seriously.

for my new favorite group ever: Musically Challenged.

i loved taking the photo prior to this. actually grabbing inspiration from a specific song, singling out a lyric or two, and then creating an image to be paired with it.

this photo, though, was not intended for any song. this image is one of my favorite ones from Seattle. it's in Pike Place Market. this gorgeous, sloped, cobblestone street that leads down to an even more interesting alley.

so i selected a song amidst the ten to choose from per week and matched the song to the photo. not as gratifying, but i miss this little cobblestone street, dammit!

"The Sound of Silence", by Simon and Garfunkel

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Hello darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

Because a vision softly creeping

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains

Within the sound of silence

And touched the sound of silence

Explored!

Yeah but all of these things

All these things

They're all truly nice but ain't nothing

Ain't nothing compared to the love that's running through your little blue veins

The color of your cheeks is of the blood rushing to them. :)

Today was fun, I finished the write up for the "familiarize yourself with flickr" powerpoint for James, I'm helping out in my photography class from last semester to get hours for service learning to graduate (hopefully) in Fall 2010 (YAY!) Can't wait. the electricity came back on! now my house is warm and my furkids are happy. I got to see Donnie for a bit after class today, it was nice since I havent seen him since Saturday, It's been a busy busy week. I still need to finish editing maggie and her family session, start planning the engagement session for this Saturday, and find some time to schedule two family sessions this month and a maternity session for Jamee. :) I'm so happy i love photography. Also! I'm looking forward to all my classes this semester. So far it's turning out pretty awesome.

Project 365: day 223

TOTW: Baby, it's cold outside

Musically Challenged: The Raconteurs - Blue Veins

My Face is My Canvas: Emulation Week 17

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Bench Monday

Musically Challenged - Here Comes the Sun

111 Photos in 2011 #61 Body - 37/111

As I was taking a macro shot of my piano Macro Monday I was inspired for Bench Monday.

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uno: I’m re-editing some older photos, like the one above which was taken in July. I scoured through some older images to have a go at processing them differently now that I am addicted to Lightroom. I’d not posted this particular photo before but I did process it- in a way that makes me slightly cringe-y now.

I’ve included the unedited original shot below for no reason.

dos: Feeling Croppy and Tapper forced me to join FU64 several weeks ago and it’s since become my favorite group here (aside from Musically Challenged, of course). Those two, along with Dreamy Jason, have whored the group out this week and it’s my turn to do the same. But I’ve got an annoying cold and my brain isn’t functioning properly, so I made The Potato write me a script, in my “voice”, to post here.

Luckily for you guys, I’ve edited out the truly disturbing bits.

"FU64 is an uncensored group where folks mock each other jovially, post photos in a tournament and discuss the rape of livestock on a disturbingly frequent basis. Sometimes it is just a regular challenge group - (think of it as the equivalent of having a good romp in missionary with the lights off - it is still fun but nothing spectacular) and other times it blossoms into something a lot more fun - (I’m thinking disco lights, cowboy outfits, and lederhosen). Please to be joining us? Our next game is starting soon and the more people that play, the more fun it is.

As an incentive, I’ll send nude SPs of Dreamy Jason to anyone who joins up. Plus, I am an admin of the group; all I touch is brilliant; you all want to be a part of my world, right?"

So, pretty please come play?

Pat Beers of the band The Schizophonics ( Musically they are kinda like a cross between Jimi Hendrix , Iggy Stooge , MC5 & Steve Marriot of the Small Faces )

I live in a cool neighborhood . This show was happening near my place and it was free !

Awesome band ! So much kinetic energy going on .

They are going to play in Paris France very soon and I am sure they are gonna love them there.

More infos here : schizophonics.com/shows

For musically challenged.

There's a sickness in my soul,

And I don't know, but I've been told it's uncurable

There's a darkness in my heart

Slowly tearing me apart, it's unbearable

A drop of blood, a lake of tears

And baby after all these years, you're still beautiful

And I've been loved, and I've been used

Cut wide open, scarred and bruised, I'm unbreakable

Flesh it heals I know, hearts they never mend

Lovers come and go girl right now I need a friend

Great song by Everlast

I got my first guitar on the weekend!! Hope to be taking lessons very soon:)

View On Black

There is something about white underwear that is quite virginal and I have to say that that is me through and through ;-)!!!! I know it's Valentines day soon so rather than do the traditional sexy black or red I thought I would go down the white route for a change, after all I'm just an innocent girl who happens to think I look a little like Sandy from Grease lol! Erm perhaps that's wishful thinking.

