good morning and happy friday!
it feels like every hour of this week has been solidly booked. i am taking an extra day off, but still working the same number of hours as always, so the past few days have been very full. there has been no time to be extra-artsy!
30 day photography challenge
day #15: silhouette
to be honest, i was a bit flummoxed by today’s assignment: was i to take a photo of a shadow? (but then wouldn’t they have asked for “shadow?”). to my mind, the profile of a person’s face is a silhouette – something like this:
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then, i thought of that typical psych 101 image [what do YOU see??]:
to capture “silhouette,” as i imagine it, was i to set up a drape, shine a bright light behind it, find a person/model to sit and gaze straight ahead while i barked out orders like “tilt your chin! lift your shoulder! smile BIGGER!,” and then capture the resulting black and white image?? like this?…
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[ok, i would not make my subject hold a bow and arrow...you have to draw the line somewhere].
hmmm, that whole drama would be very complex to pull together…and this is not the week to fulfill my definition of photographing a classic silhouette portrait when both time and accessories are in such short supply!
luckily, a thought of sheer brilliance entered my mind as i was heading over to valumart for groceries:
may i present to you…”silhouette”
[please note that unlike...another day, no grocery items were displaced, de-shelved, or rearranged for the taking of this photo!].
yea, you may call it cheating, but i prefer the term “thinking outside the box.”
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your cliff claven friday factoid:
the other association that kept popping into my head was of a song, something about two silhouettes…a quick google confirmed that yes, the song “silhouettes” dates back to 1957, and has been recorded numerous times!
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in my hazy memory, i thought the lyrics included a line about “two silhouettes on the dance floor,” but in actuality, it is “two silhouettes on the shade.” that does make a lot more sense!
Comments
I knew that line “two sillouhettes on the shade” from the Herman’s Hermits tune which came out in the 60′s. I loved HH back then. It’s the only fan club I’ve evey belonged to. Those were the days….
thanks for sharing your memory, johanna! that is neat that you were a member of the fan club! fun times!
Great approach, Cathy, but then what else would we expect from you?! Zo is just trying to be a secret agent, that’s why she came through as anonymous!! Loved this! Have a great weekend, Cathy!
thanks, fran! i have to admit i giggled when i had my a-ha “silhouette” moment! hope you have the sunshine that we are going to enjoy today and this weekend, too!
I am all for creative liberty! Although you expressed your creative liberty in a very literal way…indeed capturing a silhouette. On another note, I don’t think we have silhouette yogurt in the stats… I guess danon markets it differently here!
Have a fun Friday!
Oh that is too funny…I did this on my iPad…forgot yo do the sign in part..hit submit..and it went through as anonymous! And I thought some info was required! So, oops, I’m anonymous!
haha! i was wondering who “anonymous” from the states was…thanks for commenting again, zo! it’s pretty good yogurt, so i did not mind showing this brand!
Lol, very clever Cathy!
thanks, stacie! happy weekend!