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I know virtually nothing about photography so let's see, I like your thoughtful pose. You make that pinstriped suit look natural. It's almost like you're waiting for someone to show up so you can get in there, or it's not in full working order by the expression and the overall tone. Just my thoughts. Looks good, I know I sure couldn't pull off that look so keep doing you.
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Thank you 
Funny you should mention the suit- I worked at high end horse barns for yeeeears and one of the requirements at those was to be dressed in a suit- or at least nice slacks and jacket- all the time. So I ended up with a huge collection of nice looking and hard wearing suits, they're still usually the most comfortable thing for me to wear, so I actually do wear a suit just about all the time. Out in the woods, down to the river, whatever lol
Posing...well part of that is knowing how you look in front of a camera, particularly since I do all these myself- but you also just sort of have to be in whatever place you're trying to come from...if that makes sense...it's not a picture, it's a moment in time that has been captured. Even if I'm doing completely random shots- and I do lots of those- it's making up different scenarios and reacting to them.
You're in the jungle! *snap* You see a bird! *snap* But it's really far away! *snap* OH MY GOD, IT'S A PTERODACTYL! *snap* No, it's Henry Cavill! *snap* Pretend you just noticed your boobs! *snap* Now, sit in that chair like you've never seen a chair before and have no idea how gravity works! *snap snap snap snap* PERFECT! Vogue, here we come!
Of course, considering I have to 'shop in all my props, I'm using lots of imagination anyway...that Tardis is an old refrigerator. I was lucky that time, it's usually a flag or a chair or- if I'm really desperate, I mean on top of it- sheer power of memory and then literally placing the props based on where I'm looking in the photos...
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Nice to have confirmation on my instincts about you being a natural in a suit. People like me are well off in a tee shirt and cargo pants. So I can't say I envy having to dress up for work all the time, sounds like a chore, but it's pretty cool you were able to take that part of your life and make it work for you still. Posing sounds a lot like acting, setting a stage and practicing your expressions before making the shoot and hitting the editing room. I couldn't tell this was photoshopped, but I wouldn't know what to look for. The power of imagination is awesome, may you always keep creating and never feel silly going for that perfect picture in public.
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lol The kind of posing I do is definitely theatrical...sometimes with more art shots it's much more down to literally getting angles right, composing the image like you'd do if you were drawing it, much more about shapes and colours. What I do tends to be much more 'moment in time', more like snapshots or stills from a movie or show than posed photos. I do pay attention to the entire piece as a whole, and what my arms and legs and the fabric and whatever are doing as far as interacting with the other objects and negative space, but I'm also giving myself a story.
Some of the stuff- I don't have much of it up because fashion style photography really isn't my thing- I look a million percent more graceful than I actually am- but there are a few photos that are really obviously posed, they aren't supposed to look not posed-
There's one here-
where it's obviously not part of a natural movement, it's really pushing a sort of duality aspect- you've got the classic feminine pose on the top half paired with a very masculine leg position. The shape of the shadow on the upper left matches the shape of the jacket and shirt, the dark areas push your eye down toward the far left but they're pulled up again to the brightest spot- up around the head and face, but you get pulled away again by the shadow almost immediately.
This set- which I have several versions of, and still play with once in awhile- were originally taken with the intent of using them as some sort of graphics for our band, such as it is. Though we never actually manage to record anything, because we're all antisocial freaks.
Anyway, the point of those was to be more images that would hold your attention, with room for the band name and whatever info I wanted- hence always having large blank areas.
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Wow. You definitely know your stuff. I can see what you mean about that being an album cover or promo art maybe. It almost feels like it's missing that part now that I know it's meant to have it, which is an odd sensation. So, I've got a hundred questions, I was almost barely an amateur photographer for a second once. I wonder if you have an example of something that looks not posed but is you can point to an example of? And if it's not too personal or weird to ask, what type of music would your band have been making? I'm sorry, the whole art of photography is intriguing to me. It presents unique challenges people don't really face in other mediums, a step away from cinematography and choreography sort of. Maybe I just spend too much time writing in front of a monitor/notebook or whatever scrap of paper and don't get out enough. Anyway, you have a very fascinating style of expression.
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Alright- I'm going to skip the actual Doctor Who stuff, since that's really more on the 'acting' side-
Here are some photos from the same location, different set obviously, these were also taken mostly for promo photos though I've ended up using them in some manips. They're decent examples of different things-
About half of each set is posed and half are just shots I like. I usually have an idea of what I need to do as far as body shapes before I go in.
Here's one that has many similarities pose wise to the more obviously posed photo- similar arm and leg positions, the lower half of the outfit is exactly the same- but the effect is completely different.
The shift comes from that twist in the upper body- you're seeing again a repetition in forms, the loop in the shadow on the far right is repeated in the arm, the angles of shadow and limbs are similar, there's a general feel of angling up and to the right- but then you are re-directed by where the subject is looking- which would be toward the facing page, index, lyrics, whatever.