It's been ages since I did a self portrait and again I have to CONFESS that I DID NOT TAKE THIS! It was taken by my good friend Paul Mackie who is very talented musically, vocally and photographically although this is not his normal style of photography. I think I scared him a little with what I had in mind as he was not used to shooting these kind of shots! Not only did he have me to deal with but a young model in the making! (Amara also took a selection of clothing and props with her) and she was fab!

So apart from freezing my ass off, dodging and ducking from cars and being caught by my postman as he giggled getting back into his van, I must admit it was fun.

Photography: Paul Mackie

Styling/Props: Me

Editing: Me

I really need to get my flickr account sorted. Can't believe another year is up and I'm a now a no Pro!!!!

I spied this sock money in a guitar hanging from the ceiling of Champy's restaurant in Chatt., Tn.

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Flinch at The Hug & Pint Glasgow Scotland on 23/02/22

Inspired by Léah and MA 2k11 here on Flickr, my attempt at a little musically influenced corner...

... just one little problem, it's mostly my tastes in music* (another reason why the Fashion Royalty girls hate life here!). 'Twas great fun hunting down the various posters, photos, tickets etc... it all looks a bit organised though; the wall clutter needs to grow a little more 'organically'.

*Music is something I came to somewhat later than most; I'm afraid my formative teenage years were spent listening to Monty Python LPs and Goon Show tapes! Despite the best efforts of friends (inc. a dyed in the wool Beatles fan) nothing I heard resonated within me... until I stumbled across the likes of Merle, Johnny, Willie & Emmylou. I have broader tastes these days but, for the most part it tends not to be particularly modern and/or mainstream.

An oldie. Been lazy and haven't shot much lately, but I thought this would work well for another one of Squeaks Musically Challenged songs.

Black Water--Doobie Brothers

“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.”

― Anaïs Nin

I took up 365 as an escape and for me to create. I miss creating, I miss being able to force myself to come up with ideas. And as an entrepreneur I needed that, I need to be able to come up with thoughts outside the box, to force my mind to see things in between.

I started with not knowing a lot of things. I started exploring. Exploring things I can take and things I can’t and it excites me.

I might fall from time to time but getting up after falling is a high I can't get enough of.

I want to sincerely thank you for all your lovely comments. You guys are what keep me going.

- Tool, Schism

Look at me! I'm playing Musically Challenged this week! Now Tara can't yell at me! I hope that this was the intended song. When I clicked the lyrics from the group thread, it took me to Sober instead of Schism. But I liked the lyrics of this one better.

I really need to start playing in Musically Challenged more often. I miss using music to inspire shots. Or, alternatively, using music to give already composed shots a new twist.

Hi Tara!

Musically Challenged: Tool - Schism

And yeah, let's go ahead and tag this as a secondary shot for My Face is My Canvas and TOTW too. Why not? I do run these groups after all. ;)

ok, you guys have amazed me with all your contributions to Musically Challenged and the images you set to the lyrics of the songs i chose for this week. thank you so much. i never expected so many of you to play and it means a lot to me. i love this group and i am thrilled more people are playing again and turning out some wicked shots, too!

if anyone would like to have a look at what's been done so far and the aforementioned wicked shots head over to this thread right here.

i had a long day and i meant to get this up earlier, but what's the saying? god laughs at those who make plans?

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"Dreams" by Priscilla Ahn

I had a dream

That I could fly from the highest tree.

I had a dream.

Now I'm old and feeling gray.

I don't know what's left to say

about this life I'm willing to leave.

I lived it full and I lived it well,

there's many tales I've lived to tell.

I'm ready now, I'm ready now,

I'm ready now to fly from the highest wing.

I had a dream

You won't hear me, But you'll feel me

Without warning, somethings dawning, listen.

Then within your senses,

You'll know you're defenseless.

- Judas Priest, Turbo Lover

My husband has had the plague for over a week. And I'm getting awfully frustrated. And really sick of sleeping on the sofa bed with all of its eightybillion springs sticking me in the back. Which apparently left me with a massive knot right in the middle of my right shoulder blade, causing a throbbing headache today. It's a vicious cycle, people. And I need some relief!

Also, as an aside, I had to clone a hell of a lot of bruises off my legs for this shot. The pitfalls of soccer.

Musically Challenged: Turbo Lover - Judas Priest

A musically influenced door knocker.

