December 11, 2010

Half-open


November 2010, downtown, Athens

burn motherfucker burn

One of the few things that make me optimistic is that lately, when I use the auto-correction thingy of GIMP, there's often nothing to correct. I've nailed the tones during shooting. Well... not always. Still, that's a long long way from nine months ago, when I first started using image-editing software.

Of course, after that I'll start tweaking stuff and occasionally ruin everything in the process, but this time it's on purpose. I think.

December 8, 2010

What if


December 2010

RIVER: "What if we had ideas that could think for themselves? What if one day our dreams no longer needed us? When these things occur and are held to be true, the time will be upon us. The time of Angels."

~ "Doctor Who: Time of the Angels"

Projection


December 2010

So, this particular doll is the Projected Weeping Angel. Technically, not from "Blink" but from "Time of the Angels". Through The Lens, it actually looks like a projection and not a solid plastic thing. Like when you watch TV and you see a computer screen somewhere, and the screen, well, blinks. I know why this happens. No idea how it works with the doll, though.

I used a tripod for all these photos. The light source is fluorescent light - the desk lamp. It's not exactly a spotlight, but it doesn't dissipate all over the place either. Also, easy to move around. Me likes.

As a side note, this was one of the very few times that the auto-focus proved useless. I had actually missed the process of focusing manually. (Good thing they were still scenes and I was in no hurry, though - because if you need to focus real fast with the Lumix... you can't. Or at least I can't.)

A good look


December 2010

THE DOCTOR: That was the projection of an Angel. It's reaching out, getting a good look at us. It's no longer dormant.

~ "Doctor Who: Time of the Angels"

Doll


December 2010

I refuse to call them action figures. I call them dolls. For one, it's not hypocritical. If you're gonna be childish, do it with joy and pride! And secondly, in stark contrast with action figures, dolls can actually be spooky. Dolls can scare the shit out of you. Dolls can... jesus fucking christ, this doll just moved.

Blink III


December 2010

THE DOCTOR: Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast, faster than you could believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away and don't blink. Good luck.

~ "Doctor Who: Blink"

Blink II


December 2010

THE DOCTOR: Lonely assassins, they used to be called. No one quite knows where they came from, but they're as old as the Universe — or very nearly.

~ "Doctor Who: Blink"

Blink I


December 2010

THE DOCTOR: Fascinating race, the Weeping Angels. The only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely.

~ "Doctor Who: Blink"

December 4, 2010

Stage


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Hillbillies exeunt


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Winter shaker


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Your Russia


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Bless the ground where we kneel
Safe in your woven creel
We follow for you speak
You speak as no other

~ Woven Hand, "My Russia"

Only his shadow stands by him


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Pulpit


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Alight


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

The language of two hands


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Preacher


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Reshapen


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

The tall shepherd


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Threshingfloor

November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Sinking Hands


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Dish


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Heart and soul


November 2010, Woven Hand @ Gagarin 205, Athens

Instincts that can still betray us

~ Joy Division, "Heart and soul"

December 2, 2010

Your lunch money. Now.


October 2010, Agios Ioannis, Athens

You know I spent 15 years in a life raft
15 years in a life raft and now I got something to say
Stay in your life boats, people
It's murder out there, murder out there
Sharks patrol these waters

~ Morphine, "Sharks"

Lashes II


2010

Lashes I


2010

Mohican


2010

No filter


2010

Ponder


2010

Grapes


2010

Heh


2010

I know it's heavy
I know it ain't light
But how you gonna lift it
With your arms folded tight

~ Arcade Fire, "Month of May"

Overhearing


October 2010, Monastiraki, Athens

But in my teleconference with Houston
they told me I wasn't any use to 'em.
So I walked up the length
of the Street they call Straight
cursing myself
cause I got there too late.

~ The Fiery Furnaces, "Straight Street"

Feed me, Seymour


October 2010, Monastiraki, Athens

I'm your genie, I'm your friend, I'm your willing slave
Take a chance, just feed me and
You know the kinda eats, the kinda red hot treats
The kinda sticky licky sweets I crave

~ Little Shop of Horrors, "Feed me (Git it)"

Unsuspecting


October 2010, Monastiraki, Athens

But whatever they offer you
Though they're slopping the trough for you
Please, whatever they offer you,
Don't feed the plants

~ Little Shop Of Horrors, "Finale"

From above


2010

Run


October 2010, downtown, Athens

I run from their pity, from responsibility
I run from the country and run from the city
I can run from the law, I can run from myself
I can run for my life, I can run into debt
I can run from it all, I can run 'til I'm gone
I can run for the office and run from the cause

~ Amanda Palmer, "Runs in the family"

Night vision


October 2010, downtown, Athens

Slingshot


October 2010, downtown, Athens

I propose a toast to my self control
You see it crawling helpless on the floor
Someday there'll be a cure for pain
That's the day I throw my drugs away

~ Morphine, "Cure for pain"

Propelled


October 2010, downtown, Athens

All I heard was an unearthly silence
Apart from the violence, explode in my head
Where all at once was this moment of beauty
No more since it slew me, no never again

~ Flogging Molly, "Selfish man"

Crossroads


October 2010, downtown, Athens

The Photographer


2010

Should I choose a noble occupation?
If I did, I'd only show up late and sick
and they would stare at me with hatred
Plus, my only natural talent's wasted
on my alcoholic friends
The party never ends

~ The Dresden Dolls, "My alcoholic friends"