These two, and there are a handful more from this pose set, also look natural- but sitting that way is actually very uncomfortable and my leg kept falling asleep. But it looks like that's a comfy way to sit while the subject apparently listens to someone talk, or maybe the birds...she's clearly interacting with something off camera.
Here are two- again from the same pose set- that look casual- and they are 'less posed' than the others...but again, sitting that way isn't actually natural on the trailer. Keeping your feet on that tire isn't easy, you can't actually put any weight on them or they'll slip off. Good for the thighs, I suppose, but not the way you're going to sit to rest. These are also some of the few photos where I'm actually looking at the camera as though I know my photo is being taken.
Here's one- again from a different set but the same location- that is completely un-posed, literally me doing what it looks like I am- sitting there messing with my tablet-
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It's a nice photo, I think, I personally like it- and it also shows the actual way people sit on the trailer.
As for music lol We call our band "A Little Bit Terrible" because we believe in truth in advertising. No, no, we're not that bad. It would be better if my brother could learn to play well with others *groan* Anyway- we functionally do mostly covers, classic to 90s rock and folk type songs, primarily because we know and go to parties with lots of people that have instruments, and try to have a list of things that everybody can join in on.
But the stuff that's actually fun- lol- I mean, it's fun to sing '7 Bridges Road' and all- but we'll do punk/ska covers of random stuff, old rock and country and whatever- Sometimes they'll just start up and I'm usually good with that, I can scream in punk...but when 'and I won't forget to put roses on your grave' is met with a chorus of "Oy Oy Oy!" it's pretty hard to keep a straight face.
Without the rest of them...lol...I sing lots of Irish and Scottish folk music with my husband, we don't have accompaniment since nobody plays a suitable instrument- well, I play the flute, but I can't do that and sing at the same time. And they're just not the same on a piano. I can play the concertina (or accordion, for that matter) which is what we really need for that, but of course we don't have one right now.
I'll do sort of Post Modern Jukebox type covers with him sometimes, not very often.
I do those on my own fairly often, though, I tend toward sort of swing and jazz styles.
Here's one I actually recorded, just me- I used to have some of us doing practice sessions and just jamming but I have no idea what happened to them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4mV90…
That's fake, by the way...I mean, it's really me, but it was filmed in front of a green screen and the background and crowd noises were added later.
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I don't even know what to say. That's awesome! I've got to give you respect for your work. It's excellent. You have a nice singing voice. I like how it looks like in some of the pictures you put the lady doctor on the trailer like that's the brand logo, by the way. I've run out of things to say, keep doing what you're doing.
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hehe If I'm going to put a mark on something I usually try to stick it somewhere that it looks like it somewhat belongs, I'm probably not going to go to a ton of trouble, if I really wanted to I could make it look like it had actually been painted on there- there are several photos of that trailer that I really absolutely do want to put some sort of signs on, I just haven't figured out what yet and have a million other photos to play with so they're at the bottom of the pile until inspiration strikes.
Ah, years and years of shouting at people across auditoriums and arenas...lol I was in theater when I was younger (I still do plays once in awhile, my health has been stupid the last few years) and with the training horses...you have a minimum 60x120ft arena, and the person you're trying to talk to is on a horse crunching around on sand, dirt, gravel, grass, wtf ever they have as footing...you learn how to project real fast.
lol I get picked on about that song- that's one I end up singing around the house or in the car or whatever, because it's fun. But that is fairly far removed from my normal singing voice. I'm a pretty firm alto, but I tend to both talk and sing in the lower part of my register, and many times will intentionally let it crack going into the higher register. And I have extensive vocal fry- that sort of dry crackling...thanks to a dozen serious lung and throat infections, several of which literally almost killed me. It's actual scarring from micro-tears and there's really very little I can do about it, I can always turn it on, but I can't always turn it off. So I just let it go, it's gonna be there, might as well run with it.
That's also part of why I tend to stay in the lower half of my register- I get more fry with those, but they're more likely to work properly.
I guess...Fleetwood Mac meets Alanis Morristte, maybe? With some L7 thrown in there once in awhile.
Definitely not that.. Midwestern... accent there, keeping up in my higher register.
I can sing it 'normally'- both the same style and the actual original song- down in the lower part of my register. I usually slow it down a little if I'm doing the cover and give it some more orchestral accompaniment
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You're overloading my brain with all this knowledge. I might just be a sucker for the old film noir lounge music, but I really enjoyed your voice and the way you sang. I'm very sorry to hear you had so much trouble with your lungs and throat in the past that is terrifying. It's cool that like with all the suits, you took into account what that added or did to your voice and didn't let it stop you from doing what you wanted. That's hero level confidence.