*as the title suggests, this is a musically inspired painting from a old revolutionary ballad of the late 60's titled "Clandestino" which I recently encountered on YouTube, beautifully rearranged and brought up to date by Manu, for those wishing to hear this so modern version go to You-tube: "Manu Chao-Clandestino /live/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNzafK1HIro

For Musically Challenged. There are supposed to be 10 songs per week, but Tapper22 does not hold to the rules, and picked 11. So, says I to me, I don't have to play either, and I picked a photo that does not really match song 11. (OK, maybe it matches a little, but that was an accident. Honest.)

If you do nothing else here, listen to

Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles

Shinier

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for the last day of my song selections in Musically Challenged, i knew i wanted to do "Gimme Shelter".

everything that i know and love about classic rock, i learned from my big brother. and though our top bands were Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and, most importantly, The Doors, there were a few dozen Stones songs that found a permanent place on our list of favorites.

that, and the fact that the first concert i ever attended, with my brother and some friends, was the Rolling Stones (with Guns N Roses opening!).

i had a much different shot in mind than the one i posted, but i wasn't able to find the time to execute it.

i'll probably get around to doing it one day, but i didn't want to let my last chance at doing "Gimme Shelter", to just... fade away.

(yes, i totally said that on purpose. and yes. i am such a dork)

it may not look like a storm is threatening on that sun soaked beach, but i love the way the women in the bottom right are looking up to the sky as if something IS, in fact, coming their way.

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"Gimme Shelter," by The Rolling Stones

It's just a kiss away

...en concert à l'Espace Ried Brun Muntzenheim le 01/06/2024

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Le projet AC/DI The Italian Tribute to AC/DC, est né en novembre 2010 et propose les titres les plus emblématiques et les plus marquants de l'histoire d'AC/DC reconnu comme l'une des icônes mondiales du hard-rock.

Au cours de toutes ces années, AC/DI a été crédité comme meilleur Tribute AC/DC en Italie. La ressemblance vocale avec le chanteur Brian Johnson, le son, la mise en scène est digne de leur prestigieux modèle australien.

Le groupe se présente avec un line-up composé de 5 éléments tout comme celui d'AC/DC qui se métamorphosent fidèlement à l'original autant musicalement que scéniquement, en particulier dans les attitudes et le jeu d'Angus Young.

Les performances du groupe obtiennent toujours l'adhésion du public, satisfaisant ainsi à la fois les nostalgiques de la première heure et les fans de la dernière heure.

The AC/DI project The Italian Tribute to AC/DC, was born in November 2010 and features some of the most iconic and memorable tracks from AC/DC’s history as one of the world’s hard rock icons.

Over the years, AC/DI has been credited as the best AC/DC Tribute in Italy. The vocal resemblance to singer Brian Johnson, the sound, the staging is worthy of their prestigious Australian model.

The band presents a line-up composed of 5 elements just like that of AC/DC which metamorphose faithfully to the original as musically as scenically, especially in the attitudes and play of Angus Young.

The performances of the band always get the support of the public, satisfying both the nostalgic of the first hour and the fans of the last hour.

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lately something here don't feel right

this is just a half-life

is there really no escape?

no escape from time

of any kind

and you are another mystery i'm missing

- Duncan Sheik, Half-Life

So today has been pretty crazy. In the midst of getting a ton of errands and cleaning done, I've been constantly keeping tabs on my LivingSocial deal. So far I've sold 36 deals. That's a LOT of photoshoots! Excited and terrified at the same time! :) Hopefully these new clients will generate some more word-of-mouth and referral business for me at my regular rates down the road. In the mean time, at least I'll be busy!

Oh, and I picked the songs this week in Musically Challenged, so come check them out and play along!

Musically Challenged: Duncan Sheik - Half-Life

i know that i am nothing new

my words might not seem much to you

but brother how we must atone

before we turn to stone

- Ingrid Michaelson, Turn to Stone

It's officially no longer my birthday since it's now past midnight. It didn't really feel all that birthday-ish anyway. Weird year. Weird month. Weird birthday. I didn't even have any birthday cake. I guess some years a late night cup of gingerbread tea has to suffice. Here's hoping my thirty-third year will be a little smoother and less hilly than my thirty-second. The highs were wonderful but I don't think I want to suffer through those kinds of lows again. Thankfully, there's nowhere to go but up from here. And I intend to climb rapidly and not look back.

Musically Challenged: Ingrid Michaelson - Turn to Stone

More fun with lights this evening.... combo of Strobist stuff as well as light painting.

The more astute amongst you will realise this is not a self portrait..... I used to look like this 30 years ago, but now I'm more of a party keg guy than a six pack guy. (Although compared to most 50 yr old folk I still look fairly fit so happy enough with my body). This is my younger son Sebe.... Luckily quite happy to pose half-nekkid at night in October in the UK (the young are hardy & foolish).

