New England Shoe Chowder

A lot has happened to me in the past week.
1. I am pretty sure I am getting a tiny photo job (hopefully)
2. My computer died on me, so I'm surprised I'm actually posting on time.
3. My Grandma is in the hospital, she had a stroke- but shes okay, which is good.

So, photography was a challenge this week, However, I still managed to get 3 pictures done (even though only two are going to be posted due to complications with a new camera). So, here they are:

You can't see them, but I had friends

 "Under the snow; Under the leaves; 

the shoes revealed what it was to be free."

Friends? While i was setting up this picture, a family of ducks was curious about what I was doing. They waddled up to me and all around me. I guess they were curious. The picture is okay, I'm not crazy about it, but I like it at the same time. It reminds me a little too much of the one I took last week next to a tree, but nonetheless its part of the series. In fact, even though I'm not crazy about it, I do like that they are actually part of the leaves. When the shoes interact with the background it has a nicer flow. I enjoy the little Flash Fiction as well. Very ambiguous, and it sort of rhymes too which is a plus.

Cute little shoes<3

 "Little child, empty world. All order, No mother."

So, I'm pretty sure this is one of my favorites. As of right now I love it. Possibly because its taken so differently then the others that came before it. Usually, I like to get in the shoes bubble and make it fill majority of the frame, but these shoes were tiny...and the world is BIG. So, I thought about it, and why not make the world look big to the shoes. Sort of how a child would see the world. Also, everything is very ridged and orderly. Immediately when I looked at this picture I thought of a orphan. The Flash fiction is ambiguous, but it decaffeinate makes me think of an orphan, I'm not quite sure if its too ambiguous, but for the moment thats the story.

Sorry there was only two this week, hopefully next week I will have the other i shot, and more :)

Hope you Enjoyed them.

Goulash Shoe

Haha Goulash.

Anyway, Spring break is this week. You can tell by the 5 inches of snow we are suppose to get tomorrow....oh boy.

Yesterday, it tried to snow for a little bit, and for the first time I actually went out in it, and photographed. I suprised myself. I hate snow. I hate it so much...yet i live in CT...and my girlfriend wants to move to Canada...haha I guess I'll never get away from snow. :)

So, pictures? Yes please! OKAY! I have...how many...? 4! to show you :) Hope you enjoy. 

Before I reveal the new stuff, I just want to say one more thing. I feel more at ease about this project for the moment. I swear, its like a roller coaster. Sometimes I hate this project, and other times I love it. Honestly, its much more difficult then I suspected, but its working. I'm also playing with color, which is a BIG plus seeing how I usually try and stay away from all color. 

Ok, Pictures:

Oh snow, how i hate you.

  "The backyard was empty.
Gone without a scream- without a whisper."

BUT NOT THIS PICTURE<3 haha. So, this is the picture that I took while it was snowing. You can't really tell, but I wasn't really going for falling snow anyway. The only reason why I went out while it was still snowing was because it wasn't raining yet. BUT in any case, I really like the brick wall in this picture. Also the fact that the snow isn't over abundant. The brown shoes do tend to help the image as well. Now, the little Flash Fiction I wrote for this: I enjoy it lots. I'm not quite sure if its clear enough or not, but I think its perfect. It has just enough mystery, but enough so that you can understand whats going on.

mmmm ash.

 "He eats his victims."

This picture was taken today (just like the other two following). The picture is my least favorite of the set today, mainly because I think I just don't like those shoes. But the picture itself is enjoyable. The tone it sets really fits the little Flash Fiction. [On a side note, this one was inspired by the latest episode of House. The patient eats his victums...and he is homeless. YUM] The desaturated color fits the gray bricks, AND the red in the picture is a perfect saturation...now. before it was extremely bright, almost made it look black and white with just some red.

TREEEEEEEE!

 Buried alive beneath the earth- the tree marks the grave,
where the others can mourn.

I love the park. While I was setting up this picture, various elderly people kept walking by and staring at me. One even laughed. I'm not quite sure if it was because of the picture, or because I had a quite large bag of shoes next to me. But none actually had the courage to come up to me and ask me what I was doing, instead they stood far away and just watched. I would have gladly talked to them, even though I was in a rush, it was cold, and I wasn't dressed properly...bur. OK picture: the orange in the shoes worked out. I think if that wasn't there, people would be tricked into thinking it was a black and white. Also, my lovely foot print was planned. I had to push surprisingly hard to get that lovely grip in the dirt. The Flash fiction makes the picture even more depressing than the pic would be without. It fits. Makes me kinda sad, but that's a plus.

Yellow shoes<3

No swimming. 7 years old and fell in the river.

Oh! Did I say the last one made me sad? Well...then this one makes me just completely depressed. I have been wanting to take this photo for quite some time now. This was the pic I went to the park for honestly. AND I finally used my 85mm lens for something other than pictures I will never actually use. It was nice. So, while I was setting this picture up, I was hanging over the river, trying to get the shoes to stay...they kept floating away. Luckily, there was a pile of rocks next to me. I stuffed the shoes with rocks, so they would finally stay. Worked out pretty well. Nice long shutter speed, so that the water didnt look all choppy and gross.

So these are the four. Hope you enjoyed them. Honestly I feel as though I'm starting to get even more comfortable. I'm glad that I can feel the emotions I'm trying to express through the images. The lines of Flash Fiction also are adding another layer to the pictures.

