lazy

I've been avoiding photography like the plague, ironically even when I now carry with me two cameras at all times. Don't ask. I just don't have it in me and every project I have is still in its conceptual phase. Also, I'm not interested in party photography -- to be honest at those occasions I'd rather hold a greyhound on my hand. God bless the people who do it in Boston though (Check David Day) Anyway, meanwhile waiting for photo Godot I've been shooting 6x7 on a borrowed Fuji Rangefinder (Fuji GSW690III -- "Texas Leica"). I just contradicted myself but trust me I have not, it's all been haphazard shooting without digging too deep. But finally last week I broke the 5D and headed out to the Middlesex lounge to go see Raster-Noton courtesy of Susanna from Non-Event. To quote Unlocked Groove/Make It New Selekta Alan Manzi, "these cats are loud". Fuck yeah they were, never heard sine waves that loud in my life. It was great.

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posted by Ricardo De Lima @ Monday, July 09, 2007, , links to this post




Emma

Emma

My idea of shooting Amanda from Baba Yaga at a lonely bus stop (an homage to Salty Dave's acrylic painting "Waiting for a Bus That Ain't Coming") did not fly with The Phoenix. Whatever. We ended up using a model from ModelMayhem land, Emma, who was a trooper because it was freezing outside at the Cambridge Common. That's a curve in LAB mode in Photoshop but the image was produced very flatly via another curve in Capture One (I wish there was a LAB mode or a way to add multiple curves in Capture One, I also wish somebody who wasn't blind and hated photographers redesigned the UI). There are two pocketwizard'd 580EX flashes providing cross fill in that shot as well as a small reflector.

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posted by Ricardo De Lima @ Monday, March 26, 2007, , links to this post