Never Let It Go

Julia has been taking up photography classes this year and I asked her what I ought to do for today's self portrait. She suggested backlighting and we tried out a few poses. Nothing seemed to work so I searched for inspiration on the internet. A.K.A looked at cool stuff.

Basically I was trying to recreate something along the lines of an S curve with backlighting. I tried tipping her and twisting her but ultimately I honed in on my hand holding hers to prevent her from falling. I liked how the circular motions were repeated from the light to the four arms. Plus the high contrast is neat as well.

Shipping and Handling

"Carl! What the hell are you doing in those boxes? Why don't you just buy a plane ticket, you cheap bastard." - Dad

Portrait

So yeah, its a general self-portrait. But I still like it. Basically this came about from making faces at the camera under preset lights. I figured 3/4 view was typically the best view for photos, so went with that to start. One of the best things about this was that I've got the green shirt and the yellow background. Here's to matching colors.

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So Joe had been mentioning to me during my experiments with the eye that I ought to do something with the ear because it had interesting forms. So I gave it a shot during this latest series of photos to see what I could come up with. It's interesting when you look at the color photograph because the back light is so intense that my whole ear lights up red. This is basically a direct transition to B&W with some minor modifications.

Looking at the photograph now, I wish I had done something with a more dramatic angle, although the lighting I can live with.

Working with what I've got.

Warped

So I'm posting again out of the hotel, where this one was taken. I really like the interesting composition, but feel like its missing something. Like more of the face in the reflection. I don't know. I'm going to have to take one with the real camera to find out what i can do with so much more clarity.

So today was my last day at Red Lobster. I don't want to say I'm glad, but I really don't like waiting tables. It's not my forte at all. I mean, I met a few people there who do it like its a profession, as if one could attain a degree in the field. But that's definitely not me. I'm a history guy, which is why I'm getting a masters in the field. So it was kind of sad, an end of an era so to speak. Albeit a short era. Now on to Huron High School for loads of Teacher's Aid fun!

Widescreen Edition

I conceived of this idea when I was stuck using photobooth for two weeks. Ironically, I've had the camera back since then and find myself using Photobooth again. Mainly, the reason is that I never had much of an opportunity to take yesterday's photograph. Which is bull because I had the day off and plenty of time to do it. I just postponed doing it until the last minute and ended up not being able to. So I get an F.

I intended to take it this morning before church, but that didn't work out because... well... conquer club got in my way. I play Risk online, I know. A lot. It's ridiculous. So then I wanted to take it right after Red Lobster, which it was my last day!, but I had to work at the hotel. Which is where I am now.