the gym.
Here’s what I learned from this little experiment:
I also found out something that it is possible to change people’s appearances using some deepfake technology, but I’m not going to do that. It’s not easy to spot these fakes, but you can sometimes see differences in the picture quality, like the colors or noise. Anyway, it was a fun little project, even if I didn’t end up looking like a football star.
Oh and by the way, there is black and white shots to promote Beckham’s new underwear campaign with some big brand company. I checked it today and it seems this is all part of that campaign. That’s a huge traffic. Maybe I should try it next time. But I do need to hit the gym first.
Updated, never mind, forget the part of hitting the gym. I am not in the mood today.