Strobist Info: Bowens GM200 1 ft behind & 6 ft to either side of subject. Both on full power. Triggered by Cactus triggers at start of the 30 sec exposure. Light trails with a hand flashlight triggered by muscle.

As usual, some learning experiences when doing a new technique. I really should have worked out a way to keep his arms still..... initial flash captured him, but during the 30 second long light painting his arms moved slightly & they look a bit thin as a result. Next time I will use some thin black thread for him to tense against & keep arms in absolute position.

OK, so hit quite a few themes with this one.....

FGR - Alien Light Forms

Bench Monday

TOTW - Love your body (I do, but envious of my son's)

Musically Challenged - As chosen by Pikespice.

The song is Halloween by Helloween - supposedly from the 80's so I ought to remember it, but I don't.... of course metal wasn't my thing then (or now). Long long lyrics, so here's the section that is relevant.

I can see a Light comin'

It's comin' nearer

It's shining

It's shining so bright

It's shining on me

I am the one, doom 's in my hands

Now make your choice,

redeemed or enslaved

I'll show you passion ang glory

He Is the snake

I'll give you power and abundance

He's the corrupter of man

Save me from the evil one

Give me strength to carry on

I will fight for all mankind's

deliverance and peace of mind

Jim Shields Photography

This is the last one from this series. I increased the amount of time I waited from when the gun was shot to when the picture was taken It's amazing how the liquid shoots out the top of the glass like that. Julia was still pouring it in while all this was going on!

I spent about 4 hours on Sunday getting everything setup and working correctly, and came away with these 3 images. Some times I wonder if it is worth all the trouble!!

Anyway, thanks for looking and have a sweet night :-)

No work for me tomorrow..Don't forget about our Veterans and all they have done for us!

Gunpowder and Lead

it's time again for me to choose the weekly list of songs in Musically Challenged.

i miss the early days of MC when there were two or three dozen shots per list every single week. i loved seeing everyone's interpretation of what each song or one line of lyrics meant to them, photographically.

now all we're left with is this hooker's take on every third word of every fifth verse of an obscure as fuck song by this ancient British asshole who never amounted to anything.

so pretty please, people, take a look at the lyrics and music to the 14 songs i chose for this week and slap a lyric or two into your title if it fits - even if it doesn't fit! or go out and shoot something based on your animosity towards any musicians i chose! or your desire to bed down the fictitious girl being sung about! or your derision reserved only for David Hasselhoff and drunken cheeseburgers!

have fun, people! pretty please??

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1. "Big Pimpin'"- Jay Z

2. "Rhinestone Cowboy" - David Hasselhoff

3. "She's a Jar"- Wilco

4. "Midnight Radio" - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)

5. "Today" - Josua Radin

5.2 "Dream"- Priscilla Ahn

6. "Hurt" - Nine Inch Nails / Johnny Cash

7. "November Rain" - Guns N Roses

8. "Signs" - Bloc Party

9. "Crying Lightning" - Arctic Monkeys

10. "World Spins Madly On" - the Weepies

11. "Promises" - Eric Clapton

12. "I5 Step" - Radiohead

13. "Falling Slowly" - 'Once' (film)

MFiMC: Emulation Week 70

The Teleidoscope: Danger Ahead

Musically Challenged

Oh, I’m so ill.

And so fed up with being ill. I just hope I’m better by next week, because we’re off to Amsterdam! (again!)

We're a ship without a storm

The cold without the warm

Light inside the darkness that it needs, yeah

We're a laugh without a tear

The hope without the fear

We are coming - home~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~DIO~

The Last in Line <------Listen.....one of my all-time fave songs..ever!!

Posted for Musically Challenged...The Last in Line by DIO!

you've been all over

and it's been all over you.

"Beautiful Day" by U2

for: Musically Challenged

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view of the Century City skyline from atop The Grove in Hollywood, CA

And all the girls walk by

Dressed up for each other

And the boys do the boogie-woogie

On the corner of the street

~John Mellencamp (Van Morrison)

Strobist Info:

Flashpoint II 320M @ 1/2 in softbox at 4:00

530 EX II @ 1/2 in softbox at 8:00

430 Ex II @ 1/4 in beauty dish at 5:00 pointed against BG

CyberSync triggers

On Friday 2 friends of mine and I flew down to Denver to be with our friend Deb, who had just lost her husband Derek, in a tragic accident. After the candle light memorial Friday night, we went over to her place to help get her boat ready to sell. Deb also went through Derek's things, figuring out what she wanted to keep. Unlike myself, Derek had very good taste in clothing, and knew what looked nice. Deborah gave me a few of his ultra high class button-up shirts, and I am honored to have them. I just hope I can do them justice!

