Picture 278

So...I rushed this one again....
It wasn't as easy as last week's picture.
The idea popped into my head one Tuesday.
And so, I went to make it that second.
It proved to be more challenging than I thought.

I thought I did this before, but looking back I didn't.
I had the idea of hooking up my camera to the TV and then taking a picture of the many me's in the matrixing
It sounded simple.
Two hours later...I wasn't so happy.
The simple job turned into a big ordeal.
I could take a picture with the camera that's hooked up.
I forgot that the screen goes dark when taking the picture.
So, it's just blank in the picture.
So, then I needed two cameras.
One to have me on the screen and one to get the shot.
Now, I have to set the ten second timer, get into the spot with out pulling any cords, and hold still.
It was a lot harder than you think.
I wanted to be in the picture, but if I was, I would block the me's behind me.
So, the shooting camera had to be off to the side, or the other one had too.
It took a long time of moving and balancing.
It's a good thing I didn't have a BTS camera going.
It was being used.
It was good cause I was getting mad.
WHY WASN'T IT WORKING!!
It just wasn't turning out like the plan I had.
I pretty much gave up.
I knew I had two good ones...out of 30 BILLION others... >:-(
After all that was over, I calmed down and tried to save this project from failure.
I needed a picture for today!
Looking back at the two I had, one was close to the idea and the other was cool but blurry.
I wanted to get something out of them, so I didn't care how they looked.
They were going to have to look crazy because of all the graininess.
They were horrible.
But in the end, it all turned out ok.
I was able to get them to look cool, but not look terrible and have their own style.
It was all ok.
Now, I had to pick one.
They both looked the same in color and things, the difference is that I'm in a different spot.
Looking closely, I picture the right one.
Now, let's look at it again and compare!

Hover your mouse (the computer one :-P) over the original before editing picture and see the after editing one. 

Now, for extra comparisons.
Here's the close second one.
I didn't pick it because the idea was to have many me's behind me.
This one you can only see one, then they get lost in the spiral.
The other had more and looked better.
I did like that spiral though.
Hover over it to compare it to the edited one.

Then this last one compares the two final ones.

AMAZING!!
So, what do you think?
Did I pick the right one?
It was a tough choice.
They both look WAY better than the originals.
I'm glad I was able to put it off.
I was scared I would have to quit and try a different picture in just one day.
But, it all turned out good.
Very good.
Now, on to the BTS VIDEO!
It's a long one.
And there's a lot I cut out, but there's a lot I left in.
I didn't record the whole two hours of nonsense.
It's mostly me having fun with the TV and playing with the effect.
You can CLICK HERE to see the video or watch it below. 

Well, all done!!
COME BACK NEXT WEEK!