Okay, that is all.
:)

The "New" Tomato Shoe

Why is the tomato new? Because today is the dawning of a NEW era. Not industrialization, or a french revolution, but just as important (well...to me).

Last week, Andy pointed out that the series wasn't quite going in the original direction, which was sadly true. HOWEVER, we brainstormed and he came up with an idea of using "flash fiction" with the pictures. What is flash fiction you ask? Its a way to write a story in under a few sentences. So...in a way, its giving the pictures really long titles. He said it was because I like to write, which isn't true at all ;) nooooo.

I really like this idea. I usually go for the type of pictures that makes the viewer come to their own interpretation of the photo, but with these little lines I have noticed I can manipulate what they see fairly easily. 

So, Today's blog will consist of the two new pictures, plus the original pictures posted prior (I'm doing this, so that you can look at the pictures again, in a new light- with there little sentences.)

Hope you enjoy!

"SPIN THAT RECORD"

"To spin the record was all she ever wanted to do. 

To bad her parents made her go to college for buisness..."

Okay, just so everyone is clear on how this is going to work: First you will see the picture (NO WAY!) then, you will see my corny little saying underneath the picture. THEN you will see the actual Flash Fiction of the picture. I just wanted to make sure no one thought that "Spin that Record" was actually the flash fiction... :)

So, I tried multiple views of this picture, this one was the one I decided to show for now, but I'm still undecided on which one I will actually end up using. I'm having a lot of fun with this split toning (this one is green and purple). The picture itself makes me smile, frankly only because I actually put a shoe on a real record (Its a copy of "Let it Be" by the beatles; Got it at a flea market, already scratched up.)

aaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww Quincy so cute<3

"When she left for college, everyone seemed to miss her; especially the dog."

 This picture is of one of my dogs, Quincy. He's a cutie unless he is beating on the other one...then he isn't. But I was amazed at how well he listened to me when I would tell him to stay,  he usually doesn't. I like this picture more then the one above. I think the line I gave it is also a nice touch, kind of a sad/heart touching little story. At first, I was a little disapointed that I couldnt get him to look at the camera; BUT after reviewing them, and giving them a flash fiction, I realized that its as if he is staring out, waiting for her to return.

Hope you enjoyed the two new photos! Here are the recaps of the old photos, with there lines of FLASH FICTION! :) Enjoy

“The separation; One was gone, while the other lived on in a world that seems drastically less special than before.”

“Even though she was born with no arms, she played the piano just like Mozart.”

“A young man sits on the edge of the woods and the world. Placing his shoe on the ground, he could feel the cold, damp bark caressed by his foot.”

“Russia was the trap. 

The Berlin Wall was nothing compared to the fence that keeps him tucked away from truly living

his life.”

 “Casually dressed and late: Just another day, a half step away.”

“If the wedding was in an hour, why was he still naked?”

"Spaghetti on her head, hats on her feet, shoes in the fridge: 

now...if she could only find her keys."

I really enjoyed a lot of these. Some were funny, some were sad. Others were just depressing. Hope you enjoyed them all :)

Chicken Noodle Shoe

Aren't you excited!? Its finally getting warm out again! HURRAY!

Okay, on to photo news. So, I have been pondering ideas for about a week now. I actually attempted to shoot an idea a couple of days ago. Sadly, it didn't come even close to what was envisioned...SO it was scraped. Its really difficult trying to come up with ideas that I feel are more me, then just regular old shoe pictures. But in any case, I have 4 to share today with you [yay!]. Hopefully you enjoy them, especially one that I find very interesting.

Split Toning #1

So! Remember how I just told you I had a full photo shoot that didn't come out as planned? Well, it didn't, BUT I did get this image from it. Crazy table right? I also like the play on distance between the two shoes. I tried to like this photo in color, it just wasn't appealing to me. Then, I decided to try Split toning (I've known about it in general, but never really tried it before). I enjoy that even though this is a black and white image, you still feel the browns really coming to life from it. :)

"OMG! What a talented Shoe!"

So, Mozart of Shoes? Possibly. I found this particular shoe at a Goodwill, really enjoyed the browns. I have a old antique piano that's falling apart and no one plays, hanging out in my living room...Brown shoe, brown piano? So I tried them together, using classical composition (as you can see) and vola! Super Dooper Talented Shoe.

"Does someone feel lost in the woods?"

Split toning Number Two. I have a pair of green converses, that I absolutely love and have worn in to the point of breakage. They have always reminded me of the wilderness: trees, grass, weeds, you name it; so I figured, why not throw them on the very large pile of random barks in my backyard. The composition is very pleasing with all the lines (did you notice I'm having fun with lines today!?) and the Split toning only enhances the dreary photo.

"Burrr, Its chilly"

Midnight snacks are always fun, so why not chomp down on a pair of bright pink shoes? Doesn't it sound delicious!? WHY NOT!? Well anyway, I really enjoy the clutter of this photo. The fact that I actually put shoes in the refridgerator just makes me smile. Hopefully, this is in line with a bunch of new ones coming soon that I won't give away quite just yet. ;) But the color in this is kind of bizzar. the refridgerator didn't want to cooperate with me. It was of course a different light source then the exterior lights, but for the most part I still feel this works, and gets the idea across. Midnight snack anyone?

These are the newest photos to "Lost Soles." I hope you enjoyed them :)