Today is the first day of December and as always...no, no! I never write at this time because I'm lazy, or I don't have time, or we watch Christmas movies. It will be the same today (as for the Christmas movie), because I can't do anything, because yesterday I had my first tooth pulled (I hope my other teeth will stay with me forever) and the doctor told me not to jump around a lot for a few days, because it will be bad. Anyway, nothing extra, as much as I feared, nothing happened, even though this tooth was a stubborn little trash, a real root. Haha. Our doctor is the best in the world, that's for sure. The whole time I was thinking about what could happen, because we were just sitting quietly, and I was following a black dot that was swimming in front of my eyes. Then the doctor told me to open my eyes, because that's where you can see things the fastest, so if possible I shouldn't sleep. I'm not lying, it was. But I didn't want to write that, but something else...
The story begins with the fact that I haven't felt like taking photos for a long time. Or sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't, but it's not the real thing. It's not like it used to be. Then Adri said that he doesn't think I have any challenges in what I do or don't do, and that's why I'm a jerk. And how right he was! I started to watch myself, what I was reacting to. Then we watched the movie Poor things (Yorgos Lanthimos) and I just couldn't recover. I've always loved this director's movies, but now he just mesmerized me. It was all magical to me! The set, the costumes, the actors! I finally have something to use the word genius! But the point is: the lenses. Masterfully uses the fisheye lens, rarely seen in this world. That's usually where people get stuck, that it's a tree on the planet or something. The person we bought it from did the same thing, so I ended up with a wonderful new piece, not cheap, but at least I wasn't hyperventilating about the price. So now I started experimenting with two things. One is the aforementioned lens. The other...and here comes the artificial or natural in the title...what else: light. Now I have lights and even a flash, which I always drooled over. That's why you should always find out about the best places, not from the big shots of DSLR groups, because you can easily think that everything in photography is crap. This is true for everything anyway. And no, I'm not a snob, I'm not bigoted. They will say the same at school. Experiment, practice, keep this in mind even in your dreams! I'm back to basics now. I'm lucky because I already have the backbone of the process, I just need to bring back the memories. By the way, whoever says that school is stupid: IT IS NOT! History of art, history of photography, technical basics, these are all necessary and you can develop yourself further from here. Well, if you don't want to go into art, then the DSLR group will be good. You will lose interest in everything there forever. I have read a lot about higher education. There are artists who swear by it and there are those who don't (the latter has his own style, I recognize the others by where they finished).
I took the following pictures recently. Obviously I'm still experimenting, and you always experiment, right? When it doesn't, boredom sets in. The difference between natural and artificial light is clearly visible in these pictures. Also changing the lenses, which is also very exciting. I'm crazy about the slightly bizarre shapes, for which the 15 and 8 mm are a perfect companion. I know a lot of people don't. And I know that not everyone will like what I do, that's not my goal, but that I can finally be happy again when I think about photography.
Well, here we are now. I am very grateful to my husband for helping, supporting, building the backgrounds and cleaning up the ruins at the end. Special thanks to Reni for letting me skin her and not saying a word about the accessories. To Patrik, for sacrificing a Sunday for us to make hairstyles, and last but not least, to my cat, for enduring these horrible hours under the bed and on the washing machine behind the basket. And thank you, Yorgos, that you also don't care that 9 out of 10 people turn off the TV when your movie is on. I am glad that there are, were and will be artists who value other people's opinions. Without you, everything would be gray and there would only be beer cans in museums. Kiss
