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151/365 # Comedy/Tragedy
For FGR - Story Telling Photos.
OK, this may look very familiar . . . yet more ghetto lighting. I've tried to put a different spin on it by trying out this idea I've had in my head for a while, my (slightly scary) take on the comedy/tragedy masks. It's not quite how I imagined it (in my head I was pulling funny faces and there was no ghetto lighting) but you work with what you get right? Half of me wants to apologise for not being ambitious, but the other half disagrees - I like ghetto lit shots, I think they're really cool and you can't apologise for that, can you?
Can you guess which one's comedy and which one's tragedy? I took these shots and I can hardly tell . . . must try harder not to look like a psycho when I'm smiling.
Now . . . this is my first shot for FGR. The theme for today was chosen by my good Flickr buddy rebecca *, and after her oh so subtle hints yesterday I decided I couldn't not join in
;-)
I've got to admit that I took this shot before I knew what the FGR theme would be, but as this idea was always meant to tell a story (of sorts) about myself it kind of fits. But only just.
The story has something to do with the two sides of Daz. Everyone has at least two sides to their personality of course, humans are complicated creatures after all. Well, some of them are. What we portray to those on the outside is usually very different to what's going on behind the scenes. I'm no different. But what I've noticed in my near thirty years is that the public face of Daz is a goofy, bad-joke cracking, easy going sort of person. Happy to do anything for anyone, anytime. Friendly even.
That would be the me grinning scarily on the right there. Perhaps a goofier face would've been more fitting?
The other Daz however, is none of these things. The real Daz is plagued by doubt. Sees the glass as half empty. Is definitely not a fan of other people. Has very specific views about the treatment of those that piss him off and those that show blatant disregard to others. This Daz could also be the scary smiling me but for the purposes of this story (is this a story?) is the overly serious me on the left.
The real Daz sits somewhere in between overly serious Daz and scarily smiling Daz I guess. This Daz is far too boring to include in this photo. The other two Daz's wouldn't let him in the shot anyway.
Here endeth the story.
So is this just enough to count for FGR today then? Hey, at least I've managed to smile in this shot, even if I do look like I'm about to stab someone in the jugular with a pen (a la Joe Pesci in Casino). I promise I'll play FGR again if you let this shot stay in the group . . .
Oh and by the way this shot looks better big and on black
151/365 # Comedy/Tragedy
For FGR - Story Telling Photos.
OK, this may look very familiar . . . yet more ghetto lighting. I've tried to put a different spin on it by trying out this idea I've had in my head for a while, my (slightly scary) take on the comedy/tragedy masks. It's not quite how I imagined it (in my head I was pulling funny faces and there was no ghetto lighting) but you work with what you get right? Half of me wants to apologise for not being ambitious, but the other half disagrees - I like ghetto lit shots, I think they're really cool and you can't apologise for that, can you?
Can you guess which one's comedy and which one's tragedy? I took these shots and I can hardly tell . . . must try harder not to look like a psycho when I'm smiling.
Now . . . this is my first shot for FGR. The theme for today was chosen by my good Flickr buddy rebecca *, and after her oh so subtle hints yesterday I decided I couldn't not join in
;-)
I've got to admit that I took this shot before I knew what the FGR theme would be, but as this idea was always meant to tell a story (of sorts) about myself it kind of fits. But only just.
The story has something to do with the two sides of Daz. Everyone has at least two sides to their personality of course, humans are complicated creatures after all. Well, some of them are. What we portray to those on the outside is usually very different to what's going on behind the scenes. I'm no different. But what I've noticed in my near thirty years is that the public face of Daz is a goofy, bad-joke cracking, easy going sort of person. Happy to do anything for anyone, anytime. Friendly even.
That would be the me grinning scarily on the right there. Perhaps a goofier face would've been more fitting?
The other Daz however, is none of these things. The real Daz is plagued by doubt. Sees the glass as half empty. Is definitely not a fan of other people. Has very specific views about the treatment of those that piss him off and those that show blatant disregard to others. This Daz could also be the scary smiling me but for the purposes of this story (is this a story?) is the overly serious me on the left.
The real Daz sits somewhere in between overly serious Daz and scarily smiling Daz I guess. This Daz is far too boring to include in this photo. The other two Daz's wouldn't let him in the shot anyway.
Here endeth the story.
So is this just enough to count for FGR today then? Hey, at least I've managed to smile in this shot, even if I do look like I'm about to stab someone in the jugular with a pen (a la Joe Pesci in Casino). I promise I'll play FGR again if you let this shot stay in the group . . .
Oh and by the way this shot looks better big and on black