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I've been trying to add Haloscan to my blog, but, I've been getting weird results. One method really seemed to work fine except it wouldn't show any of my blogger comments... and that's kinda sad. So, I'll be fiddling around with it a bit more in the future.
How about another photography post?
Last time we left off with "Cloning"... cloning lead to some other interesting editing journeys. Here's one of my favorites:
This was actually a test. I had seen someone do something similar so I wanted to see if I could do it, so, on a random day I asked Lora to lie down on the floor with my laptop and that's what I came up with. ^_^ It's basically a lot of layers and "cloning" of things.
From there I started focusing more on portraits with a little something extra. Here are two similar pictures.
Both of these were actually taken in the shower. Kevin wanted to have a photoshoot in the shower with water running so I agreed and we tested some things out. I had hung this sheer black fabric on the shower wall, brought in a lamp and started shooting. I used the flash and it managed to freeze the water droplets coming from the shower head. This actually wasn't at all what I was going for, but, I think it turned out better than anything I could have thought of. My friend Minnie ended up really liking Kevin's pictures and asked for a similar shoot. The major difference in her images is that I hung up orange fabric behind the sheer black.
Heather regularly posed for my camera (whole other story on the camera!). She was always up for a shoot and seemed to enjoy it. I believe this outfit is from India, it was specially ordered for her by the mother of one of her friends... I think. This image was taken in the corner of my living room. I pinned fabric to the walls and took pictures. It looks like there's so much more going on, but, that's all it was. ^_^
Now I shall bombard you with pictures!
This is Thea. Same corner, different fabrics hanging in the background. ^_^
Same corner, different fabrics, and added a couch. This is Precious.
Same corner, no fabric. And Benny. =)
Same corner... just kidding. ^_^ Now I'm on location. This is Maria and her boyfriend laying in the grass.
In the forest with Michelle!
This is Paul. He had actually done some modeling with other photographers in the past.
So, there's a deeper view into my pre-yarn obsession photography. This every day blogging is a lot easier than I thought it would be. Speaking of yarn, my mittens are working out pretty well. I definitely think I can finish by Sunday.
In somewhat related news, the main clock in my bedroom hasn't... "fallen back" yet. It totally trips me out. It's awesome. hahahaha A minute ago I was thinking to myself, "I'll blog for a quick 20 minutes and I'll have time to make it to the restaurant before it closes."
So, I blog away, finish the main portion, check the time and I was all, "I just spent an hour and a half blogging! Now I won't be able to eat! Time flies when I'm on-line..." ... and then after I had run to the fridge to see if I had any edible leftovers, I realize that the clocks in the kitchen say that I still have a good hour. Oh, daylight savings. How fun you are. =)
Day 2!
I use Flickr to host my photos. Almost 2 years ago I had this on-line printing place called Qoop create a book of my pictures through Flickr. It turned out really cool. My boss at the time gave me money to print her a book since she was such a fan. Two years later I finally printed her a copy. It arrived two days ago. o_O I actually printed her a book around the same time she gave me the money but my family was moving at the time so I didn't have the time to drive back to the University to deliver it. After the move the book was lost in one of hundreds of boxes. It wasn't until half a year later that I found the book buried inside a box. It was pretty beat up; pages bent, cover torn, etc. So, I figured I'd get her a new copy... and, yeah, so, last week was when I finally did it. It looks better than my original book. I may just have to make a new one for myself. Let me tell you about my photography.
During my ..... 2nd Senior year of College I picked up photography as a hobby. I had seen someone edit a photo in such a way that there were actually two of him in the same image. I figured it couldn't be too hard so I made an attempt. It worked, and, I began having my friends pose for me and I would duplicate them in the picture. I called it "Cloning."
This Cloning technique lead to other types of photography... but, today's post will focus on this first phase of my picture taking journey.
That's my friend Lora. This image was one of the first clones I did. I didn't have a tripod at the time so I'd have to find a solid surface to set the camera. This lead to some really interesting perspectives and angles.
A new mutation of Cloning became this multi-personality phase. I figured, if I can clone someone... I might as well clone them as two different aspects of themselves. That's Shane.
This was another interesting manifestation. My friend Idyl posed for this image.
One of the final phases of Cloning. This is Anne. I ended up really liking this image so I made a whole series of people lying on the ground in these odd patterns. This first one of Anne ended up remaining my favorite.
I would hardly call this Cloning, but, it has some of the same feel and principles. It's Lora again in what we called her Pink Photo shoot. She was actually my roommate during my half of a 3rd Senior year so we ended up doing many photo projects together. =)
So, that's a glimpse of a portion of my photography hobby. From Cloning I moved on to different types of portraits (which I'll cover in a later post) and then, after leaving College and my pool of models I re-aimed my passion towards still life... in the form of yarn and knitting. ^_^
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