mistaken identity

A long time ago I made the new year's resolution to update my Flickr twice a week. What. A. Lie. But I had an English project to do for the book "Farenheit 451" where we had to make an art project honouring one of the many themes of the novel. So I decided to do photography for the theme of a lost identity. I forgot how much I miss doing concept portraits! I had so much fun doing this shoot. There's something very freeing about doing concept photography.

So anyways, after uploading them to Flickr, I decided to put them on Deviantart despite my general dislike for the site. Someone commented on the above photo saying "May I make some suggestions?" I thought he/she meant suggestions about the photography. So being my naive self, I say "Sure?". The reply I got back was a suggestion that I do a slightly pornographic shoot (which included a lollipop, might I add). They had even sent me reference photos for poses & an outfit suggestion. I guess that is why I do not like Deviantart. Who would've known?

p.s. I'm only 15, for goodness sake.

hello kitty, hello world

I find this to be particularly yummy. Even the scary model running. And yes, even the half-naked men wearing shiny spandex pants and giant Hello Kitty heads. I would kill for one of those.

Doesn't it make you want to run out and buy MAC's new Hello Kitty line? Or not.

A time to love, and a time to hate

I have to put it out there that I love The Byrds & they're sense of style. Shiny shiny hair, sunglasses indoors, lots of suede and turtlenecks, the pudgy one in a poncho. Seriously, every photo he's in, that kid is wearing a poncho. It must be his safety poncho or something. Upon closer inspection, it appears to be green leather? Oh bad news, the one he wears in the video appears to be an entirely different from the green & brown suede one he wears in the below photos. He reminds me of Frodo Baggins or some other hobbit lost in the '60s. I still like they're fashion. Ponchos can be good.

They're really quite a good band, too. I'm not such of a fan of their later country stuff (aka all of their albums that I have on vinyl), but their folk rock is quite good. They made "Turn! Turn! Turn!" iconic, despite the fact that it is from the bible originally (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) & they didn't even put it to music.

P.S. here is a photo of the little one not in his poncho. He still looks like a hobbit. (Why couldn't I pick on the one who always wears sunglasses - clearly thinking that he is all that because of it?)