Catalyst Castle

This is a photo I snapped a while ago. I saw this statue in somebody's yard and it reminded me of the Weeping Angels from Doctor Who. I adjusted the colors in the photo digitally in an attempt to evoke the kind of spooky mood associated with these aliens.

I took this picture months ago. I thought it was neat how clear the reflection was in just an inch or so of water.

A while ago, I discovered that on a clear day our skylights let in some really bright light in part of our house which is perfect for casting very distinct shadows. I had my camera phone handy, so I snapped some pictures.

I just had to share a couple of pictures I've taken in the last couple of weeks. They both capture unintentional real-world references to Star Wars. Or, maybe it's just a coincidence.

Hey, I've posted some photos from our recent anime party here.

Enjoy!

Here's some more random pictures I took around the house the other day. They're nothing special, I was just snap happy, but I like a couple of them pretty well.

The other day I had a fairly large piece of ice handy, so I decided to experiment with taking photos of it. First I took it out to my backyard and took a shot from below with sun coming down through the ice and a canopy of trees as a background. Then I took it into a dark room and shone a bright beam of blue light into it for another interesting photo. Until recently, I never had a camera and never wanted one. Since I got a phone that coincidentally has a fairly nice camera built in, I've really been enjoying taking pictures of random things.

Here's some random, close up photos I've taken over the last few days. Can you guess what they are? If you think you know, leave a comment!

As you can see, the recent accident that disfigured my face also did some harm to my right arm. The intense heat from the explosion burned away some of the synthetic flesh leaving my cybernetics exposed ("My parts are showing!"). Fortunately the cybernetics are fairly heat resistant, so most of the damage is simply cosmetic. While my face may never be the same, my arm should be repaired within the week.

Yeah, I've been watching too much Batman: The Animated Series.

For some reason I decided to burn half my face. Well, actually I snapped a photo with my web cam and did some photo manipulation to create this. I did a Google image search for "burn victim" in order to get some detailed images of burnt skin, then I "grafted" it on to my own face. Altogether it took about 30 minutes. It's not great, but it turned out about as well as I hoped it would.

Having a digital camera on me all the time now, via my phone, has led to random bouts of delusion. I occasionally believe that I am an artistic photographer. So far I've fought the delusions well enough to keep my head and realize that my photos aren't any good, but I thought I'd share a few of them anyway. In these photos I was mainly experimenting with framing and contrasts in lighting.