5 a.m.

I finally managed to get all of the photos from the 52 frames project up on this blog, so to celebrate this is one of the photos that I took for the 'night' week: a blue city scene captured from my balcony at 5 a.m. Hope you like it!

Week 35 - Fire

Inside a church that has no electricity, a candle illuminates a spring that people believe will heal all ails. The spring is visible mostly because of the light reflected in the water, as the whole enclosure is rather dark. The icons on the walls are blue, and the small flame burns inside a blue ceramic receptacle, and the general mood of the place is something between mysticism and eeriness. I hope I managed to capture at least some of this...

Week 27 - Water

This was a 5 am shot after a crazy night partying at a wedding. The boys from our gang were set on having a swim before the night was through, so after some of the 'older' guests started leaving, they dared each other until one of them jumped in, and eventually the got even the groom to join the 'madness'. I took several shots of them swimming in the eerie blue light of the pool, but this is the one I like the most. Maybe because the subject is my husband!? :)

My one wish was for a bit more breathing space to the left side of the shot, but the pool was small and crowded and getting a sharp shot at 5 am was achievement enough.

Party on!

Week 26 - Negative Space

I am not a fan of the 'negative space' syntagma, but I loved the reference to the Japanese "ma" from our assignment email. I am far from that ma, however, since my first idea of a moody figure against the sea was spoiled: I could not find a good vantage point and the seaside was just too crowded to get my minimalistic composition.

So I went for a different approach: reducing clutter through a clear sea-sky background, all shades of blue and white. I was lucky that my subject is also wearing white, so his face stands out even more in the photo, and I used the low angle and wide frame for added drama. I like the shot because it tells a different beach story, the one of the food vendor working while others are relaxing, but I want to revisit my first idea as soon as possible.

Oh, I almost forgot! This week is the halfway mark through the one-year project! Happy to have reached it, I hope to last the whole year!

Week 20 - Single Light Source

It's about time I started catching up on these posts, I have about 15 to go before I'm back on track...

Just my luck to have no sunshine on the one day I had free to shoot something this week, but I managed to come up with something nonetheless. The photo below is from an art fair taking place in a somewhat unconventional space with big industrial looking windows. I spotted this woman looking out the window and decided that the light coming from outside could be considered a 'single light source'. I especially liked that her posture looks relaxed, but her face is very tense / sad in the reflection, and this created a bit of tension for me. Anyway, here is the photo in question, let me know what you think:

Week 16 - Through a Child's Eyes

Also known as 'tutu time' :)

It was not easy trying to photograph my daughter playing, but I did have fun.

Week 6 - Love Story

So, the theme called for "telling a story" about love through a photo. Being in a somewhat romantic mood and still on "house arrest" (too bleak and cold to go out anywhere, especially with a 6 month old baby in tow), I dug up an old notebook where I had copied a bunch of poems that I like, set up my tripod and got to shooting.

I took a few shots but they all seemed childishly romantic and made me feel a little bit sick :)

So I then thought about portraying lost love, at least there's more of a story there. I wrote a "love letter" using words from love poems and songs and then proceeded to tear it up into little pieces. I also used the flower decorations on my daughter's baptism candle as a withered bouquet, and sprinkled a few drops of water on the torn paper (yes, tears are shed when love is lost).

So here you have it, my fake lost love story:

In Sibiu, houses have eyes

You have been warned!

Ceva drăguț de sâmbătă seara

O pisică!

A venit anul nou?

A cam venit, şi eu n-am mai pus nimic pe-aici... De început de an, vă ofer o poză tot din colecţia "ziua de spălat", ediţia cu mâncare şi o expresie cel puţin surprinsă.

Să vă meargă bine tot anul!

Pantofii lui Dorothy

Ah, de-aș avea și eu pantofi ca ai lui Dorothy, să le lovesc de trei ori călcâiele și să mă ducă unde vreau... cred că acum aș alege o piscină cu apă albastră albastră din Dubai! :)

Arta fundalului

Colorat și complex și plastic și minunat de gol.

Fast fashion

Îmi place și nu-mi place poza asta în același timp. Parcă e totul prea mișcat și e totuși doar o femeie care merge pe stradă. Pe de altă parte, îmi place pasul ei hotărât în contrast cu faldurile diafane ale hainelor, și-mi place apariția ei colorată în peisajul mai degrabă industrial.

Și, până la urmă, nu-i așa groaznică pentru o poză făcută în mare grabă, în timp ce pur și simplu treci pe lângă cineva...

Un strop de roșu

Nălucă

NĂLUCĂ, năluci, s. f. 1. Ființă fantastică, imaginară; arătare, fantomă, vedenie, nălucire (1); spec. strigoi. ♦ (Adverbial, pe lângă verbe de mișcare) Foarte repede. 2. Imagine fugară și înșelătoare, închipuire deșartă; iluzie, himeră, năluceală. ◊ Expr. (Reg.) A-și face nălucă = a) a se speria, a se înspăimânta; b) a se amăgi, a se înșela; c) a i se părea că vede sau că aude ceva. 3. Imitație de peștișor, făcută din lemn sau din metal sclipitor, pe care o folosesc pescarii drept nadă artificială pentru peștii răpitori; p. gener.momeală, nadă. – Din năluci (derivat regresiv).