Monday 24 March 2014

Put my WHAT in a sock???

70 of 365 Put my what in a sock? 

This image was prompted by an unofficial campaign in the Uk to raise money and awareness for Cancer Research UK, a charity which in turn raises money, to research for cures, and treatments for all manner of different cancers.  The campaign encouraged women to post a selfie without wearing any makeup.  The campaign was a roaring success, going viral and raising over £1million in the first 24 hours alone.

A short-lived, and by far less successful attempt was made by men to join in by encouraging selfies with items of hosiery suspended from the a small, and specific part of their male anatomy.  The obvious good taste hash tag being #cockinasock.

Now, I'm a little risk averse, am not too body confident, and work in an environment where it might not be conducive to my continuing employment to emblazon the internet with images of my rather chubby, and pappy naked body with only a cotton sock to attempt to preserve what little dignity, and modest I might be able to retain.

Hence this image.  i hope it keeps in the spirit of the campaign, and if it makes people smile along the way, then I am content with it.

(incidentally I did do a reverse selfie with me completely 'made up', but my level headed wife persuaded me that I would have to be braver than brave to post it.  Maybe some large donations to Cancer Research UK might sway my decision!)

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Monday 17 March 2014

63 of 365 Head


63 of 365 Head
Originally uploaded by Rob Johnstone
My photography is almost exclusively this blasted 365 project at the moment. I am currently about nine days behind where I should be if I was keeping to the spirit of doing one image a day. Sometimes life gets the better of you. Whether that be sickness, stress, or just too much going on, the creative juices do not flow, and the time to mop them up is just not available. Yesterday I posted a few pictures, as I did the day before. Most of them involved photohopped composites. Some are more obvious than others. The speed at which I produced most of them was not condusive to a quality image. The one featured here was an attempt at an homage to the cover of "The Miracle", and album by Queen. I used out-takes from another image to produce it. Although the digital work isn't too great I do think the picture has a certain quality to it that makes you want to pop your eyeballs out, wash them in detergent, and pop them back in the wrong eye sockets!

Wednesday 12 March 2014

59 of 365 Rib tickler


59 of 365
Originally uploaded by Rob Johnstone
I'm running out of energy at the moment. My mojo is missing, so if anyone finds it please can you send it back to me. There's a free photoshoot in it for the finder. This photo kind of happened as an experiment. I wanted to do a back lit shot either with a guitar or the sword. As per usual Charles, my faithful but painfully thin model, acted as my focusing aid. Snapping a quick shot, i liked how his ribs lit up from the rear strobe. That's when the cogs started to shift slowly into action. I'm not totally happy with the final result, but it is a result all the same. As per, the post processing is hurried, and suffers as a consequence. However a problem made is a lesson to learn from.