Day 289 - Project365

Ever had one of those days where the lack of food packed with animal by products, saturated fat and sodium starts to effect your ability to think? no? oh thats right, because most people don't quite that shit cold turkey like me. Ok, I refuse to dedicate this blog entry to yet another "ooh michael is on some fancy vegan diet" I will say this though. Family dinner was pretty funny with everyone eating baked zitti-like pasta stuff and me Mr. Rabbit eating two tomatoes, one cucumber, 8 baby carrots, a few leafs of lettuce and 3 slices of red onion. Oh ya, I looked like a bad ass!

I don't want to get into the habit of shooting boring portraits with a single light but sometimes you just have to accept that today won't be aliens battling a giant robot in New York City. I feel like apologizing to for one you reading this but also to myself as I feel the further I get into the project the harder it is to come up with fresh ideas. I want nothing more than to wow myself each and every day but as its been said many times through out this project my many people… It's just not possible to create masterpieces each and every day.

I will say this, in the past 289 days I have come a long way. I have shattered two goals this year. One was to get published in a national magazine. That happened in the September issue of Shutter Bug Magazine. The other goal was to Grow a beard until I got published. Through the hot and humid weather of South Florida and a cross country trip I was able to not clip a single hair on my face. This despite my appearance inching closer and closer to "don't let this man on a plane" <- no offense to bearded travelers. Having donned the furry face cover for 6 months I understand your affinity towards the beard and solute those who make the choice to display theirs permenetly.

That last rant has left me drawing a blank and not one of those small brain fart type of blanks. I'm talking about a pretty damn substantial blank. I have absolutely no idea what to write. So much so I'm typing random sentences explaining this lack of direction. This is most likely a very clear sign to cease writing and crawl under the blankets. But… I'm not a quitter and will continue this mindless banter until a wonder across a nugget of gold. I might be able to actually write if Joyce wasn't telling retarted yet hilarious jokes every 10 seconds. I keep asking her to wait but if she's not giggling to her self she's reading aloud. Oh this just isn't my day!

This is where I could go into depth about tonights photo. Explaining the intense lighting scheme and endless post production. However, I'd not be talking about tonights shot. After several hours of racking both my brain and Joyces brain we came up blank. We even spent 25 minutes sitting in the bathroom. Joyce in the shower, fully clothed and myself on the floor. That led to nothing so we moved back to the bedroom. Finally I gave up and had her sit in front of a black backdrop with a single beauty dish aimed damn near point blank at the side of her head. I had forgot to turn it down from full power and after a few flashes I'm sure Joyce was thoroughly blinded! After a few full power flashes I turned the light down, backed up and snapped several shots of her reflecting my mood and state of mind. I wasn't about to get into anything crazy at damn near 10pm so I called it a wrap and loaded the shots.

To wrap Day 289 up I'll say this… for those of you who read every blog, look at every shot and throw me a comment or an email every now and again… I solute you. It really does help on these down days. I appreciate the support and only hope I can continue to entertain you all for the remaining 76 days.

Since Joyce insists on gracing me with the witty jokes she finds on the internet, I might as well include one to end the blog…

There is no "I" in meat. But there is "me" and eat". I don't see how Vegans can argue with that kind of logic!

Lighting:

AB800 Beauty Dish Boomed at 9:00 1/2 power