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And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around
[ Florence and the Machine - Shake it out ]
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I'm reaching out ….
Feelings, they can travel too
I hope it gets to you on some pacific wind
Wraps itself around you and whispers in your ear
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpEstTQmPlE
Wish that you were here …..
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Florence <3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6rArVPip8
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G.Baby OOAK Blythe Art Doll #85 ~ inspired by Florence and the Machine
"Sometimes I wish for falling
Wish for the release
Wish for falling through the air
To give me some relief
Because falling's not the problem
When I'm falling I'm in peace
It's only when I hit the ground
It causes all the grief"
Hit "L" for better view <3
Antonov 12B UR-CNN of Cavok Air in their very distinctive orange & black livery.
Some machine for another machine, bringing in band equipment for " Florence and the machine " who were performing at Electric Picnic.
After a song & dance, the Antonov positioned back to Leipzig, Germany as flight CVK7035.
Like some child possessed, the beast howls in my veins,
I want to find you and tear out all of your tenderness.
There's a drumming noise inside my head
That starts when you're around
I swear that you could hear it
It makes such an all mighty sound
I wasn't really pleased with any of my Bay Bridge shots ... and I tried every single setting combination you can imagine. The bottom line? My lens really sucks (and maybe the photographer does too -- LOL)!! Overall, the lens just isn't that sharp. It doesn't help that I've done very little night shooting ... meaning I don't really know what the heck I'm doing ... but I'm sure a good piece of glass would be helpful, right? Even if that wasn't true, I still want a new lens ... but which one? Are you listening Santa?
However, I did like the unexpected bright & saturated colors, so I decided to just 'play' with the image {in other words: amp it up}! So ... I suppose I could've saved this for Sliders Sunday ... but I have another exaggerated slide for tomorrow.
By the way, this was one of the spots Connie took me to ... and Connie? I would love to see your shots!! You have a better camera & lens setup than I do!
Happy Cliché Saturday!!
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306/365 - 9/52
No walls,
Can keep me protected
No sleep,
Nothing inbetween me and the rain
And you can't save me now,
I'm in the grip of a hurricane
I'm gonna blow myself away.
I'm going out,
I'm gonna drink myself to death
And in the crowd
I see you with someone else,
I brace myself,
Cause I know it's going to hurt,
But I like to think at least things can't get any worse.
No home,
I don't want shelter,
No calm,
Nothing to keep me from the storm,
And you can't hold me down,
'Cause I belong to the hurricane,
It's gonna blow us all away.
I'm going out,
I'm gonna drink myself to death
And in the crowd
I see you with someone else,
I brace myself,
Cause I know it's going to hurt,
But I like to think at least things can't get any worse.
I hope that you see me,
Cause I'm staring at you,
But when you look over,
You look right through,
Then you lean and kiss her on the head,
And I never felt so alive, and so.. dead.
This is actually my shot for the last weeks theme of illusion i missed last week however i think i am going to change it now as i really don't like it. After spending way too long on the editing i think i have grown to hate it but after the effort i put into it i need to upload something!
Anyway will have to catch up with you later, my eyes are red raw and i need some rest. Catch you later guys. :(
Voodoo Experience Music Festival 2015
City Park
New Orleans, Louisiana
October 30th, 2015
All photos © Joshua Mellin per the guidelines listed under "Owner settings" to the right.
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Week 44 — Outtake #1
You want a revelation
Some kind of revolution
You are the revelation
— Florence + The Machine — No Light, No Light
You know when you have a revelation about your writing? Kind of an epiphany about a character that you considered too shallow, too plain? And when friends help you out and it just clicks, you can feel the story flowing again. I was with R. yesterday, complaining about the one-dimensionality of my NaNo main character, and she said 'well, have her kill someone'. As if it was the easiest thing in the world — and it was! That little thing, that small piece of blood on her hands changed everything. And made me write again, at last.
I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart...
I'll eventually have a Hasselblad version of this, but it'll be weeks before that happens, and I just couldn't resist.
Lyrics by the very talented Florence And The Machine.
I had the opportunity of watching Florence + the machine performing live in a festival in Montreal, I was hypnotized and captivated by her energy, her presence, her music. An absolute performance.
"Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come..."
Florence + the machine: youtu.be/dHdNUMpbGwM
NOTE: If you care about photography as art, please read the following before commenting or favoriting this photograph. Thanks.
I've photographed Florence Welch a few times now and it's really spectacular to photograph a dynamic female performer. I don't connect as much emotionally with her music at this point in her career but I still find her talented.
Recently, one of my photographer friends told me about the contract that photographers who wanted to cover her shows this last tour had to sign giving up their copyrights. This is nothing too new...it has been happening in this crippling industry for some time now but I just wanted to revisit this topic because I think it's important for people to know about it.
When you are a concert photographer, chances are unless you are working for Getty or for Wire or some other corporate entity, you are literally making no money photographing. Even when I was paid in previous years to photograph festivals and bands/musicians, it was never enough even to cover one camera base COLLECTIVELY. This means, I have essentially invested a significant amount of life savings in something I do for the joy of it.
Additionally, as a concert photographer, your work is expected pretty much right away. That means, I am missing sleep that night to work on all the photos and usually still pulling through and going to work the next day unless the show is on Friday or Saturday. That's a lot of love and energy for music just to promote what you love and it's free press for the bands/musicians. Without amazing images of themselves, would bands and musicians be as famous? It's an interesting thing to consider...
