[LaGwardia]

August 29, 2008 at 11:46 pm

couldn’t resist…

[LaGwardia]

May 20, 2008 at 10:47 pm

cheers! yeah on closer inspection i guess a crop wouldnt be a bad idea, but i kept the image as it was so not to crop her (big) hair or take the shadow off her chest…i kinda like it…
feel free to crop it though! i’d like to see others re-working of my stuff for sure!

[LaGwardia]

May 20, 2008 at 10:26 pm

spot on! good man! they are replica HSG from the music video I got…am gonna use em for a pretty tricky photo I have been planning for ages but couldnt resist hooking them up with my favourite ‘blue’!
I’ve a bit of a fixation on hearts and heart images….stay tuned!

[LaGwardia]

May 20, 2008 at 10:24 pm

I think the tips for print rather than a computer screen are bang on….ive seen, what i thought were good b&w contrasts/tones of mine on different screens and been horrified! i’m taking all my photos now to be prints, rather than just a computer screen.

Anyway its a really beautiful image and has lovely tones.well done! any ‘harsh’ contrast would ruin this I reckon.

[LaGwardia]

May 20, 2008 at 10:02 pm

cheers, thank you! available light is the best kind!
Was a joy to use ISO 100 instead of 1600 (which i always seem to use) for a change!
nope, that is a black heart I painted on there for an earlier set of pics, she just forgot to wash it off!

[LaGwardia]

May 20, 2008 at 9:45 pm

ah i just popped a few frames off with the digital during our breaks. i spent most of the time on my 35mm & my Holga 120….a good few more 2 post here actually.

[LaGwardia]

April 3, 2008 at 12:40 pm

thanks for the critique…
the clock says 6.19, same time I took the pic,
the title is from a song with the lyrics:

”6.19 and I know I’m ready,
Drive me off the mountain,
You’ll burn & I’ll eat your ashes’

I think I over contrasted the pic allright, it was taken in pretty bright daylight coz we had the blinds open and i used ISO 800, should have maybe made it 400 or so….

[LaGwardia]

March 22, 2008 at 3:08 am

i hardly watch tv ever, and hardly ever use the net on my days off but after todays…’events’
And since my girlfriend is a lightweight and had to go to bed becasue ‘you are making them too strong’ regarding my wonderful Margaritas…i’ll tire myself online before sleep (no work till wendsday…bliss)

i think it’s so ridiculous to impose a religious LAW upon an indifferent society. i agree, it is a matter of years before it is dropped. what is so shocking to me is more the respone of the public to it than the actual law….myself included…it was a niggling worry until i left the off licence on thursday night….

why? i have no idea….

although the talk of rum & coke did make me search under my bed for a long lost bottle of Havana Club Anjeo 3 Anos to hook up with lime & coke….

still Baby Girl & I ploughed our way through a full bottle of Olmeca, 3/4 a botle of triple sec, 17 coronas, a good measure of rum and a nagan of vodka…I ate alot of meat but she is a vegetarian….so i guess 2 outta 3 sins ain’t bad….

and with my homemade sour mix and making strawberry margaritas…i guess i got my 5 a day…..

organised religion…..oh my oh my….i think i prefer Fr Dougal’s interpretation of it rather than Niezches….

happy Easter all,

eat tons of eggs and have a great time whatever you guys do.

G

[LaGwardia]

March 21, 2008 at 5:55 pm

cheers! they look way better in the pic than in real life, alot more contrasting.

yeah it was a good night in retrospect. Had planned something completely different before the gin monster kidnapped us.
although it was really cramped and uncomfortable after a while…
but the sink provided a nice ice bucket…

That photo, the unmerciful hangover and sprained anke that followed served as the end for alot of things but more importantly the beginning of other things so i’m glad I have that as a memory instead of just a support bandage and empty packet of Nurofen….

for those that have taken the time to critique it…heres the second shot….(ok ill hammer the nails in myself! :oops: )

go easy….i’m in good spirits (and tequila)….
G

[LaGwardia]

March 21, 2008 at 5:26 pm

really?!?! i didnt know that, I wonder about Hotels…..

All over the city were sooooo many signs ‘due to licencing laws we are unable to serve alcohol tommorrow, friday 21st march etc etc’

I vaguely remember that on a sunday it was illigal to sell alcohol before 2pm…I think…..

Its just a bit odd that in a rapidly diversifying culture in terms of belief that the law still applies

[LaGwardia]

March 21, 2008 at 4:59 pm

and I publically apologize for being a smart arse

[LaGwardia]

March 21, 2008 at 4:05 pm

Mick451 wrote:

The main issue I have with the image is that it looks wrong.
It feels like it’s trying too hard to be controversial and/or different.
Manson, NIN, Husker Du, teenage angst, death metal, nobody understands me, I’m not a number, etc.
Been there done that.
Next.

Be interesting to see how what you’d come up with if you had to document real hardcore drug users.

First off i got over ‘teen angst’ a long long time ago. I wasn’t trying too hard.to do anything.Except press the timer and get out of the bath without breaking my neck. I took two frames after a planned photo disintegrated into a night of drinking. Using ‘teen angst’ is a rather cheap shot so, *yawn*

And plenty of people understand me.

And I hate death metal.
Give me Prince any day of the week.

But your point about it being like looking at someone elses family photographs is valid, I guess I have been a tad(ok, alot) gung ho about defending it since it is my shot & it is me in it,as well as someone I care about. So obviosuly I have an attachment to it

and I wouldnt document hard drug users since I deal with them every day in work looking to get pierced or tattooed while strung out. Also I saw skid row in downtown L.A and i think a much better photographer could do a much better job than me so I wouldn’t even try.

”Mainman”, hmmmm very interesting post when none of your work is ‘telling something like a painting’…or on show.
hide in their rooms?!?! only from a monday morning I’m afraid.
As for tweaking all I done was make this darker when I brought it to the printers since they tend to wash out some tones.

Now correct me if i’m wrong Mr. Oracale but can’t that be done with darkroom chicanery?

so I do beseech you oh wise one to show us the way.

Bring back the art? how about you bring *out* yours.

[LaGwardia]

March 21, 2008 at 11:20 am

nfl-fan wrote:

I’ll be sure and pick those up on iTunes Greg… have you ever listened to ‘Loser’ by Beck? I highly recommend that one.

a thinly veiled insult!?!

I see you corrected the typo before I had a chance to retort with ‘i have heard of ‘Loser’ by Beck but not ‘Looser’

I’m afraid that’s an offer I *can* refuse Mr Corleone,my sister was really into Beck years ago and had problem in controlling the volume of her stereo.

As a matter of fact i’m re-reading The Godfather/The Last Don on my lunch hour most days…..

[LaGwardia]

March 21, 2008 at 11:05 am

I’m not ‘hurt’ by any of the comments atall. Maybe you are right, a ‘whatever’ or being ambiguous to whether the picture was real or not would be ‘cooler’ but I don’t desire to be cool to anyone except a handful of people and in particular 1 person.

If the response is considered overwrought or OTT then so what? I’m an overwrought and OTT person.

I didnt intentionally set out one night to make this photo. And didn’t plan on having to explain it.

Thank you for your comments, they made me think & made me want to create. In whatever capactity, I like anything that can evoke that.

”it’s easy to beat the system, I had a hard time beating the symptoms”

I do suggest listening to ‘Just A Car Crash Away’….or Stay(Faraway,So Close), the former being on repeat most of that night.

[LaGwardia]

March 21, 2008 at 10:12 am

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