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This was a lot of fun to do, but I did make a little mess on the floor. Lets hope no one noticed.
It's true. I looked it up. :)
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Holy effing hell, I have been having horrible stomach problems all day! The gurgles in the tummy started at about 3am and kept me tossing and turning. And I've been running to the bathroom all day. TMI, TMI, TMI! I know! I'm sorry!
But at least I managed to paint myself up for Face Art week. I swear I'm going to hit every day this week. Mark my words!
Lots more in comments.
365 Days (self portraits): Day 202
TOTW: Face Art!!!!
Rapunzel really didn't need a man's help. Come on. :) If that braid was long enough to reach to the ground, what makes you think she didn't just cut it off and use it as a rope herself? I had a tough time choosing between these today, so you get some outtakes that I was digging too.
And now it's time for me to hop in the shower and get my hair done perfectly before heading to the stylist to get it colored and cut. Ha. Does anyone besides me stress over making sure their hair looks perfect when they go to see their stylist? Slightly neurotic about that. Anyway, pictures to come once I get my new style! :)
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365 Days (self portraits): Day 282
TOTW: album covers
The Vent: twisted fairytales
Danger will follow me now
Everywhere I go
- Lissie, Everywhere I Go
I spent the day shopping with my mom. Very excited to have finally bought Andy's Christmas present. And I negotiated the price down!! Right there in the store! I don't do that often (who does?), so I was particularly proud. I can't tell you what I got him because sometimes he checks in on my stream, but I'll be sure to let you know how much he loves it on Christmas day. Because I just know he's going to love it! :) Also found the remainder of my Christmas gifts for the family, so now all I have left to do is wrap and I'm done! Is it wrong that I bought myself a couple new items too? I was in desperate need of some new dressy pants and a few cute new dressy tops, so I snagged those for myself at the 40% off sales. All in all, a great day of shopping. I feel like I accomplished a lot.
When I got home, I was exhausted and so not in the mood to shoot a picture. So I shot a few really horrible quickie shots in a big cushy chair for Dreamy's HBCCT group. When I uploaded them, I just couldn't stomach the absolute pathetic quality, so I went downstairs, threw on a wig and some makeup and decided to actually put forth a little effort. Have to say I'm fairly pleased with how this shot wound up. Very glad I took a second shot at today's picture. My inspiration today was actually Theme of the Week's theme: It's All in the Details. I find composition really jumps up a few notches on the visual scale when you pay attention to the little details. Which is why I went for the gold fingers and added the ring to complete the makeup look. Also, I'm clearly in a bit of a wind-blown phase. Expect more of these. ;) What do you think? Success?
Musically Challenged: Lissie - Everywhere I Go
Theme of the Week: It's All in the Details
Ok, so I figured since I've been doing some fairly simple shots the past few days, that I might as well spend a little more time today. This shot is helping me to kick off Theme of the Week's new weekly theme of Album Covers! Woot! I also got to pick the theme for the Vent this week, so say hello to what will hopefully be the first of many twisted fairytale shots you'll see this week. Today I chose Snow White. I have a handful of outtakes that I liked a lot too. I'll post a few in the comments.
You should all get in on the action and make some album covers this week! I know you guys who just started new 365s are looking for ideas! ;)
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365 Days (self portraits): Day 278
TOTW: Album Covers
The Vent: Twisted Fairytales
I always choose wrong when left to my own devices. Apparently you guys like this one better. So here you go.
- Fiona Apple, Limp
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Quite possibly the world's greatest song to blare from your car while singing at the top of your lungs after breaking up with somebody. I know it helped me through a few break ups back in the day. I would love, and I mean LOVE to sing this song at a karaoke bar some day. Have a listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWpIzDhVn8k
Well, I definitely did something to my knee yesterday during my climb a tree shoot. I'm not happy about that at all. Didn't run today. I've already iced it once today, so I'll be doing that on and off all day while keeping it elevated. I don't think I tore anything, so it should just be a matter of resting it to heal it up. But the problem is, I've got that 5k coming up on October 4th. So this is going to have to be an intensive healing regimen followed immediately by getting back out on the road in my running routine again. Hopefully I'll be just fine by race day. Fingers crossed. Everybody send good mojo my way, ok? And while you're at it, send some to Slightly Amazing Grace, who also hurt her knee, but in a much more dramatic fashion than I did.
365 Days (self portraits): Day 168
30 Songs in 30 Days: Day 15 (Limp - Fiona Apple)
TOTW: Lyrically Inspired
I have become comfortably numb.
Oh yes, that certainly is a real bee on my face. I had the shivers the whole time I was shooting this. I hate bees. And they hate me. But this guy was dead, so I figured I would probably be ok.
