Genx on The Singemonkey

July 12, 2024

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:32:04 +0000

First self portrait in nearly 4 years. I think the last time was towards the end of the great plague year.

I’ve finally got some flash triggers and can begin getting back into doing some stuff with lighting - having forgotten nearly everything I knew. I’m not very good at it at this point but, as Jake the magic dog said, sucking at something is the first step to being kinda good at it.

March 12, 2020

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:16:57 +0000

@kanesnaps and me in 1997. I knew how to use the self-timer. Unfortunately I didn’t know how aperture and depth-of-field corresponded in those days. This was influenced - without the technical ability to pull it off - by the famous Mick Rock photoshoot of Syd Barrett (I was obsessed with Syd Barrett) with his purple and orange striped floorboards. I should be very clear that the weed smoking Bob Marley poster belonged to my flatmate thank-you-very-much. I, of course, had a Bill Brandt print up in my room #pretentious .

December 18, 2019

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 08:18:47 +0000

Eerie boys, 1997. Only @kanesnaps is on insta in this pic. That’s Gen-Xers for you. I seem to have taken a couple of these low-light timed pictures back then - by candlelight too.

May 16, 2019

Thu, 16 May 2019 08:52:18 +0000

@kanecroudace’s magic hat of illumination also doubles as a little portrait ring-light. The perfect headwear for the instagram age.