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Hi.
I’ve noticed a trend has been happening these past few years.
I vanish at the beginning of the year.
Seems to happen during winter.
I WONDER WHY?!?!?!
Maybe because winter sucks and I don’t feel like doing anything?
That seems to be the reason.
The reason is the season?
Winter is annoying like a splinter.
The ice isn’t nice…….
I’ll stop, there’s no time for rhymes.
Anyways, I hibernate away in my little cacoon.
Then realize it’s March and I need to do the yearly post!
It’s been 14 years since I started my YouTube channel and my various websites.
14 years is a long time.
You can go back and see my 16-year-old self being weird.
Please don’t.
I didn’t know what I was doing back then.
Stay here in the present.
Thanks.
That means the photos are going to be 15 years old in October.
Wow.
Time flies.
SPEAKING OF THE PHOTOS!
Ok, I know this photo might seem a bit extreme compared to the last one.
THAT’S THE POINT.
I like the juxtaposition.
It’s a pattern that’s happened a lot throughout the years.
A cheery photo followed by a dark and moody one.
Up down up down up down up down up down up down.
Forever.
I guess I should explain what’s going on in the photo.
When I thought of the concept for 495 back in November, I had another idea at the same time.
I could have gone two ways, do this one first or 495 first.
I went with 495 first.
A nice colorful photo to end the year.
I knew I was going to go through the winter depression, so I figured this photo would be a nice way to return.
To show how I feel.
Everything slows down in the winter.
I tend to stay at home for days.
I get trapped in my own mind.
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HEY!
THAT’S A GOOD CONCEPT!
And the photo was born.
I was planning on having this posted ages ago.
But I just didn’t feel like doing anything.
Like I said, WINTER… SUCKS.
However, now that we are transitioning out of the dark ages, I’m feeling much better.
It keeps snowing though.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH.
GO AWAY.
I guess global warming shifted the seasons.
As long as we get cool thunderstorms, I’m fine with it.
ANYWAYS!
I’m going to call out the Aunt here.
I also do the same at the beginning of the video.
She was worried I was a little bummed out in the last video.
This photo isn’t going to help.
I’M FINE.
It’s all good.
No need to worry.
All is well…… for now.
The aunt is finally coming home.
I’m getting here from the airport.
I’ll be trapped in a car with her.
She’s going to tear me apart.
The end is near.
MOVING ON!
Editing.
This photo was tricky to do.
I wanted it all to be in-camera, but it was hard to wrap my head up on my own.
So, I photo of me…
Then a photo of the chains on a foam head…
Then I put them both together…
EASY!
DONE!
Well, no.
It looks weird, like chains are just pasted onto my head…
…because they are.
The chains need one key thing, something we tend to overlook.
SHADOWS!
There aren’t any shadows from the chains on me.
We need that interaction to tie it together.
So I made a copy of the layer, darkened it, and added a blur…
BOOM!
Shadows.
Lastly, I did some final edits overall.
Took out a few specks on my shirt, turned it black and white, and added a vignette.
NOW IT’S A PHOTO!
Here’s a gallery of all the different editing steps…
ONTO THE VIDEO!
The video is all over the place.
So many things happened over the past three months.
New phone, the job, SQUIRRELS.
THE SQUIRRELS!!!!
It’s chaos.
The video was 16 hours unedited.
I got it down to 45 minutes.
You can watch the video below...
Ok, that’s all.
In the video, you see a failed photo idea.
I was going to do another one involving the ring light.
The idea didn’t turn out so well.
I got bummed out again which caused me to make this new dark and moody photo.
Plus, maybe it wasn’t the right time for the other photo.
I show how I feel.
I was trying to make a cheery/hopeful photo.
Maybe it didn’t work being I was feeling that way.
Perhaps.
Now that I’ve had time to process, I thought of new ways of doing the photo.
So that’ll probably be the next one that I do.
I’ll see you then!
Hopefully not another three months.
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