Yet, this kind of emotional and financial investment is just not enough for this industry. What they have done now is made it a standard practice to have photographers sign away the rights to their work...so now, I am working for free (and losing money and sleep) and I don't even own the rights to my own photos?
So what does this mean? In the practical sense, what it means is that if the industry wants a photo for free, I am obligated by contract to provide it to them-at the very least, I won't be paid anything even if the label wants to print out my photo on a billboard or something. Some of you might think this would be pretty cool but it's funny, you honestly can't pay your rent or buy groceries just by pointing up at the sky going, "Hey, I took that photo!" Guess what...chances are pretty good that your landlord won't care so much.
And, perhaps in the even graver sense, it means over time you also realize that you are not seen as an artist. Florence is an artist but those who dedicate time, energy, and finances are not, for example. I am not an artist, right? I mean, if I was an artist, I would at the very least own the rights to my own work.
Do some of you understand why I've switched increasingly more to street photography these days? Maybe you're getting the gist of it.
Now, artists like Florence Welch may not realize their labels are doing this kind of thing. When Sonic Youth had a contract back in 2011, their label Matador forced photographers to sign a contract and the band had no idea about it. But, at this point in time, bands and musicians need to educate themselves and, if they believe photographers to be artists, they need to strongly consider dropping these sorts of rights grabs.
Other rights grab contracts: Morrissey, Gogol Bordello, Beck, bands on Nasty Little Man almost completely all have rights grabs, Riot Fest (not very punk rock is it?), Coachella (Golden Voice)...the list goes on.
Try investing over $2000 to fly into the desert and have a place to stay to shoot Coachella with no money paid to you at all for the weekend of running around like crazy with no sleep and find out in the middle of the desert you won't own any of the photos you took because Goldenvoice owns them instead. What are you going to do-get on the plane and fly back home that instant? I was there the first year they sprung this on photographers and it was and still is deplorable. In 2015, Goldenvoice made $84,264,264 MILLION in just ticket sales for Coachella.
These corporations have gotten greedy, have taken advantage of artists, and it's really shameful.
So, happy birthday Florence Welch. I hope you have a lovely little dance and birthday cake and I hope that tomorrow when you wake up a little older, you wise up too.
Concert photographers are artists just like you.
**All photos are copyrighted and I didn't sign a contract and won't sign a contract to shoot Florence Welch. Please don't use without permission**
Is Better Than None ...
You hit me once
I hit you back
You gave a kick
I gave a slap
You smashed a plate over my head
Then i set fire to our bed
Yet more Florence and the Machine lyrics.
Their album is epicccc. Who knows? I may end up with an album's worth >.<
And incase you want a listen, here's the link
Explored: 8th August 2009 #374
Lollapalooza 2015
Grant Park
Chicago, IL
August 2nd, 2015
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"Seems that I have been held, in some dreaming state
A tourist in the waking world, never quite awake
No kiss, no gentle word could wake me from this slumber
Until I realise that it was you who held me under"
No more dreaming like a girl so in love with the wrong world"
Blinding: Florence and the Machine
This was a shot of a backbend gone wrong but there was something that I liked about it and so I played around with textures. I happened to be listening to Florence and the Machine and I guess this is what I ended up with. Not even sure I like the end result all that much, but I'm in a funk tonight about my photos and don't know what I like at the moment. ..I may look at this tomorrow or the next day and hit delete
Some times we are blinded by our past and haunted by the ghosts of our regrets.
These lyrics have always seemed powerful to me, the is always a new begining, second chances, hope, visions to keep us going.
Inspired by "Shake it out" by Florence + the Machine and July's concept "When we fall". #conceptcollab :)
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Photographed by Chris Sikich
Some photos and a review of the show were published by Philadelphia Magazine here: www.phillymag.com/ticket/2016/06/23/concert-review-radio-...
If you could only see the beast you've made of me,
I held it in but now it seems you've set it running free.
Screaming in the dark, I howl when we're apart,
Drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart.
Press "L"
That starts when you're around
I swear that you could hear it
It makes such an all mighty sound
Louder than sirens
Louder than bells
Sweeter than heaven
And hotter than hell
These are my top 5 Florence and the Machine photos out of over a thousand I managed to take in 2 1/2 songs when she played at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago Saturday night. There are about 30 photos on Soundcheck for the set here:
www.soundcheckmagazine.com/featured-content/2611-review-p...
Many thanks to Randy Cremean whose site is always awesome with so many of his photographs as well!
www.flickr.com/photos/exeromai/
Myspace for Florence and the Machine:
www.myspace.com/florenceandthemachine
**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**
If you could only see the beast you've made of me
I held it in but now it seems you've set it running free
Screaming in the dark, I howl when we're apart
Drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart
My fingers claw your skin, try to tear my way in
You are the moon that breaks the night for which I have to howl
- F&tM
EXPLORED
"See I've come to burn your kingdom down. And no rivers and no lakes can put the fire out... I'm gonna raise the stakes, I'm gonna smoke you out."
Kristi. Inspired by Florence.
... and then I made a map
And knew that somehow I could find my way back
Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too
So I stayed in the darkness with you. — Cosmic Love — Florence + The Machine
This was supposed to be my main shot. I processed it, I nurtured it, I talked to it like one would talk to a baby or a pet or a plant, until another one came that erased it from my mind. But now it's back and I love it and I thought I should share it.
No dawn, no day. I'm always in this twilight.
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