Man I miss Ireland. When I was in college I was so lucky to have the chance to spend a month abroad. I got to travel to Ireland, England, and Wales. All three places were... beyond description. Just amazing. There are days where I just get terribly nostalgic for that month. That's what this picture is about. That and how sad I am that these two are the only stamps I have in my passport. I'd love to add to that sometime soon.
For this shot I cross processed it and added the lightest of vignettes. I rather like how it turned out.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
12.365 Snow Globe World
It hasn't stopped snowing in close to a week (which I know is no big deal in a lot of places, but here in Tennessee, it's definitely something). Some days it's no more than a flurry, enough to cover the road with a dusting. Other days, it just doesn't stop at all. It's beautiful and terrible and magical. But I have to admit that I'm mostly just tired of the snow.
I really like this picture. I love the textures. The bark on this tree is just beautiful and phenominal. The shot has an Orton-ish type effect, but with the blur taken out and the effect rather faded. I happened to just take this shot at the right time, so for the most part, it's as it was.
I really like this picture. I love the textures. The bark on this tree is just beautiful and phenominal. The shot has an Orton-ish type effect, but with the blur taken out and the effect rather faded. I happened to just take this shot at the right time, so for the most part, it's as it was.
11.365 Bar Nights
So here's Keisha and I, and my friend Mike, who photobombed us.
For the past 4 years I have spent every Tuesday night hosting a trivia night at a local bar. Our first night started out with three teams... of our best friends... that we had to beg to be there. Now, we have anywhere from 14-20 teams, there's hardly an open seat in the house, and people are parked along the street because the parking lot fills up. It's nice seeing something I've worked on has grown so much.
Anyways, today, even with the crazy snow, my friend Keisha drove into town from Nashville to help me with trivia. She's come into town to help before and we always have a blast. So naturally, I had to take a picture of the two of us for my 365. It was a great night, we had fewer teams because of the snow, but it was still a blast. And the snow was absolutely gorgeous.
For the shot I did a little of shine reduction (which makes our faces look a little wonky), as it was ridiculously hot in the bar. And I used a very faded lomo-ish effect.
For the past 4 years I have spent every Tuesday night hosting a trivia night at a local bar. Our first night started out with three teams... of our best friends... that we had to beg to be there. Now, we have anywhere from 14-20 teams, there's hardly an open seat in the house, and people are parked along the street because the parking lot fills up. It's nice seeing something I've worked on has grown so much.
Anyways, today, even with the crazy snow, my friend Keisha drove into town from Nashville to help me with trivia. She's come into town to help before and we always have a blast. So naturally, I had to take a picture of the two of us for my 365. It was a great night, we had fewer teams because of the snow, but it was still a blast. And the snow was absolutely gorgeous.
For the shot I did a little of shine reduction (which makes our faces look a little wonky), as it was ridiculously hot in the bar. And I used a very faded lomo-ish effect.
Monday, January 10, 2011
SNOW DAY!
Day 10.
Today it was beautiful and snowy. Oh so lovely and snowy. Now, one of the groups on Flickr is Bench Monday. Every Monday you take a picture of/ on a bench. I decided to work with the themes for the day, so I decided to do that one. Another group was doing cold as a theme. Well, hark! We have snow. So I needed to find a snowy bench. And yet another group was doing a patriotic theme. So I hunted up my dad's old Army coat. Three themes right there. I was really excited. And I decided what would go better with an Army coat in the snow? Why, a ball gown of course! This dress was from a sorority formal years ago, and the tulle under it actually made an appearance in my day 5 picture. So here's me, in the snow, on a bench, being patriotic in an army coat, while wearing a ball gown. Enjoy!
I tweaked the exposure on this and added a texture to it. In the end, I liked the results, though I wish I had taken just one picture where I hadn't cut off my head.
Here are a few out-takes from this shoot of me running around in the snow in a ball gown.
Today it was beautiful and snowy. Oh so lovely and snowy. Now, one of the groups on Flickr is Bench Monday. Every Monday you take a picture of/ on a bench. I decided to work with the themes for the day, so I decided to do that one. Another group was doing cold as a theme. Well, hark! We have snow. So I needed to find a snowy bench. And yet another group was doing a patriotic theme. So I hunted up my dad's old Army coat. Three themes right there. I was really excited. And I decided what would go better with an Army coat in the snow? Why, a ball gown of course! This dress was from a sorority formal years ago, and the tulle under it actually made an appearance in my day 5 picture. So here's me, in the snow, on a bench, being patriotic in an army coat, while wearing a ball gown. Enjoy!
I tweaked the exposure on this and added a texture to it. In the end, I liked the results, though I wish I had taken just one picture where I hadn't cut off my head.
Here are a few out-takes from this shoot of me running around in the snow in a ball gown.
Still with the head cutting-off
And Once more. But this time while twirling!
In this one you can see my delightful green boots!
