I got a lot of comments (thankyou SO much by the way!) and requests for a tutorial on this shot and how I did it. So I made a tutorial for it! It's seriously one of the easiest and fastest Photoshop manipulations, even if you aren't super amazing at Photoshop, you can totally do this. Anyway, I hope it's helpful and if you have any questions or need help just let me know!
Click for tutorial!
Funny thing too - I just noticed that this weeks podcast challenge is "Make A Tutorial" Haha! I didn't even know that when I started this. :P
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Yeah just be yourself
It doesn't matter if it's good enough for someone else.
- Jimmy Eat World
I don't really have much to say about today.
Does this shot look okay even thought the perspective is off and it's all tilted? I kind of like the imperfectness of it.
My dad was outside cutting the grass while I was taking these pictures. He kept laughing at me cause I had my camera on the ground propped up on my cigarette box and so I kept running back and forth checking the shots. Well to check the shots and adjust the camera I had to put my face on the ground, so I looked pretty funny on my knees with my butt in the air and my cheek pressed against the concrete.
My dad thinks I'm completely cuckoo-bananas. My neighbours probably think the same thing.
Tags: HEY LOOK! IT'S A HAPPY PICTURE! it's 230 AM why am i still awake? i have paramore stuck in my head and if it ends today well I'll still say that you shine brighter than anyone EXPLORED 4-1-08
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No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I'm feeling
- Alicia Keys
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I've missed taking self portraits. I took a bunch today and I'll probably upload some rejects tomorrow. I've got to clean the house because my mom is having people over tomorrow and she's freaking out. Ugh.
Also, does this follow the rule of 3rds? I gridded it in PS. My eye sort of hits an intersection? I'm utterly confused about it, STILL. Even after Googling it. And watching the podcast. 3 times. I think I kind of know how to crop a photo to make it interesting, but the whole thirds thing...yeah it's gone completely over my head.
And what makes me mad is that I'm sure it's so much simpler than I'm making it out to be. I feel stupid. Really. I hate not being able to understand things. I feel like I'm back in my Special Ed Algebra class.
I'm posting it to the podcast thread in 365days anyway, and if it doesn't follow the rule...oh well? I tried doing negative space because I really do love negative space but my camera/face wasn't cooperating and I was sick of my tripod so I went for an arms length shot instead. Shoot me.
Tags: 365 365days except for under my eyes I didn't edit my skin at all Ive figured out that if you take your makeup off at night your skin acts nicer to you You're frickin gorgeous 4-24-08
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The incredibly amazing Mav came up with this idea for the 365days Podcast Challenge. I feel so lucky to have been included!
The whole photoshoot was quite hilarious, me and Kat played a fun game of footsie, Mikey kept trying to sneak peeks down me and Mickey's tops (dude, I don't blame you, I was up-skirting her every chance I got) and James and Jessi and were making out and making monkey noises the entire time (it was pretty barfy.) Mav kept insisting that we should make worship poses around him and was going on and on about how amazing he is. It was quite annoying. Afterwards we got drunk off Mav's awesome home brewed beer and had a groping party. It was spectacular! ;)
(If you're in the photo go ahead and add a tag with your username, I'm too lazy to do it :P)
Tags: 365 365days Mikey aka DaSkinnyBlackMan Wig
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On and on and on you wait
and oh the days they fade away
and all the nights they've never felt
the same.
-The Format
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So this is my 'night portrait.' I sort of feel like this is more of a low key portrait than a night portrait, but it was taken outside at night so. Yeah. I had to fiddle around with the aperture and shutterspeed for half an hour but FINALLY I got it right. It was so hard to sit still! I'm really glad this week's theme was night portraits and not "take a macro of your face." Because I'm still all spotty and gross.
I'm not any better today than I was yesterday. I had written out a different blog for today but I'm going to move it over to Livejournal, cause I'm starting to feel like I'm being too personal on Flickr. I just feel sort of weird knowing that any stranger can find my pictures and read my blogs. If any of my contacts want to be added, just leave a comment.
I'm sorry I've been so depressing lately. I REALLY am trying hard to be happy.
I promise tomorrow's picture will be funny. And you have to check it out if you want to see day 51...
Tags: low-key black lighter flame zippo bling fingers hoodie I miss Sissy so much she's coming to visit me this summer that's sort of the only thing that's keeping me going right now 3-26-08
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