This is of course a play on The Shining, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. This is what happens to my hair when I blow dry it, I didn't even have to mess it up, hehe. I combed back the middle though to hide my roots a bit. I put on what I hoped was a manic expression and here it is!
The light in the room was very bright (2 big windows and a lamp) which glares on the desk and annoyingly washed out the paper a bit. I wish the background were perfectly smooth but I couldnt do that in basic editing. I put dark make-up around my eyes too to enhance the lack-of-sleep-and-crazy look. I'm not crazy about how the editing turned out on this one but after about 25 attempts to get it right, I gave up and settled.
Edit: Cropped and resized, adjusted brightness/contrast using levels, desaturated the red and magenta channels a wee bit, denoised to even out the sheet ripples, sharpened and added the border.
[Oct. 14th, 2008 05:15:51 AM]
During Challenge Comments
I can't believe nobody at all has gotten that this is a spoof of The Shining. The crazy look, the typewriter, the title....I thought it was so obvious. Guess I was wrong!
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i was very surpirsed also that nobody got your shining refference but like another poster said, maybe you have to be into horror movies,,, but as movies go in general this one is pretty wellknown to most eh
If I was a fan of horror movies, I may have gotten the reference, but I've never read or watched it. A really good try though. You put a lot of effort into this one.
Too "staged" for me...hand positions, nothing on the paper, standard white background. I think it's a good idea and the model's facial expression and hair are great.
No anonymity for you in this challenge, eh? You have kind of a wicked grin on your face in this pic. Is there something you know that we don't? If I were to nitpick, the way your hands are spread out does not really look like you've been typing. Ok, nitpicking session is over. I'll bet this is the longest comment you get the whole challenge. (I could just say "nice shot") I may come back and add to it later. Ta.
Added: Ok, I had a day to think about it and give you some more useful feedback. As I said before, I love the look on your face in this shot. Not sure what the look is saying though. Maybe it's a touch out of place and seems like more of a "come hither" look than an "I'm tired of working" look. I think what hurts it the most is the slightly uneven lighting. It seems a bit brighter toward the bottom of the frame. The wall or curtain in the back has some wrinkles that grab the eye. Overall, the shot seems a little dull on the color and maybe needs a little more pop added to it somehow. Not including your hair, of course. That's well saturated, as always. Maybe the image is cropped a little too tight at the bottom as well. Hope this was useful to you. Now go out and beat up on my entry.
This is a mischievous self portrait,IMHO if you had taken a side on shot using the same expression with your head turned towards the camera this would have improved the composition for this challenge.The quality of the photo is very good....8
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