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Originally posted by RedShoe
This is a photo trick as well as a physical trick.
In the first photo, they hit him with so much soft light that he casts no shadows, and thus looks more like a blob (with no definition) and they make him look frumpy. In the second photo they've oilded his body to reflect more light at the high points of the muscles. The light seems like a more concentrated light source to be more specular, and I don't know why he's darker, but thathelps. Either he tanned in a bottle, or he tanned in a salon.
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That's more than just a light trick. But you're right about why he's darker. All bodybuilders darken themselves before a show or photoshoot to keep the definition of their physique apparent to the naked eye. When on stage, or in a photoshoot, bright lights can wash away the appearance of muscle "cuts", making you look flat.
So they either go to a salon, or use a skin bronzer, or both.