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[falsemoniker]

So my fingers hurt. Wiring that chandelier was lots of twisting, soldering, pulling, pushing and other dexterious activities. They are a little raw at the moment. My callouses were worn through it seems.

Comments

[sayga]

the first shot is especially nice. i like your hands but i want to see a picture of the chandelier!

[falsemoniker]

Um...there are pictures in the previous entry. --points--

[sayga]

ah, well i went back all the way on my friends page and the other post wasn't showing up. now i've come to your journal and i can see them.

[defenselesskang]

How do you make even your hands look sexy?...oh right...you're a damn good artist.

[falsemoniker]

It was a simple matter of framing the shot, (Which was hard, shooting with my left hand on a right handed camera,) with the horizon line just below center, and the focal point above the horizon. By keeping the horizon line and the darker background below center, I guide your eye to the brighter spots in the picture. Choosing on an f stop, starting at f3.5, then deciding that was too shallow and increasing to f5.6, while adjusting the shutter speed. Also setting the white balance to 4800°K, so as to appear slightly cooler, to increase the cool feeling I also desaturated my image about 20%. I increased my darkest black, deepening the shadows, and I added contrast, further exaggerating my thumbprint. I chose to increase vignetting and burn down the corners. I felt a square crop was appropriate for this image.

[defenselesskang]

oh...

[defaultcrush]

...how do you make talking about taking pictures sound so sexy?

[benjahippie]

you should come out to new york. in december. at the beginning. and take pictures of the show i'm lighting. and see new york. cause new york us great and should be seen regularly.