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The king is dead. Long live the king.

....After my high, falling out from first place really hurts. posted by losir at 1:14 AM

So um, my picture at pixelcritic finally got knocked off from "highest rated image".

Except....

Laughing maniacally into thin air at nobody. (LMITAAN)?

....Shoutout to ol Navi for showing me the way on this one.

posted by losir at 10:24 PM

....Full moon, no wonder why I feel like growing fur.

posted by losir at 9:38 PM

Haven't had much to write about.

I really need to sleep more. I'm dying at work, and my workouts have suffered accordingly. I think I'll be working out only twice this week. I'm totally not into working out anymore, as much as I hate the way I look when I take off my shirt to shower. Heck, I'm like: Maybe I can wear a shirt while I scrub my back?

Okay, enough about hating myself. I'll get over it while I enjoy a session of Half-Life 2, listening to Fabolous' new album on my Clie. Great album, by the way. Go pick it up, however you want.

Otherwise, I'll be here still, trying to think of something, anything to write about.

....I took Friday off so I can go take some photographs. posted by losir at 3:12 PM

I'm hesitant about posting this.

As much as I like to talk about myself, I really don't like being photographed. I am just slightly left on the side of "OH. MY. GAWD. I am UGG-LEE!"

I don't blame my folks, I don't even blame God. On the day we lined up at the "Good Looks" counter, I was busy getting two heaping spoonfuls of grotesque; foolishly trading in one part brain for two dashes of duh.

In reality, I'm very uncomfortable with myself. If I had the money, you'd bet I'd get plastic surgery. Now this is not being vain, this is about me being so insecure and lacking in confidence, I'd rather buy a $2000 camera so I can have an excuse to not be in the picture. Well worth the price if you ask me.

It was my stupid idea to suggest to FluidK that one way we can learn about lighting and portraits is to shoot each other, thereby saving us from having to look for a "model". Unfortunately, I really didn't think things through. (There goes that dash of stupidity in me again. At least I put it to good use, huh?)

Anyway, she got like over a hundred shots of me, and about five of them turned out okay. Now I use "Okay" as a very low scale on the subjective bar. Partly because she did miss out on some lighting shots, but mostly because there just aren't that many angles she could shoot from that didn't look like she hired the Hunchback of Notre Dame as the subject.

I feel bad for her, it's like she wanted these amazing shots of people, and all she got was the proverbial shoe in a tin can. Wait, there is no proverb like that, but you can imagine how simply "blah" I am in real life.

Still, I really want to thank her for her patience and humour in using me (and not throwing a box of Arm and Hammer baking soda my way to show how much I stink).

I mean, I got the hint with comments like:
"Why don't use put your watch up to your face." - Because the glare of the wristband will obscure that jagged smirk you call a smile.

"Yeah, you look really good when your hand is covering part of your face." - Because my $1500 zoom lens will crack at certain ugly temperatures. If ugliness was a fever, buddy, you'd be eating Tylenol like it's M&Ms.

Without further ado: me.

....Do not click on link if liquid consumables are in one's mouth. posted by losir at 9:54 PM

FluidK and I spent a good part of Sunday taking turns shooting each other to practice portrait shots. With VBallBoy's help, we were able to create some creative lighting.

With their permission, I was able to post these three pix.

This is my favorite pic, love that warm lighting
Fluid K's fav - Club Monaco ad
The softer side of VBB

....I'd much rather be behind the camera though. posted by losir at 4:23 PM