June 28, 2009

8 seconds away


June 2009, Patissia, Athens

8 seconds exposure: Look, ma, no tripod!
OK, this is not technically a good shot, but I like it and it's interesting in several ways.

1) With my moderately steady hand and holding my breath for eight freaking seconds, I get this. "This" being a NOT complete fuck up, which is a big deal, as far as I'm concerned. I'm happy. Yet another reason to like a lightweight camera.

2) Barring that pathetic excuse of a moon (it's blurry here, but actually it was a very thin slice), this cloudy night sky was pitch black. And look at it now.

3) Weird, weird colours. I had no idea what to expect when I took the shot, but now I can rationalise it. The moon itself offered little light, at least directly. The main light sources here are the clouds above (yellowish-red, carrying rain) and the yellow street lamps below. Both quite warm. The result reminds me of expired film or underexposed Kodachrome (R.I.P., by the way) or a combination thereof. All in all, weird enough to be interesting.

4) Pictures like this just compel you to fool around endlessly, don't they? Now I want to play with all the settings and perhaps colour temperature - though this is a strictly digital thing and I won't have a clue what the fuck I'm doing. Which is great.

5) And I didn't try black & white at all. Damn.

6) A tripod would be tremendously useful here, and at the same time defeat the entire purpose of getting a camera which is small and easy to carry around etc. I'll go restrain myself now...

June 18, 2009

KRAH


June 2009, Exarcheia, Athens

Burn


June 2009, Exarcheia, Athens

Relativity


June 2009, Patissia, Athens

Bloated


June 2009, Patissia, Athens

June 9, 2009

For sale


June 2009, Exarcheia, Athens

Blood makes noise


June 2009, Exarcheia, Athens

June 7, 2009

Dust


June 2009, Patissia, Athens

My road to hell is surely paved
With all the love I never gave

~ William Elliott Whitmore, "Diggin' my grave"

Dark


June 2009, Patissia, Athens

June 6, 2009

An eye for an eye


2009

You asked me not to speak, then kissed me on the cheek
You said that I was wrong, you said that I was weak
I tried to think a while, you said it was too long
And when I tried to smile, you sang this pretty song:

~ Babybird, "Atomic Soda"


You look great when I'm fucked up


June 2009, Patissia, Athens

Self-Portrait


2009

Drip drip drip drip drip


June 2009, Patissia, Athens

Ugly and mean


June 2009, Patissia, Athens