Blue

So this weekend, or rather weekend plus, has been immensely busy. First off, I saw Nightwish live in Cleveland on Thursday the 4th and it was one of most satisfying shows I've ever seen. I've been dying to see them since 2003 or so, but the termination of their original vocalist put that on halt. Since then they have picked up Anette and been touring for at least over a year. I figured I'd catch them in England, but conveniently they turned up in Cleveland. Overall, the show felt like it had been touring for as long as it has. Not much was left to random and everything felt well rehersed. I've been to way to many shows where the band, more or less, doesn't know what its doing. They played a nice long set, hitting nearly all of the songs from Dark Passion Play (especially The Poet and the Pendulum which was a 13 minute manifestation of that is awe striking about music).

What apparently struck me was how it bloomed visually, namely the chief use of blue lighting. The color blue is almost eternal in feeling, nearly unfathomable. It reminds me of the sea or the sky, elements of nature which are notoriously impossible to contain. It feels like one could lose themselves within it, with sensations of content or peril; maybe both. I've always favored the color in all its mystery, how it draws one in without the nullity of black. I wanted to use blue lights, but alas, I have none nor the means or time to make them. So for those without the materials, there is digital.

While the added color is digital, I left most of the photo untouched. Using my lamp and a faster shutter speed, I took the silhouette photo as I have done many a time before. I liked the limited highlights and mass of black. The way parts of my face seemlessly blend into the background realloy pleases me. The fact that you've got to look for more than a second to see what's going on is what I intended. Overall, quite pleased.

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Poordom

Blue filter on my blue sock. Interstingly enough it gave me some nice shades on the toe, which sticks out agains tthe wooden floor and the sock. You can't miss it. I need new socks.

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Errant

This one looks a bit better when you click on it.

The idea was to take a self portrait while not focusing on myself, however, playing a key role in the photograph. I underexposed this one a bit to make my face seem a little more muddy and to drive some of the contrast with the flower set up in the back. Quite happy with this one.

Lens

So I recently learned that the Egyptians created were the first to create lenses by filling glasses with water. I'm not sure I learned what they used them for... but they did it. And now, so did I.

I've been contemplating how to do this lens photo for a while and have been trying it out every so often. I've got a lot of failed glasses shots on my memory card right now. But this one worked out because I discovered that I can't take a picture of myself through it and expect a funny image, I have to be able to see the camera through the glass.

I did it in color because in B and W it just seemed to not have enough umph. Whereas B and W looks good, it doesn't necessarily look human, I wanted to keep the skintone to push the human element while the form changed.

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So the face is a little goofy and my cheeks feel a little overexposed, but overall I really like it. It's got good tone range and a light feel to it. Perhaps the most interesting thing about it, and I just noticed it now. but if you crop the top half off right above the left eye, it looks a whole lot creepier. Like I'm dead. But I'm not. I'm just making silly faces in the camera.