My dog photo-bombed this picture. She was very intrigued with what I was doing and ran into the shot. I think it's cute though.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
High Expectations and Ending Up With a Pillow
Day 9.
I had such high expectations for today. I had created a set, worked with clips and pins and scarves and such. The idea I had was for a magical world coming out of, or being sucked into a box. I mean, as kids we all knew that the best thing in the world was a giant cardboard box. There were whole universes within boxes. So I started out taking pictures of this whole set up. And as I looked back through them on the camera I thought "Yes! That's the shot! And that one could work too!" But I have discovered, even though it may look pretty nice on the little screen on the camera, it's still best to take some more shots.
So I get the pictures on my computer, and again, none of them are near where what I had wanted. The movement was funny, the camera was out of focus, etc. I worked on editing one of the best. Used the cross process again (my favorite), added a slight texture, and a bit of bokeh (the blurred light), but it still wasn't what I wanted.
I liked the tones, and the light, but I'm picky. So I decided to go back to one of the theme groups, and one of them was having a prop challenge. The prop of the day was a pillow. So I grabbed one of mine and took a picture. As with the last time where I changed around the picture, it was the second shot that was the winner. So here's day 9, and another out-take (which happened to be shot 1):
And the other Out-take:
Both were cropped slightly and I cross processed them.
I had such high expectations for today. I had created a set, worked with clips and pins and scarves and such. The idea I had was for a magical world coming out of, or being sucked into a box. I mean, as kids we all knew that the best thing in the world was a giant cardboard box. There were whole universes within boxes. So I started out taking pictures of this whole set up. And as I looked back through them on the camera I thought "Yes! That's the shot! And that one could work too!" But I have discovered, even though it may look pretty nice on the little screen on the camera, it's still best to take some more shots.
So I get the pictures on my computer, and again, none of them are near where what I had wanted. The movement was funny, the camera was out of focus, etc. I worked on editing one of the best. Used the cross process again (my favorite), added a slight texture, and a bit of bokeh (the blurred light), but it still wasn't what I wanted.
"If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older"
And the other Out-take:
Both were cropped slightly and I cross processed them.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Double Duty
Days 7 & 8.
Days 7 and 8 were mostly spent at Ladyville. A girls weekend event where we drink champagne, watch movies, cook, play games, and drink wine. This year's event was held at my friend R's house. We had all kinds of crazy fun, but imbibing potent potables and many moments of madness is not the best atmosphere for remembering to take pictures. A few days ago I had talked to my friend Brit who had actually completed a 365, and she gave me the best advice yet. She told me that some pictures were going to be absolute crap, there's no getting around it, but the best thing to do is to just keep clicking away. To take a picture, even if you know it'll be horrible. And having failed at this adventure twice before, I can attest to the fact that once you get behind, it's wicked hard to catch back up. So here are pictures 7 and 8, though neither is a work of photographic genius, or even high intellect:
Day 7:
We were playing a karaoke game at the time. We were all horrible, but R and I were evidently the least horrible (or were the best at choosing songs), as we won both times.
Day 8:
My toes. Under a blanket. We were all watching movies and drinking... more champagne! I believe I drank more champagne in these two days than I have in my entire life. It was a good development.
Days 7 and 8 were mostly spent at Ladyville. A girls weekend event where we drink champagne, watch movies, cook, play games, and drink wine. This year's event was held at my friend R's house. We had all kinds of crazy fun, but imbibing potent potables and many moments of madness is not the best atmosphere for remembering to take pictures. A few days ago I had talked to my friend Brit who had actually completed a 365, and she gave me the best advice yet. She told me that some pictures were going to be absolute crap, there's no getting around it, but the best thing to do is to just keep clicking away. To take a picture, even if you know it'll be horrible. And having failed at this adventure twice before, I can attest to the fact that once you get behind, it's wicked hard to catch back up. So here are pictures 7 and 8, though neither is a work of photographic genius, or even high intellect:
Day 7:
We were playing a karaoke game at the time. We were all horrible, but R and I were evidently the least horrible (or were the best at choosing songs), as we won both times.
Day 8:
My toes. Under a blanket. We were all watching movies and drinking... more champagne! I believe I drank more champagne in these two days than I have in my entire life. It was a good development.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Marvelous Mustache!
Day 6.
I don't know if it's a bug or what, but Day 6 is not much better than Day 5 in having motivation to work on producing a terribly creative picture. In the end I decided to use a prop, a lovely knitted handlebar mustache that my friend Brit had knitted. I then changed the picture over to black and white, but re-colorized the mustache. It turned out nicely.
I don't know if it's a bug or what, but Day 6 is not much better than Day 5 in having motivation to work on producing a terribly creative picture. In the end I decided to use a prop, a lovely knitted handlebar mustache that my friend Brit had knitted. I then changed the picture over to black and white, but re-colorized the mustache. It turned out nicely.
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