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So happy to be back!
I have been so busy lately that I've barely had time to turn around, let alone do personal shoots. It's been a very exciting and challenging endeavor, as you can imagine, and while I don't aspire to be a producer by any stretch, I consider it priceless education for me in terms of making my own films. I've gained so much knowledge about the business of filmmaking and how to organize and lead people- something you don't tend to get a lot of experience doing when you are shooting self-portraits!
At the same time, I've been hungering to get back to my selfies. So when the clouds rolled into LA the other day, I knew I had to take full advantage. I chased the clouds all the way Agua Dolce and found the perfect spot, just beyond the 'No Trespassing' sign. (All the best locations are always just beyond a 'No Trespassing' sign, I've decided.) I wanted to do just a simple, straight-forward photo of how I was feeling that day. Every now and then, it's nice to just create just for the sake of expressing a feeling, rather than trying to convey some deep thought-provoking concept. :)
Monica Jumping
Single Bowens head in beauty dish with sock camera right. Triggered with RF-602 wireless.
happy monday :)
it's bangin' on black (if i do say so myself)
soundtrack: air - photograph
AND most importantly
Heavy sky reaching out to greet a homestead last year in eastern New Mexico. This storm became progressively more terrifying as it advanced southeast. Eventually, I could tell it wanted to backbend my car doors, leading to strength training workouts of my depleted core, as I struggled to get in & out for pics.
May 24, 2023, south of Tucumcari.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY
I CRIED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER SCREAMING FOR 5
I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOR THE WORLD RIGHT NOW HAHA :D
featuring the constellation of the Southern Cross, the Jewel Box cluster (NGC4755), the Carina Nebula (NGC3372), the part of the Coalsack globule, a good load of star clusters and nearly 27 megapixels of stars, dust, hydrogen and dark matter ;)
Chance of getting any image of Southern sky during my trip to Tanzania was pretty low - rainy season was on the way, the Moon was pumping itself up to its full power and getting out of the building at night in the middle of a national park full of lions and (even worse!) buffalos was just too scary (Tanzanian regulations forbid fences around lodges).
But one day before departing back home my dice had rolled six :)
17.04.2014 provided great conditions - good weather (no clouds, no haze, rain was in the morning), about an hour of nice Southern darkness between the beginning of astronomical night (Sun below -18°) and the rise of the Moon, and relatively dark (if compared to mainland Tanzania where night are just pitch black), comfortable open place on the North-Eastern shores of Unguja island (lion/buffalo/leopard etc.-free area :) with largely unobscured Southern horizon.
Using Polarie @6° South is quite a unique experience. The alignment is a minor issue if compared to the problem of how to point the camera at the desired area of the sky? My setup ended with awkward "backbend" position with shutter relize button and flash hot-shoe facing the Earth. So to use the finder I had to crawl between the tripod legs. Not an option! I didn't use a finder and had a tough time framing :)
Aquisition time (start of a session): JD 2456765.18333333 (17.04.2014 19:24:00 local time in Tanzania)
Image orientation: straight.
Equipment:
Canon EOS 60D (unmodded) with Canon EF-S 60 mm f/2.8 macro USM lens on Vixen Polarie star tracker mounted on photo-tripod via Manfrotto 410 Junior geared head.
Aperture 21,5 mm
Focal length 60 mm
Tv = 35 seconds
Av = f/2,8
ISO 1600
Exposures: 27+14+19 (plus 22 dark frames, plus pre-made master bias and master flat-field from the library)
Processing: images were converted into Adobe .DNG with Abode converter, stacked in DSS.
Final touches were made in Photoshp, namely
1) Levels=>gamma 2,75;
At this point panels were stitched together in Microsoft ICE
2) Levels => zero for all channels set at the left margin of respective background peak;
3) Curves => badly asymmetric sigma-shaped curve was applied.
4) finally gamma was raised to 1,2.
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You go from downward dog to side plank then flip over and extend one arm up and out while being supported by your opposite arm, a bent leg and an extended leg. Great backbend. :)
207/365
Obviously a companion to Braille. I even just copied the editing exactly and then just made adjustments. It didn't turn out quite how I wanted. I wanted my face to be visible so that I could erase my mouth like I did to the eyes in Braille, but I didn't realize until editing it that my hand was in front of my face. noob. Also the back bend probably would have been deeper but after so many takes there was only so much my muscles could take I plan on doing one more based on sound so that I have a sort of "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" theme.
Only a selection of images from each photo-shoot are posted here. If you'd like to see additional images from certain models you'll need to subscribe to my Patreon account where I will be publishing content I don't post here. You'll also have the option to make fan requests for more photos, or new photo-shoots, with your favourite models. My subscription rates are very low , staring from only $1/month, so check it out as I could really do with your support. - www.patreon.com/realitydysfunction
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Took this today. I haven't really done anything like this, and this isn't a clean edit. Mmh.
I guess one good thing about switching to Photoshop is that my edits will be cleaner and nicer and more professional looking I guess.
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it's been 100 days since i started this.
what an odd feeling
i learned pretty quickly that in order for me to be happy with the photos i create, i have to actually put work into them. if you look at my 365 set, you can already tell my style has changed so much, i can only hope for the better
today was wonderful.
larger please please please and listen (just because i am in that kind of mood)
also +17 in comments, i had such a hard time choosing today's photo it's not even funny.
365 is coming in a minute, i couldn't decide what set of photos i wanted to use so i'm just doing two separate uploads. this is charity, duh. (click that link, it's her pictures from today. and they're gorgeous. cause i'm in them. yeah. just kidding)
view large, +5 in comments, etc. etc.
so many back flexibility photos on my stream, it is driving me crazy but i think you all like them so here is another one
:)
anyway there's some stuff i'd like to say
first: my first FP... i know explore is stupid and messed up and it's really all a game of chance but honestly the fact that all of you got my photo to the front page means so much. it's my first photo with over 100 comments and that's absolutely astounding to me. so thank you all again.
second: gigantic thanks to alexandria lomanno, shinmei, trisarahhtops and CJ for the sweetest testimonials ever. go check out their photostreams :)
third: i hit 30,000 views today and that blows my mind.
when i first started using flickr, i really didn't know how to get my photos out there. if you look at the very last (first? i dunno) page of my stream, they all have like 2 comments. the fact that i've gone from that to having all this recognition and feedback and support is the most meaningful thing i could ever imagine. it still amazes me when i get more than 10 or 15 comments on a photo, and i know that i am so so lucky to have all of you :) my 365 isn't even a third over and already i think i have grown a lot. i can't wait for summer and all the photos it will bring.
okay i'm sorry that was all so long! just know that i mean every word i say. :)
PLEASE view large and listen (no matter who you are, you'll like that song, i promise)
+22 in comments, this afternoon was absolutely lovely