Stretch

After all the years I've spent investigating Multimedia
there are times like this
when I just want to go back to
building animated Giffs!!
I've spent thousands of dollars
and thousands of hours
learning the conventions,
and the techniques ...
...and yet...
it's the stuff that I initially did
when I
"didn't know anything"
that keeps calling to me.
I've stretched, sure...
But it's time to reintegrate.

Terry Sawatzky Gives You a Picture

Here, take my picture!

UN/NATURAL V5

D'ya know what works well
with this series?
Just click on the post names
in the column
over there>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
.

UN/NATURAL V4

I'm going back to the original image
each time.
I was enjoying the process
and the results
so much
that I didn't even think about
tweaking the expression...

The Unnatural Also

And again,
more open now,
with a different expression.
I like the
asymmetrical/bent glasses.
It's not Photography for me
anymore,
it's drawing.

The Unnatural

I
simplified the background
and
tweaked my eyebrows
and lips.
Non-Artists often think making art is about
adding alot of detail,
but more often than not
it is about removing details
that detract from the story.

The Natural

I so rarely post unmodified
images that I feel
like I almost have to apologize or explain
when I do.
Yes, this is what I really look like.
Yes, it's a webcam shot, you can tell, right?
It's funny how in a very short period of time
-my lifetime-
photography has moved from being
a black art
to
ubiquitous.
Once
"seeing is believing"
applied to photography,
now we look at photos and nod knowingly -
"gotta be Photoshop"
or, my term,
"Photo-Chopped".
It's so expected that unmodified pictures
give me pause ...
"What? A natural?
I didn't know they still existed!"
I'll add the modified version later,
see if you can tell what I was thinking
and why.