i'm doing my first 'contracted' photo shoot. it's a lovely scary kind of pressure i didn't think i could ever feel whilst doing photography. i've been using my dad's camera and it has pushed me over the edge of just using my little point and shoot and remaining accepting of it's obvious limitations. but... oldy nikon does do well. just not for things involving me getting paid and whatnot. papa's gotta get scout home somehow...
this to say i've found some delights lately i never thought i would appreciate.
- photo editing. i was once a brightness and contrast dude. finally, i am a brightness, contrast, and 'exposure' dude. (except jokes, because i at least like.. 5 (5!) little more tweaks before i decide it looks manufactured enough to be aesthetic. sometimes i see photos, and i go... how did they do that. now i know how (or at least how to make it look like 'how did they do that'.) to make it a liiiittle more dynamic.) and that is exciting new work for me.
- seany, michael and lindsay. i adore them and very grateful for their presence in this kinda balls crazy stage of my life.
- i'm ridiculously emotional lately. i don't find it a delight to get super weepy about even THINKING about saying g'bye to my cat (he's old man. i think this is the last g'bye, and it's ruining me in car rides home where i should be being social). but because of this, i cry at the littlest things like a movie trailer about saving whales by coming together as a community and fighting for a unified cause. or a youtube inspirastory about a runner with MS. i blame max, but i'm grateful for being this open and incredibly vulnerable. don't show me any community driven impacting/or brotherly bonding/fathertime stuff for awhile. that shit'll make me cry.
- thinking two people would be sweet together. and seeing them realize they have tons in common. swish bomb. who cares if it explodes.
- beer stores with baby bro.
- graffiti and tattoosURPRISE!! but actually and seriously, seeing a city like montreal who allows for such things to exist and how much... better. it is. i don't throw better or best around much but it's truly unfair to see such wondrous creation in a place i don't reside. 2012 requires more umbrellas. and more people doing them. you. and you.
- finally finding a tag i can desire to put on my body. it say's elmer and it will keep me in the detroit mood forever. because it's not about the detroit mood- it's about the constamood that deals with living not within my means, but at the cusp of my potential. elmer win.
not edited. because what. is. there. to edit. elmer?
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