Spent some time today cleaning our house and swapping out the framed photos on our gallery wall. Until now, we've had up a series of black and white photos that I took long before I got serious about photography. So they've been kind of an eyesore to me for a while now. The gallery wall is definitely still a work in progress...I will be adding more framed prints whenever I can actually afford to buy more frames. But for now I have to say I'm thrilled with the new face lift. Some of my favorite shots from my own collection, and some of my favorites from my friends Jenna, Joel and Brian Day as well. Now our wall makes me happy! :)
My Face is My Canvas: Emulation Challenge #90
Musically Challenged: Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
TOTW: Freakish
First things first, congratulations to cre8iveaddiction, who ends year 2 of her 365 today! I decided to tie in a tribute to this shot of hers, which was one of the first ones I ever saw of hers and totally sucked me into her stream. Vanessa, you rock!
I was thinking earlier today that I wouldn't be able to come up with anything good for today and would have to accept the fact that I cannot do a week straight of twisted fairytale album covers. But tributing Vanessa's shot got me thinking red and that led to this Little Red Ridinghood inspired shot. With a twist. :)
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365 Days (self portraits): Day 280
TOTW: album covers
The Vent: twisted fairytales
Tributes to My Homies: cre8iveaddiction
She wore the night on her shoulders and a flash of violet across her eyes. Sharp lines, dark elegance, and the calm confidence of someone ready for the stage. Photographed during the World Awards in Helsinki.
Model: Aino (Finnish)
Artist: Kika Studio (Serbia)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
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She wore the night on her shoulders and a flash of violet across her eyes. Sharp lines, dark elegance, and the calm confidence of someone ready for the stage. Photographed during the World Awards in Helsinki.
Model: Aino (Finnish)
Artist: Kika Studio (Serbia)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
BTS on my free - SUBSTACK -
Phase One XF IQ180
120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
See more Phase One pictures here
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Mag: Catalogue (Summer 08.N10)
Ph: Josefina Alazraki (www.jalazraki.com)
Idea & Styling: Adrian Fagetti
Asistente: Florencia Armesto
Pelo: Jesica Baez para Estudio Olivera
Maquillaje: Jazmin Calcarami
Asistente: Julia Dalila
Modelos: Pablo y Matias para EP Bookers, Mariano, Marcos y Alejandro de Civiles.
Agradecimientos: Rulito y Vicky (L)
Mag: Catalogue (Summer 08.N10)
Ph: Josefina Alazraki (www.jalazraki.com)
Idea & Styling: Adrian Fagetti
Asistente: Florencia Armesto
Pelo: Jesica Baez para Estudio Olivera
Maquillaje: Jazmin Calcarami
Asistente: Julia Dalila
Modelos: Pablo y Matias para EP Bookers, Mariano, Marcos y Alejandro de Civiles.
Agradecimientos: Rulito y Vicky (L)
Night has always pushed up day
You must know life to see decay
But I won't rot, I won't rot
Not this mind and not this heart,
I won't rot.
And I took you by the hand
And we stood tall,
And remembered our own land,
What we lived for.
And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
- Mumford and Sons, After the Storm
Clearly on a bit of a Mumford and Sons kick these days. Not sure what inspired this, but I guess it's kind of classic Ali. I guess this is kind of where my head went with this week's emulation challenge. Not very clownish, but whatever. That's the beauty of emulation challenges, right? Kinda liked the outtakes in the comments too. Hope you guys have some fun plan for this weekend. I think I'll be spending some quality time with the hubs. Probably watching movies or playing golf. Or both.
TGIF.
About a year and a half ago I taught a photo workshop at the World Bodypainting Festival in Austria. While our group focused on photographing, the festival also ran bodypainting and creative makeup sessions in parallel.
At lunchtime I slipped over to Jasmiina’s creative makeup workshop, just to ask a small favor: would her participants and their models like to join us in the evening? They were more than welcome on the photo workshop set, and we’d love to photograph the looks once the day calmed down.
It turned into the nicest bonus for everyone: fresh artistry, new faces, and that shared festival energy, where a quick conversation becomes an extra session of light, color, and portraits.
Model: Marie
Artist: Belinda Wrann
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You know what I love most about helping Abe out with Theme of the Week? Getting to wave my magic wand and make everybody do vampire shots for an entire week just because I am obsessed right now. :) And so far I am completely amazed by the shots being produced. You must admit, whether you are addicted to vampires or not, that they make for dramatic photos. You know you want to try your hand at one of these shots during Vampire Week. You know you do.
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365 Days (self portraits): Day 293
TOTW: Vampire Week!
