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TJمَـنْـبـوذْ (outcast) . . . Now, the technical talk. So far, this is probably one of the hardest shots to create in this project, because of combining ambient light (the fire on the match sticks) and flash (to create the shadows). This image undergone a lengthy "doctoring" to be fixed! The shoot was done with f/1.6 to create a shallow depth of field centered around the bent match while keeping the other burning matches slightly out of focus (slightly because the distance isn't much between the two); it is just something to serve directing the focus onto the bent match. Because of this, and using a slow shutter speed, I had to use the variable ND filter here to control the light in general (ambient and flash). Otherwise, it would have been blown out. I've planned to overlap two images, one with lit matches and one with normal matches, but in the process this proved to be almost useless. However, one of the most serious issues here is the burn in the foam (the background in which the matches are pinned) because I used a little torch to light the matches all at once, and the heat was great that it affected the foam underneath. This burn mark got me some time to fix in editing. I've planned originally to let this be a regular white background like the rest in this series, but the fire here wouldn't allow for this, so I left it as is, but lot of work was done in adjusting and fixing the light levels in the scene, and colors as well. So, this is it for now. I'll see if I can post another one from this session by next Friday. Meanwhile, I need to find a new idea to shoot! (Original full post in the link in the comments below) <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/castaway?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#castaway</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/outcast?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outcast</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/match?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#match</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/matchstick?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#matchstick</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/burn?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#burn</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/displaced?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#displaced</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/project?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#project</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stilllife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stilllife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/still_life?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#still_life</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/goodmorning?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodmorning</a>

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TJضَـرَرٌ مَـعْـنَـوِيّ (emotional damage); So, for this week's "side project" post, as the title suggests, it is about all these issues in life that are shattering our subconscious (or unconscious) mind, and that struggle to grow out of these and to start a new life, a new self. All these broken pieces of memories and experiences in the background clutter the heart and the mind, and disturb the character and the psyche altogether. It was a funny meme and catchphrase in Steven He's video and meme, but "emotional damage," I'd argue, is nevertheless a serious issue for many, and many got their path in life rendered impossible or going around in circles, because of such issues that shattered their security and self-image. The configuration here was shot using a shallow depth of field (f/1.8) to drop the background out of focus as much as possible and keep the main matchstick standing (let's say, our hero). Despite that, though, and because the camera was tilted and not completely vertical over the set, there is a portion of the set that went slightly into focus; somewhat like the effect of a tilt-shift lens. The broken matchstick resembles that individual with broken heart and mind, and that long shadow is piercing out of these broken memories in the background, as a trial to overcome all these broken pieces from the past, to start a new life. I did make some test shots using a greater depth of field, and I might see if I can post them by next Friday, as usual. Have a nice day! EMOOOOSHENAL DAAMEJ!! <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stilllife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stilllife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/still_life?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#still_life</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/emotional?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emotional</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/emotionaldamage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emotionaldamage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/damage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#damage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/project?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#project</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/matches?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#matches</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/matchsticks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#matchsticks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/minimal?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minimal</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/minimalism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minimalism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/minimalistic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minimalistic</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/goodmorning?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodmorning</a>

TJمَـتـاعٌ عـاطِـفِـيٌّ (emotional baggage); It's Friday! Time for something from my "side project" (which I hope I can keep on doing with all the hurdles in my life already). So, the topic of this one as the title shows, emotional baggage, and what would be better than a heart to express the emotional side of things? Please tell me you see a heart there? (Please? 😬). I had some hard time pondering about how to depict this, and I've tried making a heart-shape with the sticks but I failed miserably many times. Finally, I've found some discarded piece of rubber and crudely cut out a heart shape and used it as a mold. Tried to perfect the shape further in PS, but it was nearly impossible; this said, I made little adjustments to enhance the shape. Made many shots (and I might post one more of them next week), and I've finally settled on this one for the direction of the shadows in general. Originally, the image was flipped the opposite way, but I've made it this way later just because, well, to let things flow from right to left kinda, as this is the way we read Arabic actually. I leave interpreting the image for the dear viewer. I guess, this concept is not weird at all for most people (if not all people). It is closely related to the concept of "burden" which I've made a shot about some weeks ago, but let's say, the concept of "emotional baggage" is just the "emotional" side of this burden which we drag on from one relationship to another (or even stop having relationships because of it). The shadows at the bottom of the image is a mimic for the dark side to which one would walk into with such baggage, and the burned matchstick is a symbol of a burned out mind and body because of all of the failing experiences in the past. Now, all that is left for us to think about is, what kind of scissors that would cut that thread and free us… <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stilllife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stilllife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/still_life?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#still_life</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/matches?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#matches</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/matchsticks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#matchsticks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/emotional?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emotional</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/emotionalbaggage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emotionalbaggage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/baggage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#baggage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reflect?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reflect</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reflection?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reflection</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/feelings?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feelings</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/goodmorning?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodmorning</a>

TJEx-Love (version 1.0); As I typically do with every shot I post here on Friday, I would post an early version of the shot that I didn't like (say, a test shot), just for comparison. I've envisioned this shot to be a minimal one, and with simple (hard) shadows with everything being white for simplicity. This, of course, would take out the depth in the image. Like version 2.0, or the one I've posted last week, this one was also made of layers of different shots to merge the lights from different angles (and even here, I couldn't make the shadows in different directions in the same shot, probably needed a snoot). Anyway, after re-doing the whole thing, and adding a dark side and shadows as in the one posted earlier last week, I think I do prefer version 2 over this one. Maybe I've broken the "minimal look" somehow, but I guess the emotional approach in that one is more appropriate and more impactful than in this one here. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stilllife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stilllife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/still_life?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#still_life</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/matches?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#matches</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/matchstick?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#matchstick</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/shadows?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shadows</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/love?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#love</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ex?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ex</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/exlove?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exlove</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/impression?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#impression</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/impressionism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#impressionism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/impressionist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#impressionist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/goodmorning?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodmorning</a>

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