Iris

Basically, today's post is the promised follow up from earlier. The focus on the iris.

Eye Study

I know its a little late, but I came in late last night and everyone was asleep, so I couldn't very well around and snap photos, especially because of the light. My parents hate it when I turn on the lights to take photos when they are sleeping. So I put it off until I had time today, which was about now. I've been playing Axis and Allies all day... and last night. Not something I've got the complete hang of yet.

Anyway, this is an eye study. The idea came form a book cover, The Host I believe. I caught sight of it at Boarders yesterday. Initially, I was going to go for an iris shot, but decided that this would be the appropriate precursor. Basically, I took the photo after many attempts at achieving good focus, then I dodged the face, my favorite part being the removal of eyebrows, and then I burned the eye lashes a little.

The final product made me step back a little. I had no idea that my eyes looked like that. Taking them out of context has that effect. It is also quite eerie, which was an expected effect. Have you ever noticed that in movies and photos. ect, that eyes are always used? Interesting that something so human cause be so unsettling.

Graffiti

Not that the straight on photo of myself hasn't been done already, but I thought I'd take a different approach to it. Originally, this photo was a pose with my latest favorite prop, the padded chair in the dining room. But I cut out most of the pose and decided on using the brush tool to mess around a bit.

Anaranjado

I can't believe I just posted that...

Yesterday's News

So this is the discarded photo from yesterday. My goal in this photo was to set my profile against a uniformly dark background and see what happens. It was of course, taken in my favorite spot of the dining room corner.

From The Basement Again

So this isn't a new photo today. It's actually from yesterday and I stumbled upon it as I was pulling today's photos from the memory card. What struck me about this one was the texture on the block wall and the power fo the silhouette. As it turns out, I really like silhouettes. I appreciate the drama they bring to the picture and I don't believe their use in this project has been exhausted.

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