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It's a double-whammy kind of day! This is both my emulation for this week's challenge in My Face is My Canvas AND my response to Kevin's music challenge for the song Sugarfoot in Musically Challenged! Booyah! Two birds, one stone, you know the rest.
And I can't post today without congratulating my boy, Vic on finishing his 365. Vic, you better make good on your promise to stick around here and keep posting shots or else I might really learn how to make my head explode. Congrats on making it through a year and on turning out the kind of genius works of art that you did. You're inspiring. I find your style seeping into my subconscious and making my shots ever so slightly scarier. The last outtake in the comments is for you. Ha.
I hope everyone else had a good day. I spent mine working on drafting a brief and texting with Ry-O, Pimp, Cirkus, Ashley and Anna. :) Thanks for helping me get through the day, guys! Now I'm going to head out for the evening, so this is a post and run until later when I can catch up and comment on all of you guys' brilliant work from today.
365 Days (self portraits): Day 205
My Face is My Canvas: Emulation Week #5
Musically Challenged: Sugarfoot - Black Joe Louis & the Honeybears
TOTW: Face Art
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I can't explain how tired I am and that I should be in bed by now; But there are a few photos from this set that I like. I had time to play with this one, hopefully tomorrow I'll post the rest.
I seem to remember when I was younger collecting weird clothing from my travels that I never wore. Hide them in my closet like it's a time capsule, to only bring them out now when I want to play dress up in front of my camera.
*Random thought - I can't listen to a full album of certain artists. My stereo can hold 50 cds and the player is always on random. Change the sound, change the voice, make my mood shift from song to song. I like that.
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I took this earlier today but had no time to process and post because I had a date with my dad tonight. We went into Detroit and had a great dinner at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant in the MGM Grand Casino. Holy eff the new casino looks much better than the old temporary one! I have been away from the Detroit casinos for far too long. I need to change that once I get some paychecks rolling in. Nothing like supplementing your income at the blackjack table. Not that I got a chance to gamble tonight. Nope. We went to see Legally Blonde: The Musical after dinner. It was great. I was a huge fan of the MTV reality show a few years ago where they were searching for the new Elle Woods for the Broadway musical. Anyway, it was a great night with my dad. I hope the rest of you had a great night too. I know Ashley is having fun at her concert because she's been texting me and sending me video and pictures all night. Although I think she was pissed that A Fine Frenzy cancelled tonight. Talk about last minute notice. But she's loving Landon Pigg right about now anyway. :)
Ok, I'm going to listen to my Legally Blonde cd and try to catch up on some stuff now. Good night everyone!
365 Days (self portraits): Day 206
TOTW: Face Art
- Lenka The Show
Guess who went to the Halloween Superstore today? I was like a kid in a candy store. It was everything in me not to buy one of every single variety of wig. Instead I settled for five wigs, this awesome top hat, and these killer false eyelashes. Prepare for fun new looks coming from me soon!
On another note, I've been kind of struggling over the past week or so with feelings that are difficult for me to explain. I had more anxiety dreams last night, this time with my parents lecturing me, dead birds, car crashes, and all sorts of frustrating stuff that had me feeling just awful when I woke up. I realized that I think what's bothering me so much is that I'm almost 31 years old and right now I'm feeling like I can't make my own decisions. Not that I don't want to make my own decisions, but I feel like I'm prevented from doing so. For a variety of reasons. Mostly I feel pressure from my parents, from Andy, from all different directions, to do certain things in a certain way. And sometimes that goes directly against the way I want to do things. The way I want to be. And it's frustrating. Anyone understand what I'm talking about? I feel like I'm talking in circles. I still can't really adequately put into words why I'm so unsettled and that pisses me off more than anything. Because I'm used to being able to describe anything very clearly.
*sigh* Enough complaining. I'm still sitting here in my false eyelashes and makeup, so I should probably go wash that off before an unsuspecting neighbor sees me out in the yard with the dog and has a heart attack.
Oh, and I'm including more shots in the comments. Andy's favorite is the first outtake. Which is yours?
365 Days (self portraits): Day 173
30 Songs in 30 Days: Day 20 (The Show - Lenka)
totw: Lyrically Inspired
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I submitted a photo for JPG Magazine's theme of Noir. Is it a good fit?
Mag: Catalogue (Summer 08.N10)
Ph: Josefina Alazraki (www.jalazraki.com)
Idea & Styling: Adrian Fagetti
Asistente: Florencia Armesto
Pelo: Jesica Baez para Estudio Olivera
Maquillaje: Jazmin Calcarami
Asistente: Julia Dalila
Modelos: Pablo y Matias para EP Bookers, Mariano, Marcos y Alejandro de Civiles.