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lol You know, I really am a sucker for noir era myself. The last play I was in actually had me doing a handful of Femmé Fatales- just a couple lines from a scene each- that was super fun. And I discovered that talking like Mae West really REALLY annoys my kid and I can use it as blackmail "Do I have to stand here and tell you want to do?" No, god, please no! It's the Brooklyn accent there-not something you hear around here and not something I normally do...buuut half of my family is from upstate New York and yeah, I can turn on an assortment of what my kid refers to as Jewish Mother voices.
You know, the blood clots thing was- well, it did the most actual damage but it was also something where I really didn't feel sick, a little low energy...but the symptoms for stuff like that are supposed to be chest pains and feeling of pressure...and I didn't get any of that. I started to lose feeling in my extremities and recognized other signs of hypoxia and went to the ER. I was basically dying when I walked in there. I had doctors coming in for the next two weeks saying I was lucky to even be alive.
Ah...Use the tools you've been given, that's my motto. Like, seriously. I MacGuiver the crap out of things.
And the way I see it, there's always a way to solve anything- the end result just might not be what you expected. Some puzzles take longer to solve than others. Sometimes the tools break, or are lost, or change- and then you have to adapt either the technique or the goal. Sometimes it's just finding the next logical step and taking it, and hoping that what you need to do next will become evident when you're done.
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming...
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Oh I know the voice you're talking about all too well, my mother had some uncle who had the accent, and she recalls voices and recreates them extremely well. I tend to gravitate to the noir genre in my story based writing almost every time it seems these days, so I get what you mean about being a sucker for it. It feels like a strange niche to be a part of sometimes, but there's nothing we can do about that. That is a serious health scare. I'm glad you survived, even though I'm just a stranger. Trying to live by a motto has never really worked out for me, I suppose it would just be one word that amounts to the same general idea. Improvise. Given how often things go wrong that's all there is to do so often. You have sound wisdom there though; a well established system. If nothing else Dory has the right idea, just keep swimming...
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lol Ah- It's not so much words I choose to live by, more something that I've said so many times it would probably be near the top of a list of character catch phrases- in fact it would probably be the first one that isn't either abrasive or outright insulting.
I actually phrase it that way for a specific reason- I've been in tons of situations when I've been in charge and things, usually small things, go wrong. People don't see an immediate solution and they start to panic or at least get frustrated.
When you say something like 'improvise' or 'figure it out', psychologically you are pushing the full burden onto that person- who has already exhausted their resources.
When you say “Use the tools you have been given” that changes their mode of thinking- it switches from what you don't have to what you have, if you get my drift. Disrupts and re-sets thought patterns.
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I see what you mean. From my own experiences it's more something I end up having to do myself, improvising to get through whatever is going on at the time. From literal disasters to small scale pettiness among friends. I'm definitely nobody's leader in any scenario, and as abrasive as I am in those situations I tend to stir the pot when it needs to sit. I guess it works about 4-6 out of 10 times, but it is my way of using the tools I'm given. Though I agree with you that something people don't think about like phrasing can change the intended meaning and mislead people. From a leader especially words are powerful. It's reframing things so that people feel more open to hearing it and accepting it, a psychological approach to cognitive distortions if I remember my learning.
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lol Ok- going rather off topic- we are actually playing somewhere tonight. I hesitate to call it a 'gig'...but there will be about 30 people there aside from us. It's at a party/end of the season private river fest for people who work at this local outfitter- I pull shifts there once in awhile, one of their backup people, even if I'm feeling bad I can sit inside and deal with the phones and customers and let them haul boats around.
Anyway, some of them are doing a 4 day camp and we hung out over there last night, brought a couple guitars and I was singing rather terribly thanks to ragweed- at least I've gone from totally stuffy to just dripping and sneezing, that's more annoying but less uncomfortable. They'd run power out to one of the camp sites and my husband said something about he could have brought the keyboard and mic and mixer board...we later demonstrated why we call ourselves 'A Little Bit Terrible' by running through a dozen songs of which we all knew approximately 1/4 of the lyrics for, most of those being the main refrain...ok, no, seriously, I wish I had a recorder on, that version of 'Turn the Page' was just about the funniest thing I've ever heard, half a dozen adults mumbling 'Something about a restaurant, strung out from the col-road, it's the same old routine-no-wait-is that right? is this the- exploooode-' then everybody sitting up and screaming "Here I am, on the road again!" My husband on the guitar is like "Yeah! We all know this part!"
Little Bit Terrible, people! Truth in advertising!
Ok, we did actually play some music all the way through, we didn't completely crash and burn.
Apparently it was entertaining enough that they insisted we bring all our equipment over tonight. My brother is supposed to be there, too...It's a reunion tour! Wooo!
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Ragweed is like the Skeletor of allergens. That sounds like a performance for the history books. Queen live in Montreal, Little Bit Terrible at a local outfitter, B. B. King at Cook County Jail, that time Rush got shut down for being too loud. Hey, Little Bit Terrible is only half the truth of it. You should say you're Little Bit Terrible, but a whole lot of fun. Truth in advertising all the way. Sounds like it's going to be a good reunion, my best to you and yours.
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