Art and Writing

[Pedro-ologist]

(which I SWEAR i'm writing RIIIIGHT now...)

You did not tell us your laptop had dual screens and the ability to type in a word document AND in a web browser AT THE SAME TIME! I Want your laptop.

And right now the Story might go through a bit of a choppy stage

And whose fault is that!?!?! Quit complaining, start writing. If you want to be an author, you need to write. And you need incredebly weird, horrible, nagging fans/friends as well. Thats where we come in. But as God says in Monty Pythons Holy Grail "GET ON WITH IT!"

Your goal is as follows. The next chapter up by 11am GMT of Friday the 30th of April. Savvy? Tough luck.

[bingo]

...

Did I fail just because I read this Sunday, 2nd of May? -wince-

And in my defense, I am ARTIST, not a writer! (You lot insist I can write. I do it because its fun.) And also, I planned out the rest of it. Choppy stage over. Now I just got to finish the chap ...

[Pedro-ologist]

How long will that take???

When will we get it bingo! You are evil...we need the story to live, your slowly killing us!

[zakeeyak]

STOP BULLYING BINGO PEDRO!!!!
She'll write it when she' sgood and ready, and it will be stunning and perfectly done as usual. it takes time. and muses and ...those artsy thingies.

ML: The first one was great. for some reason it put into my mind images of refugee camps. but it was so provocative, and really artistic.

I think the second one would be better it the guitar handle was sharper.

The third one is cool, it feels all happy.adn who's in the fourth one? It looks nice.

[Pedro-ologist]

I am not bullying, presuring is the word...

It better not be perfect, I want to find one flaw in it! And i remembered what I was going to say in my massive review for the whole story now...and so I am itching to say it (Horowards topic...) in my next review...

[MadameLapin]

@Zak
Thank you for your comments ^^
I'm so glad you like the first one.... and it actually does as well... it pputs an even darker tone on the image. Probably the best creative comment I've recieved so far.
I would agree.... if there was a guitasr handle in it  I'm guessing you mean the drumsticks. I agree, I was unsure what to make of it to begin with, but becuase my friend said it was a good motion blur effect (to be honest, it looks better in fullview) so I uploaded it on my DeviantArt. With my available lighting, it was very hard to get people (espeically the drummer) in 100% sharp focus and make the images bright enough (without using flash, which never looked good).
Hahaha, than you. I was very lucky to get it. I wasn't paying attention as I had to delete some photos from my camera and I quickly got it up in time when he was about to do it.
And the girl in the photo is one of my best friends' Sophie. She's a very pretty and natural model, I loved working with her. I was lying down awkwardly for that photo, and the location isn't fab.... but it seems to be liked =D

[MadCatta]

Ok, I've ACTUALLY updated HTC. Not a stupid mistake this time, a real brand new update. HighFives all around...
http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2707228/6/

[zakeeyak]

@ ML: I meant the little thing in the left side of the picture, about a thirdof the way down. that guitar. I think the whole spped effect of the drumsticks is cool.

[MadameLapin]

@Zak: I GET IT NOW! *smacks self with forehead* Unfortunatly, that proved to be very difficult because *inserting photography geekery here* I had to have a wide depth of field in order to have a longer shutter speed that made it light enough AND shprt enough for it to not pick up the camera shake (because it did get HEAVY). So I oculd focus on thhe drummer, but I'd have needed a smaller apeture to get them both in focus.
I wonder how many people actually understood that? XD

[zakeeyak]

not me. I think I'll translate it to :your camera don't do dat.

[Tai]

@Zak: I GET IT NOW! *smacks self with forehead* Unfortunatly, that proved to be very difficult because *inserting photography geekery here* I had to have a wide depth of field in order to have a longer shutter speed that made it light enough AND shprt enough for it to not pick up the camera shake (because it did get HEAVY). So I oculd focus on thhe drummer, but I'd have needed a smaller apeture to get them both in focus.
I wonder how many people actually understood that? XD

....this is why i stick with disposable cameras

[Pedro-ologist]

ML, if it was too heavy then why not use a tripod...is that what you mean???

[MadameLapin]

It wasn't the main issue, I wouldn't have been able to have focused it properly anyway. And I needed to hold it up high anyway. It would have shaked even if I'd have used a lighter camera.... I cna't hold my hands still very well xD
And I can't use a tripod becuase I haven't got one... uhm, yes, obvious answer would be to get one BUT, they cost around ?100-?200 to support a camera like mine, and I haven't got the money.

[Pedro-ologist]

I see!

So, what type of Camera do you have?

[MadameLapin]

Canon 450d. It's a pretty handy camera for people starting out with SLRs. Here: http://www.o-blog.be/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/0512_canon-eos-450d.jpg
When I was taking the band photos, I had a much bigger lens on the front. It's a pretty light-weight camera compared ot what you can get, it's just that with the added lens and holding it for a hour it CAN make your wrists ache.
It's not as bad as when I took photos at the masquerade for KitaCon (a convention), that was for 2 hours.... at least I was sitting down then xD