Agradecimientos: Rulito y Vicky (L)
This portrait came from the Nordic Awards in Helsinki, where craft and imagination met in one quiet frame. The gold shape, the shimmer around the eyes, the pearls, the flowers. Each part felt precise, but together they became something softer and stranger. A portrait like a dream that decided to stay still.
Artist: Lora Tulchinski (Italy)
Model: Saara (Finland)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
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She wore the night on her shoulders and a flash of violet across her eyes. Sharp lines, dark elegance, and the calm confidence of someone ready for the stage. Photographed during the World Awards in Helsinki.
Model: Aino (Finnish)
Artist: Kika Studio (Serbia)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
BTS on my free - SUBSTACK -
Phase One XF IQ180
120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
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I uploaded this picture before a while back but I submitted this photo to JPG Magazine's theme of Noir. Is it a good fit?
I think I might have a slight problem. I can't handle shots where my hair is just hanging there limp anymore. That's why there's so may of these swishy hair shots on my stream during Year 2. I try. I really do. But I just stare at the shots where my hair's not flipping around and they feel like they're missing something. Oh well. I guess Year 1 was about wigs and Year 2 is about hair movement? We all have our crutches.
Spent today reading through what I've written so far of my book. I've been blocked for a week and a half. I mean, part of that time I was distracted with other stuff, but the fact remains that I haven't written anything new in eleven days. I feel like I've kind of "lost" the story. So that's why I'm going back through it and reading it with a fresh set of eyes. I think it's helping. And the best part is that I'm really enjoying it. So hopefully by the time I catch up to where I'm at in the plot, my creative juices will be flowing again and I'll be able to get back inside my main character's head for the major scene that I'm about write. Time will tell.
Incidentally, before people start asking (as they typically do in shots like these), I didn't do anything to my eyes in this shot. These are just my eyes. No special wands/layers/brightening/whatever needed to make them look like this. Just genetics.
My Face is My Canvas: Emulation Challenge #81
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Outtake from last night's shot that apparently you guys really liked. Thanks for all the comments. I guess I should wear my hair like this more often.
Mag: Catalogue (Summer 08.N10)
Ph: Josefina Alazraki (www.jalazraki.com)
Idea & Styling: Adrian Fagetti
Asistente: Florencia Armesto
Pelo: Jesica Baez para Estudio Olivera
Maquillaje: Jazmin Calcarami
Asistente: Julia Dalila
Modelos: Pablo y Matias para EP Bookers, Mariano, Marcos y Alejandro de Civiles.
Agradecimientos: Rulito y Vicky (L)
This portrait came from the Nordic Awards in Helsinki, where craft and imagination met in one quiet frame. The gold shape, the shimmer around the eyes, the pearls, the flowers. Each part felt precise, but together they became something softer and stranger. A portrait like a dream that decided to stay still.
Artist: Lora Tulchinski (Italy)
Model: Saara (Finish)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
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120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
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Mag: Catalogue (Summer 08.N10)
Ph: Josefina Alazraki (www.jalazraki.com)
Idea & Styling: Adrian Fagetti
Asistente: Florencia Armesto
Pelo: Jesica Baez para Estudio Olivera
Maquillaje: Jazmin Calcarami
Asistente: Julia Dalila
Modelos: Pablo y Matias para EP Bookers, Mariano, Marcos y Alejandro de Civiles.
Agradecimientos: Rulito y Vicky (L)
This portrait came from the Nordic Awards in Helsinki, where craft and imagination met in one quiet frame. The gold shape, the shimmer around the eyes, the pearls, the flowers. Each part felt precise, but together they became something softer and stranger. A portrait like a dream that decided to stay still.
Artist: Lora Tulchinski (Italy)
Model: Saara (Finish)
Location: World Award Creative-Makeup hosted by WBA (Helsinki)
BTS on my free - SUBSTACK -
Phase One XF IQ180
120mm f4 LS Macro Schneider Kreuznach
See more Phase One pictures here
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I ain't often right
but I've never been wrong
It seldom turns out the way
it does in the song
Once in a while
you get shown the light
in the strangest of places
if you look at it right
- The Grateful Dead, Scarlet Begonias
Got a really good phone call today. Keeping my fingers crossed that it leads to something even better. We could use some good news right about now.
I originally processed this in color, but on a whim tried a b&w conversion and I think I like this better. Anyway, it's my submission for this week's emulation challenge in My Face is My Canvas.
Musically Challenged: The Greatful Dead - Scarlet Begonias
My Face is My Canvas: Emulation Week 104
