Friday, May 19, 2017

Picture 419...


Hello.
Do you how do?
How’s life?
Are you happy?
Are you a robot?

Are you just going through life, doing the same thing over and over….?
Like a robot?
DON’T BE A ROBOT!
Go, do something!
Do what you want to do!
I was being just a robot.
But then I decided to do something!
I wanted to do what I like to do!
GO!!
Be awesome like me……
Hehehehhehhe
I’m kidding don’t be like me.
You’ll be a nervous wreck all the time!
BUT GO DO SOMETHING!
Anyways!!!
A lot of cool things happened this past week.
Even though I haven’t posted anything in a month…..
………
ANYWAYS!!!
The first day of racing would have happened a while ago, but it rained.
So, we didn’t race.
The next race is this Sunday!
I can’t wait!
I’ve been helping my brother with his videos.
Those are going a lot smoothly.
We recently upgraded the set.
We use one of my pretty lights to light up the background.
And we also upgraded to using TWO cameras.
IT’S AWESOME!
Moving on, the last week of the Spring semester was….last last week.
The final grades were posted and I got all A’s and B’s again.
:-)
That mostly what has taken up my time this past month.
All the final semester things like projects and… finals.
But it’s all done now.
The Field Photo class start on the 10th of June.
So, look forward to those!
It’ll be fun!
I need to prepare…..
I need boots and waterproof things……..
I need money!!!
I also did other fun things like going to Six Flags!
The brother and sister in law bought my sister and I some season passes for Christmas.
So, we had to go redeem those passes before a certain time.
So, I drove us to Six Flags.
We took the long way because I didn’t want to drive through Chicago.
I WILL NEXT TIME!
Four and a half hours of driving to and back.
THAT’S NINE HOURS!!
BLAH!
I’ll take the short way next time and it’ll only take four hours total.

Other than that, it’s been a pretty chill week.
I like it.
However, not that school is done… I’ve found myself….
Becoming a robot.
Well, not really.
A robot is going into work every day…. 
Doing the same thing…
Go home….
Repeat.
I just don’t have anything to do now that school is done.
I’ve just been………………………
Doing nothing………
That’s is what this picture is about.
I would have made a picture last week.
But I didn’t want too.
I didn’t want to force a picture.
So, I didn’t make one.
And what did I do while not making one?
…. Nothing.
I’ve found myself just sitting in random places….
Just sitting.
I haven’t played any video games in forever.
I haven't worked on any of my videos or pictures in forever.
I haven’t actually taken a picture in a month!
Here recently I broke the pattern and took this picture.
It’s just a pretty flower in our front yard.
But I actually did something!
That lead me to make a picture of how I feel and edit the BTS video for it.
It’s the simple things that will spark the need to do something.
ANYWAYS! This picture shows how I felt.
It’s just me… sitting… alone.
It’s simple… but effective!
For the post editing, I was debating on black and white or super colorful.
It would have been interesting super saturated.
It would give off a happy vibe, but I’m not happy in the picture.
Then I thought of black and white, but that seemed like too much.
So, I went with everything been faded.
Almost B&W but with a hint of color.
Then, I cranked up the green in my shirt.
So, it still has that pop of color that the super saturated picture would have had.
The world around me is faded, but I’m still color.
I’m lost in my own mind, forgetting about the outside world.
…………………………
SEE!
Simple, but effective.
COMPARE!!
This is before I cropped the image.
It's easier to compare them that way.
Hover your mouse (the computer one :-P) over the original picture to see the after editing one.
If you're on a touchscreen device, just tap on the picture. You may have to tap more than once.

Let's try the Image Slider for a split comparison.
CLICK and DRAG the BLUE BAR around to get our own split image.
Or, you can use these presets.
Before FULL, After FULL, 50/50, Before a QUARTER, or After a QUARTER.
Before
After
Side note, this picture needed a ten-second exposure.
I wanted to use a small aperture because I wanted everything to be in focus.
A low aperture = a slower shutter speed.
Low shutter = greater chance for noise in the image.
To fix that, you use a low ISO.
A low ISO = an even slower shutter speed.
So.... yeah... ten seconds of having to sit still... 
100% still...........
ANY....
WAYS!!!
Onto the video!
It ended up being longer than I wanted.
A lot of interesting things have happened over the course of a month.
So, I included a lot of that… in the video!
I’ll try to not have any fun until the next video.
That way it’ll be a short video.
ANYWAYS!!!
You can CLICK HERE to see the video or watch it below.

Thanks for reading!
And watching…. If you did……
GOODBYE! I'll see you when I see you...

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