Today would have been Derek's 40th Birthday.

HBCCT

Musically Challenged

Alison Krauss & Union Station—The Lucky One

(21 of 52)²

do you ever go through slumps? i'm so slumpering right now.

picking up the camera and taking photos has slipped so far back on my Want To Do list. i can't sort out if it's because we're so damn busy with several large Life Things at the moment or if it's just one of those times where photography sort of naturally takes it's turn on the back burner.

i always carry my camera with me - that's still the case. but i just don't take it out as much these days. even when i see something i know could become a stellar shot. i got a macro lens about a month ago and have shamefully hardly utilized it. and taking self portraits? dear god, that sounds just full of allllll sorts of hassle and the antithesis of fun. i'd honestly rather take pictures of clouds day after day than pictures of myself. where, oh where, has my vanity gone? ;)

i suppose i can partially chalk up my lack of interest to having a parent in the hospital for several weeks and subsequent recovery, house hunting and all the stress that brings, and the fact that i'm going to have a baby in 3 months time (eeeek!!!).

but still. i miss it dammit. and this place, too. i love it when the stars align and everything you shoot looks and feels great and you can't want to get on here and post and comment and just enjoy.

i'm sure it will all return soon enough. ebbs and flows and all that jazz.

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i really, really love Explosions In The Sky. there are three great songs by them in Musically Challenged this week, including this one: Your Hand In Mine

(which is a perfect accompaniment to the above image, i've decided)

Because the Night

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EXPLIZZLED

For Musically Challenged, Gimme Shelter by the Stones.

A storm is threatening

My very life today.

If I don't get some shelter

Yeah, I'm gonna fade away.

Lyrically, whatever. But that guitar is just to die for, and the haunting backup vocals give me chills every time.

I've been kind of a slave to my 50mm lately, so I figured I'd whip out the ultrawide for a change.

Strobist: 430 EX2 in 60" reflective umbrella above camera with 1/2 CTO. LP120 behind me with a red gel fired up at the ceiling of the freeway overpass.

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Musically Challenged

Superbus - Mes défauts

(13 of 52)²

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You can still donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting HAITI to 90999.

"Vicarious" is my favorite song from my favorite band, Tool. I was thrilled to see it in this week's Musically Challenged list, but I knew it was going to be hard to do it justice. It hits you hard right out of the gate and builds for 7 minutes to an enormous climax. It's incredibly powerful and explosive, and its subject matter is the guilty pleasure we all experience from watching others suffer. And by an eerie coincidence, it happens to be extremely relevant right now.

A week ago the nation of Haiti didn't cross any of our minds. Some of us didn't even know where it was. And now we donate our hard-earned money to help people we'll never meet put their shattered lives back together.

But let's not kid ourselves; We're glad it's not us. We're glad we can look at the photos on our laptops and watch the rescue efforts on our HDTVs. The part of us that feels guilty about that tries to empathize, to suffer vicariously through the pixels on the screen. But none of us can possibly know what it's like to be surrounded by death and destruction of such magnitude. So ultimately we just go about our day.

I live in Los Angeles. I'm able to live here only because I choose to ignore the simple fact that sooner or later, we will have our own Big One. It could happen in a thousand years, or it could happen at the end of this sentence. So every time the Big One hits somewhere else is another time it didn't hit me and the people I care about. Like it or not, we're all playing a game of Russian Roulette with the universe, and there's no sense feeling guilty when someone else gets it in the head. Just be glad it wasn't you and make the most of the time others no longer have.

So Haiti, I'm so sorry for the fate that's befallen you. I've given to help you rebuild and will continue to urge others to do the same. But to quote the final lyric from my favorite song:

Much Better You Than I.

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Eye on the the TV

'Cause tragedy thrills me

Whatever flavor it happens to be, like...

"Killed by the husband"

"Drowned by the ocean"

"Shot by his own son"

"She used a poison

in his tea...kissed him goodbye"

That's my kind of story

It's no fun 'til someone dies

Much better you than I

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Strobist: Red gelled flash to my left and behind on 1/4, bare flash hitting the wall to the right on full power.

- 036 -

Girl put your records on

Tell me your favourite song

Just go ahead, let you're hair down...

Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On