Playtime! Yippee!
May 13, 2008
Tuesday. If you read my post about yesterday you’ll understand just how much of a disaster the day turned out to be… at least in terms of my intentions of first thing in the morning!
Well, today I’m more than making up for it. But having fiddled around for the past however many hours doing nothing really consequential I’m feeling a bit sort of… er… bored.
Hmm.
Quite a while ago a mate of mine suggested that some of my pics have a distinctly “Gothic” feel to them (I’m assuming he meant “Gothic” as in the recent “Goth” sub-culture, and not as in the architectual style… cos he knows I’m a bit sort of into that. The former, that is, not the latter. Although I quite like that style of architecture too. Just by way of clarification).
So that idea has been bubbling away in the back of my mind, but with no real intention on my part to do anything about it.
Then, only a few days ago, another mate had the audacity to suggest giving one of my pics the b&w treatment! I quickly disabused him of that notion of course cos I just don’t “get” black and white. This is the 21st century y’know. Cameras nowadays actually shoot in colour!
However, here am I mooching around indoors (deterred from going outside by the brilliant sunshine which, if I did venture forth, I just know would catapult me into another photo session, and subsequently entail hours of work) with that strangely uncomfortable and distinctly unfamiliar feeling that I think’s known as “boredom”, with these two suggestions still rattling around in my brain.
So I decide to have a play. Unfortunately, the pic I had in mind to play with was shot in the days before I shot most of everything in RAW, so I had to start out with the less-than-ideal JPEG format. But what the hell. After all, I’m only playing.
Now the result is not strictly “Goth”(ic), nor is it actually black and white. But it was fun doing it. So much fun in fact that it wouldn’t take a lot to persuade me to do some more.
You can comment if you really want to!
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May 13, 2008 at 16:29 18
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May 13, 2008 at 16:53 07
Okay….first, that was no clarification.
Second, I’ve graduated to ‘mate’ stauts? Me? But we haven’t shared a whiskey all snug down in The Bear? Still…I’ve reached mate status. You really have to see the giant smile on my face!
Third, what is there to get about b&w? It works or it doesn’t. Just like with colour images. You’re simply concerned that creating some b&w images will only further prove you are an artist….which you are anyway. But that’s a good thing so stop trying to avoid it
May 13, 2008 at 17:01 26
Nah… I used to be an artist when I painted pictures and drew… um… drawings. Many years ago. And conceivably when I designed layouts for print. And possibly when I did a bit of window-dressing. And maybe even when I spent a coupla years or so decorating cakes. But now I just snap images. No art involved at all!
As for b&w, what I mean is, I just don’t see the point.
Sorta thing.
May 13, 2008 at 21:45 28
Okay….you win!
May 14, 2008 at 3:04 39
Well, b&w or not, I like it, a lot. Looks great. I love the perspective.
May 14, 2008 at 7:16 20
Thanks Tam. Shot it quite a while ago but the original full-colour version didn’t particularly impress me so I never bothered to upload it. But somehow this sort of treatment seems to have made all the difference. Curious.
I’ve now got another couple of pics in mind that I’m sorely tempted to try something similar with.
May 15, 2008 at 0:32 46
Great pic! The picture looks like before the treatments it could still be very eary, but with the treatment it looks like something you could find out of one of the horror halloween movies. I love how spooky it looks!
May 15, 2008 at 2:04 32
So my “Okay…you win.” was premature. I actually did win, didn’t I?!
May 15, 2008 at 9:00 47
maggiescamera: Thanks for that. Yeah, its definitely got a sort of spooky feel to it. The more I look at it the more tempted I am to give a few of my other pics similar treatment!
forkboy: How many times do I have to tell you, this photo lark is not about winning or losing, its about how you play the game!
